Robert Storey (11 April 1956 – 21 June 2020) was an Irish Sinn Fein politician. He was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He was sentenced to a total of 25 years in jail but was released early under the terms of the Belfast Agreement. He also played a key role in the Maze Prison escape in 1983, the biggest prison escape in the history of the United Kingdom.
Storey died on 21 June 2020 at a hospital in England from problems caused by lung surgery, aged 64.
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House of Commons Hansard Debates for 11 January 2005 – House of Commons debate containing allegations against Storey The Trouble with Guns – journalist Malachi O'Doherty's account of a meeting with Storey in 1995