On March 1, 1981, an Irish republican prisoner began refusing food in Long Kesh prison to demand recognition as a political prisoner and to oppose the removal of special category status. His staggered ...

Sinn Féin has said the statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is “going nowhere”, as it was erected “by the people and for the people of this community”. Party MLA Danny Baker was speaking at an ...

No further action is being taken over a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands erected without planning permission, Belfast City Council has said. The local authority launched an investigation last ...

A statue of Bobby Sands erected without planning permission in west Belfast has sparked political controversy.

Belfast's deputy lord mayor Paul Doherty has quit the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in a dispute over a council ...

The statue of the IRA hunger striker was unveiled last year without planning permission.

A vote by Belfast City councillors to reconsider a decision to allow a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in west Belfast to remain in place, despite not having planning permission, has sparked ...

Councillors debated the issue on Thursday after officials had said it was "not considered expedient to take any further action".