The Barron report shows how the politicisation of the Garda Siochana gained momentum in the early 1970s. I watched it happen. I was based in the Monaghan parish between 1971 and 1979. I saw how once friendly Gardaí became cold, silent and hostile to me and more especially to many citizens in Monaghan.
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Reflecting on The Barron Report
Published December 29, 2003
Dickson jailed in Germany over IRA attack
A former British soldier was jailed for six and a half years
in Germany before Christmas for assisting an IRA mortar attack
on his old army base.
Published December 29, 2003
A month-by-month look back at the events of the year.
Published December 29, 2003
Next month's review of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement must be
limited to one month, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said
today [Monday]
Published December 29, 2003
Racial attacks escalate in North
Weekend arson attacks which badly damaged two homes were the
latest in a string of racially motivated attacks.
Published December 29, 2003
Republican anger as prison leave denied
Political representatives of the INLA, a small republican
armed group, has said its understanding with the 26-County
government is in trouble following its refusal to allow former
leader Dessie O'Hare home leave over the holiday period.
Published December 29, 2003
U.S. extradition treaty `violates civil liberties'
The American Civil Liberties Union has come out against the ratification of a new extradition treaty between Britain and the United States, saying that the measure contains a number of ill-considered erosions of judicial review and would threaten the due process rights of Americans and others accused of crimes by the British government.
Published December 29, 2003
It was interesting to read today that a member of the IRA unit
which carried out the 1972 bombing in the village of Claudy
has apologised to a relative of a victim of the attack.
Published December 22, 2003
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings
The Dublin and Monaghan Bombings, by Don Mullan, reviewed by Liam O Ruairc
Published December 22, 2003
The tragic deaths of two British Army pilots in a helicopter
crash in County Derry has refocused attention on the dangers
posed by Britain's continuing military presence in the North
of Ireland.
Published December 22, 2003
Ex-Ministers criticise Barron report; Omagh families appeal
Controversy over the Barron report into the 1974 loyalist
bombings of Dublin and Monaghan has continued over the
weekend.
Published December 22, 2003
Police list highlights anti-Irish racism in Britain
British police have maintained a secret list of all Irish
people, regardless of whether they are suspected of breaking
the law, it has emerged.
Published December 22, 2003
PSNI suspected as Twinbrook homes attacked
Sinn Féin Lisburn Councillor Sue Ramsey has expressed concern
and warned residents in west Belfast to be vigilant after her
home, along with another in Twinbrook, was attacked on Friday
night.
Published December 22, 2003
SF refutes criminality accusation
Sinn Fein's office in Dublin has published accounts for the
first time yesterday in an effort to counter allegations of
wrongdoing by Dublin's Justice Minister.
Published December 22, 2003
UUP MPs consider position in wake of Donaldson resignation
Tensions within David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party are continuing following the resignation from the party last week of prominent dissident Jeffrey Donaldson and two fellow elected members of the Belfast Assembly.
Published December 22, 2003
British govt must become part of the solution
(from irelandclick.com)
Today's refusal by the British government to publish Judge Peter Cory's report into collusion between the security forces and the murderers of Pat Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright is a slap in the face to the families of the victims and everyone who has campaigned for a new human rights-based culture in the North of Ireland.
Published December 19, 2003
Decision to suppress Nally report condemned
Relatives of the those who died in the 1998 Omagh bomb have
criticised the withholding of a report into allegations that
the Garda police in the 26 Counties could have prevented the
bombing, which claimed 29 lives.
Published December 19, 2003
Unionist hardliner Jeffrey Donaldson has finally severed his
connections with David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party, and
will join forces with Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party
in next month's review of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
Published December 19, 2003
A demonstration took place at the European Union offices
in Dublin today over the status of the Irish language.
Published December 19, 2003
Pressure is mounting on the British government to release the
findings of Judge Peter Cory's probes into cases of British
Crown force collusion in murders carried out by loyalist
paramilitaries.
Published December 19, 2003
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