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News for 2 April, 2004
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British Collusion: Three public inquiries announced
NIO Secretary Paul Murphy announced yesterday that there are to be public inquiries into three controversial killings in the North. Mr Murphy was outlining the British government's response to the Cory report into allegations of security force collusion in four killings. Speaking in the House of Commons, Murphy referred to the 1997 killing of Catholic Robert Hamill in Portadown, the murder of solicitor Rosemary Nelson in Lurgan in 1999, and the murder of Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright in 1997. View more |
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A one-sided dirty war: Cory Report printed
Pat Finucane Sections of the security forces in the Six Counties saw themselves as above the law and conducted a one-sided dirty war in which solicitors representing republicans were apparently seen as legitimate targets, according to the Cory Report. The report reveals that agents were allowed to set up murders and loyalists given were given army intelligence which was probably used to kill nationalists. View more |
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No room for British lead in truth process
Philip McGuigan Serious question marks remain as to why the British government should be allowed to take the lead role in any search for the truth about violence in the North, it was claimed today. Following the publication of the report, Sinn Fein North Antrim Assembly member Philip McGuigan said any consultation around a truth process needed to be independent and international. View more |
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Trimble insults victims and families
Rosemary Nelson The Ulster Unionist leader has been criticised for remarks about solicitors Rosemary Nelson, who was killed in a booby-trap bomb in Lurgan in 1999 and Pat Finucane, shot by loyalists in Belfast in 1989. Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Trimble talked about those who "have a clear terrorist connection". View more |
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Finucane case - Soldiers want public inquiry
Soldiers who featured in a report on the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane said today they would like to face a public inquiry. They issued the following statement through their London-based legal team at solicitors Kingsley Napley: ``We represent a number of former members of the Forces Research Unit and senior members of the British Army involved in intelligence operations in Northern Ireland during the late 1980s. View more |
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Dublin/Monaghan bombings latest
Justice for the Forgotten, the Group representing families of those bereaved or injured in the 1974 Dublin/Monaghan bombings, have said that an inquiry into the tragedy must be in place by the end of April, when inquests are due to begin into the deaths of the 34 people killed in the attacks. The group want to see an international, independent public inquiry initiated. View more |
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Adams unveils Easter programme
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP unveiled the party's Easter Commemoration programme today at No. 16 Moore Street in Dublin. Mr. Adams called on people across Ireland to wear an Easter Lily to honour Ireland's Patriot dead. He also expressed support for the campaign to get Dublin City Council to preserve 16 Moore Street. The final surrender of the Easter Rising took place in the house but it is now under threat from developers who want to demolish it and build a new shopping and commercial precinct on its site. View more |
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Constance Markieviez - aiming for the stars - By Jim McVeighAs part of our 'Remembering the Past' series in the run-up to Easter week, today we bring you an article on Countess Markieviez, one of the leaders of the 1916 Rising, and the first woman to be elected to the British House of Commons (although she didn't take her seat). View more |
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