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Worst atrocity of The Troubles 40 years ago today

Posted By: May 17, 2014

James O’Shea @irishcentral  Thursday, May 17,2014 The aftermath of the Talbot Street bombing in Dublin in 1974. Photo by: Google Images   It was the worst atrocity of the Troubles: three car bombs in Dublin, one in Monaghan on Friday, May 17, 1974 and it happened forty years ago this weekend. There were no warnings given.   Now the victims and families […]

POTTED IDIOT’S GUIDE TO OUR IDIOTIC POLITICS

Posted By: May 17, 2014

Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belast). Saturday, May 17, 2014 POLITICS here is a bit like snooker. We used to watch it a lot on television, but many grew tired of it and switched off. The bad news is that politics (we use the term loosely, you understand) is returning to your television next week. […]

Reminder that John Major’s government role almost undermined the Peace Process

Posted By: May 16, 2014

David Cameron’s strategy towards Ireland is a reminder of John Major’s government’s role – it almost undermined the Peace Process BY DECLAN KEARNEY. Belfast Telegraph.15 MAY 2014 However Gerry Adams detention and release is viewed, and many have done so with either bewilderment or suspicion, it brought into stark relief for many citizens the fragility […]

Catholics more likely to be jailed and to be disciplined behind bars

Posted By: May 16, 2014

  Niall Mc Cracken. The Detail ( Belfast) MARCH 3, 201 Catholics prisoners had the highest number of adjudication charges across all NIPS sites MORE than fifteen years after the Good Friday Agreement, Catholics continue to form a higher proportion of the prison population and are more likely to be punished when behind bars. Prison […]

Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Gilmore calls on British to act

Posted By: May 16, 2014

Dublin-Monaghan bombings: Gilmore calls on British to actrelating to the Dublin-Monaghan bombings of 1974 to be assessed by an independent international judicial figure. This week marks the 40th anniversary of the bombings in which 33 people died and a further 300 people were injured. Relatives of the victims of the bombings announced today that they […]

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