
'Frustration' as more than half of Maze prison site requests blocked
For 12 years the site has been in limbo due to a political stand-off, which stalled £300m regeneration plans.
BBC News
HM Prison Maze was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000. On 15 October 1974 Irish Republican internees burned 21 of the compounds used to house the internees thereby destroying much of Long Kesh.
For 12 years the site has been in limbo due to a political stand-off, which stalled £300m regeneration plans.