A so-called dirty protest by dissident republican prisoners in Northern Ireland has intensified. With up to 10 men smearing excrement on their cell walls at Maghaberry Jail near Lisburn, Co Antrim, high powered hoses were brought in to clean up the mess. The prisoners, most of whom are linked to the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA, are demanding to be segregated from loyalists. Prison authorities confirmed a number of men had been moved from their cells, but denied anybody was hurt during the cleaning operation. The campaign for segregation is being resisted because of fears prisoners will attempt to...