Stock Photo - Feb. 02, 1975 - Former Provisional Ira Chief of Staff goes on Hunger Strike Outside Portaloise Jail in Eire; Sean Macstiofain, 47, former Provisional IRA 'Chief of Staff', has commenced a hunger strike outside the gates of Portaoise Jail in Eire, in support of IRA member Patrick Ward, who is reported to be very ill after being on hunger strike for 37 days and had now been transferred to the military hospital at the Curragh military camp. Photo Shows Sean Macstiofain who has started a hunger strike outside Portaoise prison, is seen holding a banner bearing the words 'Cosgrave lets hunger strike die', with Sean is hunger striker Patrick Ward's girlfriend. (Credit Image: © Keystone Press Agency/Keystone USA via ZUMAPRESS.com)