For the first seventeen days of his hunger-strike 25 years ago
this week, Bobby Sands kept a secret diary in which he wrote his
thoughts and views.
The following is his writings for the first nine days.
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Published March 9, 2006
All-party vote for Finucane inquiry
The Dublin parliament has unanimously backed a motion calling
for a “full, independent, public judicial inquiry” into the 1989
murder of Belfast defence lawyer Pat Finucane.
Published March 9, 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair and 26-County Taoiseach Bertie
Ahern appear to have moved away from plans for a ‘shadow’
Six-County Assembly in Belfast, but are still not revealing any
proposals for reviving the peace process.
Published March 9, 2006
Jammed gun prevents UDA murder
A gun attack on a Catholic taxi driver in north Belfast at the
weekend is the start of a killing campaign against all republican
ex-prisoners, according to the unionist paramilitary UDA.
Published March 9, 2006
Brutal murder throws harsh light on justice system
A number of related policing and judicial scandals have followed
the murder of a 22-year-old woman at a party in Dublin last
weekend.
Published March 9, 2006
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to meet the family
of murdered Belfast teenager Peter McBride.
Published March 5, 2006
PSNI police chief Hugh Orde has dodged questions put to him at a
meeting of the North’s Policing Board about the 1998 Omagh
bombing.
Published March 5, 2006
Protest after Bush rallies troops at Irish airport
Political activists have demonstrated against stopovers through
Shannnon Airport this week by US President George Bush.
Published March 5, 2006
PSNI raids block UDA propoganda bid
UDA leaders were among a group of up to 15 unionist
paramilitaries arrested on Friday after PSNI police raided a bar
during a ‘show of strength’.
Published March 5, 2006
Exclusion is politics of failure and the past
By Jim Gibney (for the Irish News)
What were the British and Irish governments, the SDLP and the DUP doing when they tried to exclude Sinn Fein from negotiations 10 days ago?
Published March 5, 2006
A unionist group has said it is determined to march through
Dublin in spite of the violence caused by its attempt to do so
last weekend.
Published March 5, 2006
Immortalised on the lips of old and young
By Danny Morrison (for Daily Ireland)
When recalling the 1981 hunger strike, people often preface their memories by saying: “You wouldn’t think it was 25 years ago. It seems like only yesterday.”
Published March 5, 2006
An attempt by the London and Dublin governments to form a Belfast
Assembly with significantly reduced powers is meeting strong
resistance from northern nationalists.
Published March 5, 2006
There have been calls for an inquiry after a sectarian march
through the heart of Dublin resulted in widespread rioting and
disorder on Saturday.
Published February 28, 2006
Concerns over ‘Love Ulster’ march
There are fears that a ‘Love Ulster’ parade organised by unionist
hardliners on Saturday through Dublin city centre could lead to
violence.
Published February 24, 2006
Relatives of a Dundalk man murdered by a gang of unionist
paramilitaries and British soldiers have criticised the 26-County
Taoiseach for refusing to meet them.
Published February 24, 2006
Paisley suggests arming for conflict
The SDLP has accused DUP leader Ian Paisley of being
“disgraceful, reckless and inflammatory” after he
suggested that Protestants should be “forearmed” to deal with an
alleged IRA threat.
Published February 24, 2006
Top UDA man named as police agent
One of the most notorious sectarian killers of the conflict
worked for the RUC Special Branch police, it has been revealed.
Published February 24, 2006
Vision of freedom deserves to be honoured
Gerry Adams’s unequivocal support for and defence of the peace
process is significant because at the minute the peace process is
being squeezed.
Published February 24, 2006
SF won’t make the same mistake twice
Sinn Fein won’t be endorsing the PSNI or joining the Policing
Board any time soon.
Published February 24, 2006
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