http://www.longkesh.info/2009/10/22/bernard-fox-claims-only-add-to-pain/ Uncovering the Truth About the 1981 Hunger Strike Fri, 25 Nov 2011 01:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.longkesh.info/2009/10/22/bernard-fox-claims-only-add-to-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 "We got nothing" by Thomas 'Dixie' Elliott - Politics.ie Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:49:34 +0000 http://www.longkesh.info/?p=1114#comment-1655 [...] more perplexing was the fact that former hunger striker, Bernard Fox, recently supported this claim in an interview with the Irish News. While I have the greatest respect for Bernard as a former comrade and republican, he nonetheless [...] [...] more perplexing was the fact that former hunger striker, Bernard Fox, recently supported this claim in an interview with the Irish News. While I have the greatest respect for Bernard as a former comrade and republican, he nonetheless [...]

]]> http://www.longkesh.info/2009/10/22/bernard-fox-claims-only-add-to-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Irish News letters page: Only an inquiry can solve 1981 Hunger Strike issues - July 1981 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:26:50 +0000 http://www.longkesh.info/?p=1114#comment-1615 [...] in the article by Bernard Fox he was unable or unwilling to answer the points made by the Republicans who do not toe the Adams [...] [...] in the article by Bernard Fox he was unable or unwilling to answer the points made by the Republicans who do not toe the Adams [...]

]]> http://www.longkesh.info/2009/10/22/bernard-fox-claims-only-add-to-pain/comment-page-1/#comment-1570 Thomas ‘Dixie’ Elliott: “We got nothing” - July 1981 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:13:52 +0000 http://www.longkesh.info/?p=1114#comment-1570 [...] In regards to clothing and work, the most important of our five demands, the document stated: ’As soon as possible all prisoners will be issued with civilian-type clothing for wear during the working day’. We Blanketmen realised instantly that civilian-type clothing was nothing more than a modernised prison uniform and that Bobby had been spot-on when he told us ‘Ní fhuaireomar faic,’ out of the 1980 hunger strike. That being the case, why do Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, and others persist with the claim that the Brits reneged on a deal during the first hunger strike when that is demonstrably untrue? Even more perplexing was the fact that former hunger striker, Bernard Fox, recently supported this claim in an interview with the Irish News. [...] [...] In regards to clothing and work, the most important of our five demands, the document stated: ’As soon as possible all prisoners will be issued with civilian-type clothing for wear during the working day’. We Blanketmen realised instantly that civilian-type clothing was nothing more than a modernised prison uniform and that Bobby had been spot-on when he told us ‘Ní fhuaireomar faic,’ out of the 1980 hunger strike. That being the case, why do Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness, and others persist with the claim that the Brits reneged on a deal during the first hunger strike when that is demonstrably untrue? Even more perplexing was the fact that former hunger striker, Bernard Fox, recently supported this claim in an interview with the Irish News. [...]

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