October 27, 1980Beginning of the Hunger Strike by seven Republican prisoners in the H Blocks at Long Kesh
August 21, 1981Michael Devine, Irish political prisoner, dies on hunger strike in maze prison, Northern Ireland.
August 8, 1981Thomas McElwee, Irish polictical prisoner, dies on hunger strike in Maze prison, Northern Ireland.
February 19, 1987A general election in the Republic returns a Fianna Fáil government with Haughey as Taoiseach
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