Irish unity
1981 Hunger Strike - Ireland Republican sections in Ireland observe 42nd anniversary of 1981 hunger strikes

10 Irish republican prisoners including 27-year-old Bobby Sands starved to death in 1981 at the HM Prison Maze in Northern Ireland while on a hunger strike to protest the revoking of their status as political prisoners

On anniversary of Easter Rising, calls for Irish unity are strengthened

During Easter week in April 1916, Irish militant republican forces started an uprising against the British colonialists in Dublin, marking a new era in the Irish freedom struggle against British imperialism