Hunger strikes changed everything

Twenty-five years ago last Friday, the death of the honourable member for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Bobby Sands, took all of us to places where, we hope, we will never have to go again. In many ways, even a generation on, the journey back continues.

All Irish people are products of our turbulent history. Though we may not be always aware of this, we are indelibly marked by it. The hunger strike by ...