Martin Hurson

[4] In November 1976, Hurson, together with Kevin O’Brien, Dermot Boyle, Peter Kane and Pat O’Neill were arrested.

Hurson was beaten by interrogators in the Omagh and Armagh police barracks and held in the H Blocks of Long Kesh (HM Prison Maze) until his trial in November 1977.

He was part of the blanket protest and joined the 1981 hunger strike on 28 May, replacing Brendan McLaughlin who withdrew following a perforated stomach ulcer.

Near the end, his family considered the possibility of intervening to save his life, but they were told that he would probably have permanent brain damage.

[10] Shortly after his death (and without consulting his family) the body of Martin Hurson was removed from the Maze prison by the RUC and moved to Omagh Hospital.