Bobby Sands hunger strike - John O’Connell view
- Title
- Bobby Sands hunger strike - John O’Connell view
- Genre
- Press conference; Speech
- TX Date
- 21 Apr 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:07
- Description
- Statement by Irish TD and MEP, Dr John O’Connell about his visit to Maze Prison in Belfast, to meet IRA prisoner and hunger striker Bobby Sands. O’Connell made the journey as part of a Fianna Fail delegation.
- Contributors
- John O’Connell
- Keywords
- Death; Politics; Political prisoners; Health; Northern Ireland; Ireland; Political protests; Prisons; IRA; Members of Parliament; Protest movements; Fianna Fail; Europe; Maze Prison; Hunger; Prisoners; Bobby Sands
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LBC/IRN, "Bobby Sands hunger strike - John O’Connell view". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0009900507014 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)