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British Military Intelligence on the Murder of Billy Hanna
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Read a secret British Military Intelligence file and logs on the murder of Billy Hanna
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Northern Ireland’s Silent Defenders?
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Who were the Silent Defenders? Secret British military archives name them although all may not be what seems to be.
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Supreme Court Confirms PSNI Failings in Investigating Jean’s Murder
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Supreme Court confirms PSNI failings in case of murder of West Belfast woman Jean Smyth-Campbell, murdered by British Armed Forces in Ireland in 1972.
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Family of Michael Leonard Meet with Department of Foreign Affairs
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council voted to support the family of Michael Leonard who was murdered by the police in 1973.
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Council Support for the Family of Michael Leonard
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council voted to support the family of Michael Leonard who was murdered by the police in 1973.
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Time for Truth Campaign National Day of Action
By Ciarán MacAirt |
The families of the Time for Truth Campaign mobilized for a National Day of Action against Britain's amnesty proposals.
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The Killing of Marian Brown
By Ciarán MacAirt |
The killing of teenager Marian Brown is recorded as the prosaic “Mulhouse Shooting” in secret British Military archives. The mill on Mulhouse Street had been taken over by the British Army as barracks. Three other unarmed teenagers were also hit in the shooting including Thomas Corrigan, Marian’s boyfriend, her sister and another local teenager. Their […]
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Did William Craig Fake His Own Assassination Attempt?
By Ciarán MacAirt |
Who tried to assassinate William Craig in October 1972?
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Internment Files Released for 50th Anniversary
By Ciarán MacAirt |
New Evidence: Operation Demetrius and Internment August 9th sees the 50th anniversary of the launch of Operation Demetrius, the British Army operation of mass arrest and internment without trial of Irish Catholics suspected by the British authorities of being involved in the Irish Republican Army. Most were not. If ever proof was needed that the […]
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