Fitzgerald: Hunger strikers could have been saved

The Government had a mole inside the Maze Prison during the IRA hunger strike of 1981, former Taoiseach Dr Garret FitzGerald revealed today.

Dr FitzGerald said he was convinced a deal between the prisoners on hunger strike and the British government could have been struck to prevent the last six of 10 deaths, but that it was vetoed by the IRA leadership.