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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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