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Aug 6, 2021 · 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.
Dec 19, 2017 · Paul takes up the story with after being arrested in South Derry in 1976 how he ended up on the Blanket Protest. Originally Paul had Political Status but because he refused to recognise the courts and was sentenced after the 1st March, he lost it.
The dirty protest (also called the no wash protest) [1] was part of a five-year protest during the Troubles by Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) and Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) prisoners held in the Maze Prison (also known as "Long Kesh") and a protest at Armagh Women's Prison in Northern Ireland.
Apr 30, 2021 · Instead they slopped their urine on the floor and daubed the solid waste on the walls. It became known as the "dirty" or "no-wash" protest.
Jun 16, 2017 · Paul McGlinchey said he is concerned about cleaning agents used during the ‘no-wash’ protest in the H-Blocks. The 59-year-old recently received treatment for cancer in the lungs, bones and...
May 16, 2017 · The claim has been made by former IRA prisoner Paul McGlinchey in a book about his personal experiences in the H-Blocks before and after the 1981 hunger strike. In the book, ‘Truth will Out’,...
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Originally Paul had Political Status but because he refused to recognise the courts and was sentenced after the 1st March, he lost it. At 18 years old he had sentenced to 14 years in jail. At this stage, he had no idea that there was a blanket protest underway.
