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Interview: Joe McElwee, brother of Hunger Striker Thomas 
Thomas McElwee's brother Joe talks to An Phoblacht's ELLA O'DYWER about his recollections of Thomas as a brother and a republican and the impact of the 1981 Hunger Strike on a younger generation. Photo: McElwee Family Interview: Gerard Lynch, brother of Hunger Striker Kevin Lynch. Gerard Lynch talks to Ella O'Dywer about his brother, Hunger Striker and INLA Volunteer Kevin Lynch. "Government must scrap private hospital" - Ó Caoláin 
Sinn Féin Dáil leader and spokesperson on Health and Children Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD has called on the Fianna Fáil/Progressive Democrat government to scrap plans to allocate land at public hospital sites to the developers of private hospitals. Photo: Protest at St James Hospital, Dublin Remembering 1981: Ninth man dies Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the 10th man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in South Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye. Remembering 1981: Seán Crowe TD 
Seán Crowe, now Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-West, recalls the impact the 1981 Hunger Strike had on him and on many young people throughout Ireland in 1981. Photo: Hunger Strike March in Dublin 1981 Interview: Brendan Hurson, brother of Hunger Striker Martin Hurson 
Brendan Hurson talks to ELLA O'DWYER about his brother, Hunger Striker Martin Hurson, and gives his own reflections on events 25 years on. Photo: The Hurson Family Interview: Jennifer McCann, former republican POW, Armagh Jail. 
Jennifer McCann was a comrade of Bobby Sands and a protesting prisoner in Armagh Jail. She remains a republican activist and here talks to ELLA O'DWYER about her memories of the 1981 Hunger Strike. Photo: Jennifer McCann 
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