Agony of Terence MacSwiney's 74-day hunger strike captured on screen

Documentary makers have used high-end digital technology to re-create a medical model showing the impact of the 74-day hunger strike on Terence MacSwiney’s body.

Documentary makers use hi-tech graphics to shed new light on the physical suffering of Terence MacSwiney during his 74-day hunger strike, which ended in death a century ago this Sunday.

The new programme captures in the starkest form yet the day-by-day physical deterioration of the former lord mayor of Cork whose death in a British jail focused international attention on Ireland’s struggle for independence.