THE 32nd anniversary of the death of Bobby Sands was marked in Belfast on Sunday 5 May as dozens of republicans held while-line pickets in his honour.

Among those who gathered in Andersonstown near Sinn Féin’s West Belfast office were former Hunger Striker Jackie McMullan and many other republican former prisoners, members of Kieran Doherty’s family, and Paul Maskey, MP for West Belfast.

Earlier in the morning, more than a hundred people took part in a hike across the Divis and Black Mountains which are part of the Belfast hills range that dominate the city.

The ‘Bobby Sands Divis and Black Mountain Walk’ was organised this year to highlight Bobby’s love of nature and wildlife, which was evident in his writings.