On one occasion where he with relatives of the hunger strike , he refused to meet the family of Bobby Sands MP , the Officer Commanding of the Provisional IRA hunger strikers , and the first to die on this strike , along with the sister of Raymond McCreesh , who had died on 21 May . On one occasion where he with relatives of the hunger strike , he refused to meet the family of Bobby Sands , the MP and O\/C of the Provisional IRA hunger strikers who was the first person to die on hunger strike , along with the sister of Raymond McCreesh , who had died on the 21st of May .