People gathered at the Sands statue to mark 45 years since the republican’s death amid a row over it being erected without planning permission ...

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 ...

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

Politicians have raised concerns about fairness in the planning system after Belfast City Council confirmed it would take no further action over an unauthorised statue of IRA hunger striker Bobby ...

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".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The monument to the former MP was unveiled on public land in west Belfast [PA Media] No further action is being taken over a ...

A Bobby Sands statue that was erected without planning permission “is going nowhere”, a Sinn Féin MLA has said. The statue of the IRA hunger striker, who was 27 and an MP for Fermanagh and South ...