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'It doesn't diminish': The legacy of the 1981 hunger strikes, 40 years on
This Monday will mark 40 years since Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.
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This Monday will mark 40 years since Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.
During his second internment, Adams tried to escape twice – on Christmas Eve, December 1973 and again in July 1974.
Agnew was one of the “blanketmen”.
The Sinn Féín leader has urged the Government to improve conditions at the facility.
The Deputy First Minister also criticised the DUP – his coalition partner – for abandoning plans to develop the Maze prison into a conflict resolution centre.
The Sinn Féin leader said claims in State papers that Sands offered to end his hunger strike would be “totally out of character”.