Ógra Shinn Féin Doire host Hunger Strike event.

Ógra Shinn Féin in Derry organised an event around the role of youth during the 1981 Hunger Strike as part of the Gasyard Féile. The aim of the event was to show young people from all over the city how youth have led the struggle and to explore the role of young Republicans today. The event also had an international aspect as it was attended by several members of Basque group SEGI.





On the panel sat Ógra Shinn Féin activist Ruairí McLaughlin, Jim Gibney (PA to Assembly member Jennifer McCann), Sinn Féin Councillor Elisha McLaughlin and community worker Charles Lamberton.


Speaking afterwards Ruairí McLaughlin who chaired the event hailed it as a huge success "I would like to thank Jim, Elisha and Charles for taking the time to come here tonight. It was very interesting to hear their personal motivations for becoming involved in Republican politics and to hear their personal accounts of the hardship they experienced. It was also good to hear Jim Gibney reaffirming Sinn Féin's position on the ongoing case of Brendan Lillis - he must be released, it is not a political issue, it is a humanitarian issue."