Why ruin an event to honour a Volunteer by rambling on about SF? It would have been nice to hear something about George himself instead of embittered attacks on SF. Change the Record.! R.I.P. George and Pop.
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.
Why ruin an event to honour a Volunteer by rambling on about SF? It would have been nice to hear something about George himself instead of embittered attacks on SF.
ReplyDeleteChange the Record.! R.I.P. George and Pop.