Row over grant-aided book 'Bobby Sands Freedom Fighter' #BBCNolan

Feb 24, 2016, 09:43 AM

Another green and orange row. This time, and you couldn't make it up, a comic book is at the centre of the disagreement. The dispute centres around a graphic novel about the hunger striker Bobby Sands. It's called "Bobby Sands, Freedom Fighter". The Arts Council, which gets its funding from Stormont's Department of Culture and Arts, has been criticised for giving money to the publisher of the book. Stephen spoke to UUP MP Tom Elliot and Sinn Fein MLA and former Hunger striker, Pat Sheehan