Bobby Sands hunger strike - Sile de Valera meeting

Title

Bobby Sands hunger strike - Sile de Valera meeting

Genre

Press conference

TX Date

21 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:00:53

Description

Statement by Irish TD and MEP, Sile de Valera about her visit to Maze Prison in Belfast to meet IRA prisoner and hunger striker Bobby Sands.

Contributors

Sile de Valera

Keywords

Death; Politics; Health; Margaret Thatcher; Northern Ireland; Ireland; UK; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Members of Parliament; Protest movements; Fianna Fail; Europe; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands

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