AILING Bishop Pat Buckley told of being inspired by a comment from republican icon Bobby Sands when it came to facing death. In one of the fearless cleric’s final interviews before he passed on aged ...

Bobby Sands was a member of the IRA and was imprisoned for 14 years in 1977 after being caught in possession of a revolver. While in prison, Sands and many others fought to be recognized as 'prisoners ...

The family of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is incensed that a graphic novel depicting his story and death was published without their consent. Sands died on hunger strike in 1981 at the age of 27.

Brendan J. Byrne's doc 'Bobby Sands: 66 Days' recounts the final days of the IRA prisoner whose hunger strike inspired Steve McQueen's 'Hunger' and Terry George's 'Some Mother's Son.' By THR Staff Art ...

A Troubles victims' group is to meet a student Labour club after it shared an online post quoting IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands and describing Britain as an "oppressor". Kenny Donaldson of the South ...

Height: 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches. Weight: 95 pounds. The Irish Republican Army leader/member of the British Parliament died after a 66-day hunger strike that drew international attention while boosting ...

When it comes to both the daily news and the history books, a proper definition can be everything, affecting how we weigh the story being told. When a hunger strike ended the life of Irish republican ...

A NEW TV comedy streaming on Disney+ has been accused of taking a "cheap shot" at IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands. Extraordinary is a London-based comedy about a world where everyone develops a super ...

The drama of Sands’ life and death has already given rise to a host of documentaries, as well as feature treatments, the best known of which remains Steve McQueen’s 2008 Hunger with Michael Fassbender ...

Michael Fassbender has done sci-fi, sword-and-sandal and slasher movies. But his latest role, as the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands, a part which he starved himself for 10 weeks to play, means he will ...