Sinn Fein leads tributes on 40th anniversary of Bobby Sands death
A mural dedicated to Bobby Sands on the Falls Road in west Belfast on the 25th anniversary of the hunger striker's death in 2006
SINN FEIN led tributes to Irish revolutionary Bobby Sands today on the 40th anniversary of his death after 66 days on hunger strike in Long Kesh prison.
“Forty years on and Bobby’s legacy inspires freedom loving people everywhere,” Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said.
The party’s deputy leader Michelle O’Neill said: “We remember the courage and sacrifice of the hunger strikers with pride.”
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