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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

On This Day 1920 – Kevin Barry hanged by the British in Mountjoy Jail

1 November 2016

Barry held the rank of IRA section commander and took part in most of the Brigade operations against the British forces in Dublin Free article

Israel warned against Mossad forging Irish passports for international terrorist operations

1 November 2016

Irish Government tells Sinn Féin that Israeli Ambassador has been contacted after ‘Irish Examiner’ interview about 2010 Zionist secret service murder in Dubai Free article

The poppy bullying begins

31 October 2016

Sky TV host Kay Burley has been publicly baiting the Daily Mirror’s Associate Editor because he won’t wear a poppy quick enough for her liking Free article

Call for release of Kurdish co-mayors arrested by Turkish regime

31 October 2016

Turkish police also arrested the editor and a dozen senior staff from the main secularist opposition daily newspaper Free article

Mural to Hunger Strike TD Kieran Doherty unveiled in Dáil

29 October 2016

H-Blocks mural by Danny Devenny takes pride of place in Sinn Féin Meeting Room Free article

‘Change Champions’ essential to advance prison reform in North

28 October 2016

Commitment to continuing and comprehensive prison reform based upon principles of human dignity, decency and respect must be paramount Free article

Tom Hayden RIP – An incalculable loss to the struggle for civil rights, justice and freedom

25 October 2016

Tom Hayden’s involvement in the civil rights movement in the US is legendary: his was the voice of a new generation which opposed the war in Vietnam and espoused radical politics and challenged prejudice, discrimination and justice, both domestically and internationally Free article