Category: General
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Abuse of Privilege: the former DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, wrongfully alleged that a Garda mole was involved in the murder of two RUC officers by the IRA. By Deirdre Younge.
In April 2000 Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of the DUP, stood up in the House of Commons and made the heinous allegation on live television that former Special Branch sergeant in Dundalk Garda Station, Owen Corrigan, had colluded in the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen, Commander H Division, and Superintendent Bob Buchanan, while…
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The State is abdicating responsibility for National Defence. By Gerard Humphreys, former army officer.
Introduction. As the lights begin to go off in Europe, the State continues to abdicate responsibility for national defence and is failing to fulfil its key obligations as an independent entity in international law. The geopolitical situation continues to rapidly deteriorate yet the government is engaged in a massive PR exercise ostensibly celebrating the centenary…
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John Hume was the victim of a campaign of character assassination. It was perpetrated by the British Secret Service, MI6, and their colleagues in the IRD, a dirty tricks department of the Foreign Office. Hume was also placed under MI5 surveillance in Dublin with the assistance of the Gardaí.
An ebook by David Burke. An official portrait of the late Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume is to be unveiled in Westminster today. A sculpture of him was put on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg earlier this year. The new portrait by Colin Davidson – which is magnificent – will hang in Portcullis…
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A declassified UK memo on John Hume exposes the interest of PM John Major’s top civil servants in “possible press stories regarding John Hume’s private life”.
By David Burke. A memo released from Britain’s National Archives in 2020 revealed discussions at the apex of the British government about salacious rumours relating to John Hume’s private life. It was sent to Sir Robin Butler, Cabinet Secretary to John Major’s government, and also to Major’s private secretary, Sir Alex Allan. Allan is not…
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Ireland’s digital pathways are being used to launch drone attacks. By David Waldron.
The debate in Ireland about joining NATO, or some sort of an EU military arrangement, is now on the political agenda like never before. Pro-neutrality advocates argue that the country is sleep walking into a military alignment of one sort or another with Western military powers. They point to the fact that US air force…
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Spying on the prodigal prince and his American wife. Harry and Megan are surely the targets of surveillance by His Majesty’s secret services. MI6 reported to his mother, Queen Elizabeth II for 70 years. By David Burke.
Introduction. Queen Elizabeth II received briefings from fifteen chiefs of the British Secret Service during her 70 year reign. In the modern era the communications of Prince Harry and his American wife are surely being monitored by Britain’s vast espionage network, in particular, GCHQ. 1. Royal briefings. Richard Moore, the Chief of the British…
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Parallels in ‘Perversion’: RUC and MI5 informers and the Arlene Arkinson and Richard Kerr cases. By Donal Lavery.
While they would seem worlds apart, their fates were all the more alike. This refers of course to the tragedies which befell young Arlene Arkinson and Richard Kerr starting when both of them were youths and culminating in two destroyed lives. Arlene was a pleasant teenage girl who seemed well-liked by her family and friends…
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Silent Defenders. By Ciarán MacAirt.
In a whitewashed barn decked out with Ulster flags, Union Jacks and pictures of the Queen, their leader in charge of this meeting sat at an old table. He pressed a button on a tape recorder. A voice boomed out: I address you as the commander in chief of the organisation, Silent Defenders. Author Ciarán…