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Raymond McCreesh and Patsy O’Hara – Died on hunger strike in the H-Blocks of Long Kesh

19 May 2026

THURSDAY, 21 MAY 1981, witnessed the deaths of two more Hunger Strikers. Raymond McCreesh passed away at 2:30am. That evening, Patsy O’Hara died. The deaths of Raymond and Patsy – who had started the strike on the same day, died on the same day and were born within a fortnight of each other in February 1957 – marked a critical escalation in the prison struggle as well as the struggle outside the prisons walls. Free article

St Patrick’s Day 1975 – IRA prisoner Tom Smith shot dead in Portlaoise

15 March 2017

On St Patrick’s Night 1975, the escape bid went ahead shortly after 8pm. An explosive device blew open the door to a yard and the lead group of 20 emerged from the recreation hall Free article

Prominent loyalist dies in UDA feud – muted response from unionist leaders

14 March 2017

Gilmore had posted Facebook messages taunting his former associates in the UDA Free article

Catalan ex-President banned from office for two years and fined €36,500 for holding independence referendum

14 March 2017

Two former ministers also found guilty, fined and banned from holding public office Free article

Tipperary Sinn Féin and MEP take a stand to save Bus Éireann Route X7 Clonmel/Dublin

14 March 2017

‘Rural communities are entitled to a functioning public transport system’ – Councillor Catherine Carey Free article

Bus Éireann strike unavoidable due to management intransigence, says SIPTU

14 March 2017

‘Our proposal would help drive out inefficiencies while simultaneously securing a decent wage for workers’ – SIPTU’s Willie Noone Free article

Extending President vote practical expression of Good Friday Agreement – Tyrone MP

13 March 2017

Glasgow-born Pat Doherty says Taoiseach should now say when referendum will be held Free article

Taoiseach in US announces referendum on voting rights for Irish citizens outside state

12 March 2017

Long-overdue move in Presidential elections welcomed by Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams TD Free article

Spelling out the ABC of AAA’s initial change

11 March 2017

Ireland gets another ‘new’ party – sort of Free article

Liam Mellows Spring School this weekend in Navan – ‘The People’s Republic’?

10 March 2017

Independent Senator Frances Black and TDs Louise O’Reilly and Eoin Ó Broin at Ardboyne Hotel on Friday 10th and Saturday 11th March Free article

Ticket touts tackled by Sinn Féin TD’s Dáil Bill

10 March 2017

Ordinary sports fans or concert-goers selling on their tickets because they can’t make an event for genuine reasons would not be affected Free article

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