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The hunger strike was the culmination of a five-year protest during The Troubles by Irish republican prisoners in Northern Ireland. The protest began as the blanket protest in , when the British government withdrew Special Category Status prisoner of war rather than criminal status for convicted paramilitary prisoners. In , the dispute escalated into the dirty protest , where prisoners refused to leave their cells to wash and covered the walls of their cells with excrement. The second hunger strike took place in and was a showdown between the prisoners and the Prime Minister , Margaret Thatcher. One hunger striker, Bobby Sands , was elected as a member of parliament during the strike, prompting media interest from around the world. The use of a hunger strike as a means of protest in Ireland is a tradition dating to pre-Christian times. Special Category, or political status meant prisoners were treated similarly to prisoners of war; for example, not having to wear prison uniforms or do prison work. Initially, this protest did not attract a great deal of attention, and even the IRA regarded it as a side-issue compared to their armed campaign. One hundred and forty-eight prisoners volunteered to be part of the strike, but a total of seven were selected to match the number of men who signed the Easter Proclamation of the Republic. The Irish Girls Rising Building The Women.

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Annette Young talks to the Irish Ambassador to France, Patricia O'Brien, on how Ireland is using St Brigid's Day on February 1 which celebrates the country's only female saint, to promote the achievements of inspirational women.

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