The British government’s notorious cover-up legislation, which became
law this week, has already been hit with several legal challenges,
including over a dozen by victims of its war crimes in the north of
Ireland.
The inquest into the killings of the Clonoe Martyrs – Vol Kevin Barry O'Donnell, Vol Patrick Vincent,
Vol Peter Clancy and Vol Sean O Farrell, – finally opened this week, some 31 years after their deaths.
The author of a new book about the Crown Force project ‘Stakeknife’ has
called for an inquiry into a secret intelligence umbrella group he says
oversaw the running of double agents.
British authorities have been accused of defying court orders as a
strategy to avoid an inquest going ahead into the 1997 murder of GAA
official Sean Brown.
British Direct Ruler Chris Heaton-Harris was accused of delivering
“breathtaking fake news” after claiming there is “no alternative” to
legislation which includes a full amnesty for British war crimes in the
north of Ireland.
A series of PSNI raids in Derry on some of the warmest nights of the
year produced the inevitable result for a force desperate to deflect
attention from its own internal crises.
A former RUC policeman and his partner have appeared in court on charges
of helping to cover up the murder of Portadown man Robert Hamill more
than 20 years ago.
A North Derry man who was granted bail this week following a public outcry
over his detention earlier this month has been returned to jail in an
apparent dispute over his bail conditions.
On this day, 220 years ago, a 25-year-old Irish republican Robert Emmet
was taken from his cell in Kilmainham Jail and sent to die at a gallows
erected on Thomas Street.
The age old saying “only victims know the true cost of war” is certainly
apt as the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is
railroaded through Westminster.