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Inside The Torture Chamber: Water Boarding Allegations Against The Army And RUC

Posted By: June 08, 2014

By Vincent Kearney. BBC NI    OCTOBER 12, 2013   A documentary hears claims that water boarding was used during the Troubles (reconstruction image) The term water boarding has been widely used in recent years. Since the attack on the Twin Towers in 9/11, the previously little known interrogation technique has been a central and […]

British Government Authorised Use Of Torture Methods In NI In Early 1970s

Posted By: June 08, 2014

BBC NI. THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 The British government authorised the use of torture methods in Northern Ireland in the early 1970s, an RTÉ documentary has revealed. The finding was contained in a memo obtained by RTÉ’s Investigation Unit. The programme alleged the practice was carried out on 14 Catholic men after they were interned in 1971. ‘The Torture Files’ contained correspondence sent by the then Home Secretary Merlyn Rees to the Prime Minister James Callaghan in March 1977. The […]

Protestant Boys From Poorer Backgrounds ‘Still Fail’

Posted By: June 08, 2014

New statistics show gaps between religions and sexes BY DAVE WHELAN –. Belfast Telegraph. Friday , May 30, 2014   Young Protestant boys from poorer backgrounds are still stuck on the bottom rung of our education ladder, new statistics have confirmed. The Department of Education figures boast an increase of 2% in the number of pupils achieving at […]

Fianna Fail Must Resist Getting Into Bed With Sinn Fein ‘Tiger’

Posted By: June 08, 2014

Nationalists in the North know all about the perils of flirting with the Shinners. Tom Kelly. Sunday Independent ( Dublin).June 8, 2014 Mary Lou McDonald with party leader Gerry Adams   THE Chinese have a proverb, which goes ‘to attend an emperor is like sleeping with a tiger’. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams may not quite be an emperor yet but he […]

After Strong Council Gains, Sinn Fein Eyes Dail Domination

Posted By: June 08, 2014

      John Drennan, Sunday Independent( Dublin). June 8, 2014   Mary Lou McDonald has been SF’s star TD. Photo Tom Burke HAVING swallowed Labour in the council elections, Sinn Fein is now poised to inflict the same fate on both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. On the basis of the latest Millward Brown poll, the former political outcasts of the South […]

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