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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

Assembly elections – Sinn Féin launches campaign for every constituency

7 April 2016

Martin McGuinness says party looking for a stronger mandate to drive forward more ambitious agenda of improvement and change. Free article

Families still being driven into homelessness as FF/FG farce continues

7 April 2016

Six weeks on from the election, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael finally sit down to speak about coalition while crises in health and housing continue Free article

Torture evidence still being hidden by British Government in 'Hooded Men' case

7 April 2016

Lawyer presses Secretary of State Theresa Villiers on 'duty of candour' Free article

Sinn Féin will not nominate a candidate for Taoiseach

6 April 2016

Republican party says it will not play along with 'charade' and accuses Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael of wanting to control Government and Opposition benches Free article

The Irish Volunteer - Óglach na hÉireann, Volume 2 - Number 69

5 April 2016

Series by Mícheál Mac Donncha chronicling the road to the 1916 Rising as seen through the pages of An tÓglach – The Irish Volunteer from 24 April 1915 to 22 April 1916 Free article

RTÉ faces defamation cases over general election coverage

4 April 2016

Senior Sinn Féin figures in defamation actions against state broadcaster over general election coverage Free article

Remembering 1981 — Bobby Sands contests Westminster parliamentary by-election

3 April 2016

Eyes of the world on Fermanagh/South Tyrone Free article

Huge crowds, pageantry and drama in celebration of 100 years of resistance

30 March 2016

THE ATMOSPHERE in Belfast in the run-up to the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising was increasing with the anticipation that the occasion would be marked by a bigger and better parade than has been seen in years. Free article

National Graves Association Easter Rising presentation to the families of our patriot dead

30 March 2016

Belfast National Graves Association made its traditional annual presentation to the families of Belfast's patriot dead at Easter to show that their sacrifice is still remembered and revered Free article