The 29th of june 1981 after bobby sans and three other ira prisoners had already died in hitchblack prison. But before we speak to our next guest, lets get a quick overview of this weeks show. As always, we are joined by our. And copresenenter michelle gillernew. Michelle is the current mp for fermana, south toronne. She has served in the Northern Ireland assembly as a former minister for agriculture and Rural Development and chairperson of the Health Committee amongst other things. Michelle has been a shenfian activist since her teens and has been elected almost continuously since 1998. And todays guest is lawrence machong. He is a former ira prisoner, author and screenwriter. After serving a life sentence in prison, dr. Lawrence mckung obtained a phd and. Sociology at queens university, belfast. Hes also cofounder of the belfast Film Festival in the mid1990s. Laurence mcyong, welcome to the show. So lawrence, tell us a bit about your child grown up. Well, i grew up outside rondalstow
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