Pictures of Bobby Sands at Belfast protest in 1976 discovered The Secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust says the newly-discovered photos are "quite evocative." Kerry O'Shea . @kerry_oshea.

At the time of his death on May 5, 1981, these were the vital statistics for British prisoner Bobby Sands: Age: 27. Height: 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Weight: 95 pounds. The Irish Republican Army leader… ...

Forty years ago, on 5 May 1981, 27-year-old Bobby Sands, the IRA's leader in the Maze prison outside Belfast, starved himself to death. Peter Taylor, who covered the story at the time, says it ...

This month "Bobby Sands: 66 Days," the acclaimed new documentary film, tells the story of the Belfast-born hunger striker, now indisputably one of Ireland’s most iconic political figures.

Sinn Fein have disputed claims that IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands was buried in Belfast against his last wishes. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the 40th anniversary of Sands’ death, the ...

The Belfast MLA said that Sands should not be remembered as a hunger striker only. “Like all of us, he was multifaceted,” he added. “He was a loving father of an eight-year-old son, and also ...

The monument is being investigated by Belfast City Council as it was erected without planning permission.. Mr Sands died aged 27 during the 1981 hunger strike, in which 10 republican paramilitary ...

Convicted killer Todd Ashker is the unlikely legal brain behind the largest prison protest in California's history, a hunger strike which today enters its 27th day in protest over the indefinite ...

Belfast City Council has confirmed it is probing a statue unveiled on Sunday for IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, saying it has “not received a planning application to date”.

May 04, 2025 at 6:36pm BST. Bobby Sands ought to be remembered not just as a hunger striker but as a “multi-faceted” person who was a “loving father” with a passion for music, poetry and ...

Forty years ago, on 5 May 1981, 27-year-old Bobby Sands, the IRA's leader in the Maze prison outside Belfast, starved himself to death. Peter Taylor, who covered the story at the time, says it ...

A statue has been unveiled in memory of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in Belfast, marking the 44th anniversary of his death. The statue of the hunger striker and former MP was revealed at the ...