A shekarar 1981, fursunoni bakwai sun halarci yajin aikin farko, wanda ya ƙare bayan kwanaki 53. An yi yajin aikin na biyu a shekarar 1981 kuma ya kasance rikici tsakanin fursunoni da Firayim Ministan Burtaniya, Margaret Thatcher. An zabi wani mai fama da yunwa, Bobby Sands, a matsayin memba na majalisa a lokacin yajin aikin, wanda ya jawo sha'awar siyasa daga kafofin watsa labarai na duniya. An kira yajin aikin ne bayan mutuwar fursunoni goma da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa na musamman ga fursunonin da aka yanke wa hukuncin kisa. A shekara ta 1978, rikici ya karu zuwa zanga-zangar datti, inda fursunoni suka ƙi barin ɗakunan su don wankewa da kuma rufe ganuwar ɗakunan su da najasa.
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