Northern Ireland - new material (24)
01 December 1996
More revelations in Douglas case Paedar Whelan An Phoblacht/Republican News 10.10.96. p3 & 13. Follow-up article on British/RUC black propaganda in northern Ireland (see also AP/RN for 19.9.96.).
Public inquiry into the death of Patrick Shanaghan Caitriona Ruane. Just News Vol. 11 no. 10 (October) 1996 p.6-7. This article examines the murder of Patrick Shanaghan which was claimed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters in August 1991. It presents disturbing evidence of police (RUC) collusion in the killing.
The misrule of law: a report on the policing of events during the summer of 1996 in Northern Ireland. Committee on the Administration of Justice (October) 1996 pp99 5. This booklet is based on reports from independent observers who represented the CAJ at over twenty contentious parades between June and September 1996. It includes observations on "policing and public order" (tactics policy sectarianism and issues requiring further study) and the use of plastic bullets (number, circumstances and injuries). It also incorporates an examination of four specific incidents: the death of Dermot McShane the baton charge at Altnagelvin Hospital the near curfew on the Ormeau Road and the events at Drumcree/Garvaghy. A final section looks at the "International & Domestic legal perspectives" and appendices present background information. An extremely useful review of "public order" operations in northern Ireland that is all the more pertinent for the paucity and bias of coverage in England Scotland and Wales.
Parliamentary debates
The Northern Ireland peace process Lords 21.11.96. cols. 1412- 1448