Future of former Maze prison site ‘very much a live issue’

It officially closed in 2000, and while most of the buildings have been demolished, H block and the former hospital wing have been preserved.

Political leaders over decades have been unable to agree what to do with the derelict Maze prison site. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

The future of the former Maze prison site is “very much a live issue”, Stormont first minister Michelle O’Neill has said.

Political leaders have for decades failed to agree on the future of the derelict jail, which held republican prisoners, including the 10 men who died during the 1981-82 hunger strikes.