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. Free article

Gerard Lynch talks to Ella O'Dywer about his brother, Hunger Striker and INLA Volunteer Kevin Lynch. Free article

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. Free article

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. Free article

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. Free article

Brendan Hurson talks to ELLA O'DWYER about his brother, Hunger Striker Martin Hurson, and gives his own reflections on events 25 years on. Free article

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. Free article

1981 Hunger Strike 25th Anniversary March and Rally Free article