The Torture Files
So the News and Current Affairs Department of RTÉ, our self-proclaimed “national broadcaster” (no sniggering, please), has suddenly become awareContinue Reading
Tag: Royal Ulster Constabulary – RUC
The Continuity RUC
In an unprecedented move the Police Ombudsman for the north-east of Ireland, Michael Maguire, is to sue the Chief Constable of theContinue Reading
The Great Irish Media Cover-Up
The pretence that the media establishment in Ireland is anything other than anti-Republican in terms of its collective political ideologyContinue Reading
Only A General Amnesty Will Yield The Truth
As the impact of the arrest of the veteran activist Ivor Bell continues to reverberate within Republican circles there isContinue Reading
Chief Superintendent Harry Breen, What You Weren’t Told
In all the discussions stemming from last year’s controversy over the Smithwick report it is strange that no one in the press hasContinue Reading
Pat Finucane – A Victim Of Britain’s State-Sponsored Terrorism In Ireland
On the 12th of Februaray 1989 the respected Irish civil rights lawyer Pat Finucane was sitting down to a Sunday dinner in hisContinue Reading
Former British Agent Admits Irish Citizens Were Waterboarded
I’ve written about the widespread use of torture, both physical and psychological, by the British Forces in the UK-administrated north-eastContinue Reading
The Murder Machine – The British War In Ireland
Several weeks ago I examined the acquittal in a British-run court in the North of Ireland of the long-time IrishContinue Reading
Guns For Hire – From RIC To RUC
In the 1920s, following the British defeat in Ireland’s War of Independence, many serving members of Britain’ paramilitary police forceContinue Reading
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