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Press on with Haass plan for Troubles victims

Posted By: February 06, 2014

BY PATRICK CORRIGAN. BELFAST TELEGRAPH , WEDNESDAY,  FEBRUARY 5, 2014 Standing on the shore at Newcastle during the recent tidal surges, I watched wave after wave crashing over the harbour wall. The wall, otherwise imposing on a clear day, seemed a puny human artifice as it was battered by the tide and overcome by the power of […]

Solicitor at 1970 Dublin arms trial praises integrity of army officer

Posted By: February 06, 2014

News Letter ( Belfast). Thursday, February 6, 2014            l The solicitor who defended an Irish army intelligence officer from charges of importing arms for the IRA has spoken out about the integrity of his client. Frank Fitzpatrick was the solicitor for Capt James Kelly, who was charged with treason in the 1970 arms trial in […]

PAT FINUCANE

Posted By: February 06, 2014

25TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER PAT FINUCANE www.relativesforjustice.com Wednesday 12th February 3:00 – 4.30pm pm Roundtable discussion with Geraldine and Michael Finucane led by Brian Dooley, Human Rights First, Washington DC. 6.30-9.00 pm Michael and Geraldine Finucane will update the public about Pat’s case. Chair, Martin Flaherty – other speakers include Liz Wickeri, Chair […]

PEACEFUL FUTURE DEPENDS ON ADDRESSING THE PAST

Posted By: February 05, 2014

Allison Morris. Irish News( Belfast). Wednesday, February 5, 2014. GETTING to the truth of who was pulling the strings in a conflict that was inevitably drawn out by those who armed and facilitated the gunmen is the last major hurdle to cementing peace. The murderous activities of the informer-ridden Mount Vernon UVF were first exposed […]

UNIONISTS STILL UNDER 1904 ETHNIC UMBRELLA

Posted By: February 05, 2014

Brian Feeney. Wednesday, February 5, 2014 YOU can’t fail to have noticed what passes for politics here these days, and dispiriting stuff it is too. Perhaps because it’s in Belfast and a couple of miles from TV studios, perhaps because there’s always the chance of a mini-riot but, whatever the reason, the squalid street theatre […]

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