Former IRA volunteer and ex-prisoner, spent 18 years in Long Kesh, 4 years on the blanket and no-wash/no work protests which led to the hunger strikes of the 80s. Completed PhD at Queens upon release from prison. Left the Republican Movement at the endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, and went on to become a journalist. Co-founder of The Blanket, an online magazine that critically analyzed the Irish peace process. Lead researcher for the Belfast Project, an oral history of the Troubles.
I don't care if Jesus tells me he will use lube . Jesus, no man, woman or beast will enter my holy of holies..
ReplyDeleteI will be watching High Noon in Manchester today...Hope the mayor doesn't sell his soul for a fist full of dollars...