Posted By: January 20, 2015
NEWS LETTER ( Belfast). January 19, 2015 A UVF killer who was involved in one of the most infamous attacks of the 1970s has reportedly been found dead. John Somerville was part of a team which carried out the massacre of Miami Showband musicians on July 31, 1975. PUP man Winston Irvine said yesterday that […]
Posted By: January 20, 2015
News Letter ( Belfast ) January 19 , 2015 A newly-released MOD file has revealed that an Army helicopter, said to have crashed in a 1978 air accident, came down trying to avoid IRA gunfire. Among those on board the ill-fated south Armagh flight was one of the most senior British army officers killed during […]
Posted By: January 12, 2015
THE MORE TIME GOES BY, THE MORE WE SEE HOW PIVOTAL THE MAC BRIDE PRINCIPLES HAVE BEEN. These new files, from the Northern Ireland Department of Economic Development, were released under the 20/30 year rule . Kevin Mullan Londonderry Sentinel.10 January, 2015 Amongst the files released under the 20/30 year rule is correspondence relating to the application of the MacBride […]
Posted By: January 11, 2015
Patrick Murphy. Irish News ( Belfast). Saturday, January 10, 2015 OH GOOD, it looks like we are going to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising by having a huge row. How very appropriate. The row stems from conflicting interpretations of the Rising’s attempt to shape modern Ireland. The writings of Pearse and Connolly (and […]
Posted By: January 08, 2015
Jim Gibney. Irish News ( Belfast). Thursday, January 8, 2015 FOR the first time since the conflict in the north broke out in the mid-1960s and after decades of campaigning, a door has been opened to the past which potentially should allow the truth to be known for the relatives of those bereaved in the […]