P127 BEEBFAX 122 Thu 31 Dec --:--/--                                   * 1 August - Kevin Lynch becomes the  seventh IRA hunger striker to die.  * 2 August - Within 24 hours of Kevin  Lynch's death, Kieran Doherty becomes  the eighth IRA hunger striker to die.  * 8 August - The IRA hunger strike  claims its ninth hunger striker so far  (and its third in a week) with the  death of Thomas McElwee.  * 9 August - Broadmoor Hospital falls  under heavy criticism after the escape  of a second prisoner in three weeks.  The latest absconder is 32-year-old  Alan Reeve, a convicted double  murderer.   Next       Prev       Home        End