Impacts and Consequences of the Hunger Strikes
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- Impacts and consequences of the Hunger Strikers
- 10 hunger strikers died (including Bobby Sands)
- In the aftermath new problems were created
- The Irish government was pushing for the introduction of a new political initiative to end the Troubles
- Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Nationalist opposition to the British government
- Unionists began voicing concerns on the growing IRA
- Rising support for Republicans
- The Irish government was pushing for the introduction of a new political initiative to end the Troubles
- Unionists and Nationalists grew further apart
- A week after the strike's end the Secretary of State granted some concessions
- Own clothes at all times
- 50% reduction in sentence length for those involved in the protests would be restored
- More prison visits
- More association among prisoners
- Sinn Fein re-emerged
- Gerry Adams was elected for West Belfast
- SF won 13.4% of the vote in 1983
- 61 people were killed in the violence that erupted in reaction to the deaths
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