Bobby Sands 1954-1981

At 1.17 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5th, 1981 Bobby Sands, Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, died of starvation in the H-Block prison hospital at Long Kesh. He was 27 years old.

Gerry Adams, member of Irish Parliament and President of Sinn Fein, speaks here about Bobby Sands and the hunger strike.