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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

‘Bedroom Tax’ will not be introduced in North – despite claims by the DUP, says Sinn Féin

12 January 2017

‘Communities Minister Paul Givan is either incompetent or engaged in a process of misleading the public and the media’ – John O’Dowd MLA Free article

Arlene Cois Tine

12 January 2017

Aibhleoga le haghaidh airgid . . . Is ionann an íomhá agus míle focal Free article

What has the DUP to fear from equality and respect?

12 January 2017

“There needs to be a change in approach from political unionism and the British Government if the institutions are to function in a spirit of genuine partnership government.” – Martin McGuinness Free article

‘Restore Líofa’ protest in Belfast, Thursday – ‘Bursaries not Boilers’

10 January 2017

Rally 12:30pm at Department of Communities HQ, Bedford Street Free article

DUP need to change their approach, says Mary Lou

10 January 2017

‘You cannot have a power-sharing administration in which one party so clearly and so frequently pokes the other party in the eye’ Free article

Martin McGuinness resigns as co-leader of North’s Executive government over ‘DUP arrogance’ – calls for elections

9 January 2017

British Secretary of State says incumbent on him to call an Assembly election ‘within a reasonable period’ Free article

DUP First Minister must stand aside over RHI or Sinn Féin will act to ‘bring unacceptable state of affairs to an end’

8 January 2017

Exasperation at DUP arrogance on several key issues voiced at Belfast meeting of Sinn Féin elected representatives and activists Free article

Stormont crisis can be sorted – if Arlene Foster ‘does the right thing’, says Gerry Adams

5 January 2017

RHI scandal has significantly deepened a crisis that already existed after a lot of ‘DUP messing’ in the Assembly Free article

No political will to tackle housing crisis under Finance Minister Michael Noonan, says Pearse Doherty

3 January 2017

Supporters of the Home Sweet Home housing campaign and the Apollo House occupation in Dublin marched on Tuesday to the office of Finance Minister Michael Noonan to hand in a petition calling for action on NAMA properties Free article