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 ...

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

Paul Doherty quit the SDLP in a dispute over a council vote on a statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Claire Hanna described a ‘sham fight’ between the DUP and Sinn Fein, and a ‘pile-on’ on members of her party.

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 ...

Row over Bobby Sands statue in Belfast after council vote to ‘reconsider’ - Danny Morrison, secretary of the Bobby Sands Trust and a former director of publicity for Sinn Fein, criticised the SDLP for ...