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Tue 05 May 2009Thirtysomethings do not relate to ruling generation
The anger of a lost generation of young professionals will coalesce in demands for systemic change, writes ELAINE BYRNE
BOBBY SANDS was just 27 when he died on hunger strike in the Maze Prison 28 years ago today. He is now dead longer than he lived. That Ireland of 1981 was saddled by black flags flying a corrupted definition of freedom that imprisoned a generation through a renewed IRA campaign.
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