AILING Bishop Pat Buckley told of being inspired by a comment from republican icon Bobby Sands when it came to facing death. In one of the fearless cleric’s final interviews before he passed on aged ...

Bobby Sands was a member of the IRA and was imprisoned for 14 years in 1977 after being caught in possession of a revolver. While in prison, Sands and many others fought to be recognized as 'prisoners ...

The family of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is incensed that a graphic novel depicting his story and death was published without their consent. Sands died on hunger strike in 1981 at the age of 27.

Brendan J. Byrne's doc 'Bobby Sands: 66 Days' recounts the final days of the IRA prisoner whose hunger strike inspired Steve McQueen's 'Hunger' and Terry George's 'Some Mother's Son.' By THR Staff Art ...

A Troubles victims' group is to meet a student Labour club after it shared an online post quoting IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands and describing Britain as an "oppressor". Kenny Donaldson of the South ...

Height: 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Weight: 95 pounds. The Irish Republican Army leader/member of the British Parliament died after a 66-day hunger strike that drew international attention while boosting ...

A NEW TV comedy streaming on Disney+ has been accused of taking a "cheap shot" at IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. Extraordinary is a London-based comedy about a world where everyone develops a super ...

When it comes to both the daily news and the history books, a proper definition can be everything, affecting how we weigh the story being told. When a hunger strike ended the life of Irish republican ...

Robert Gerard ‘Bobby’ Sands joined the Provisional IRA in 1972 at the age of 18, and the following year he was sentenced to five years in prison for an arms offence. He was released in April 1976 and ...