
'I was in the IRA but then they sentenced me to death'
Former IRA leader Brendan Hughes tells the BBC the conflict in NI was ‘a total waste’ of more than 3,500 lives.
BBC News
Brendan Hughes was a leading Irish republican and former Officer Commanding (OC) of the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Also known as 'The Dark', and 'Darkie', he was the leader of the 1980 Irish hunger strike.
Former IRA leader Brendan Hughes tells the BBC the conflict in NI was ‘a total waste’ of more than 3,500 lives.