Volunteer Michael Gaughan (1949-1974)

Over the next few weeks, I will be taking the opportunity to detail those martyrs of the IRA's England Department who have died on active service. First up is the Mayo Volunteer, Michael Gaughan

Michael Gaughan (5 October 1949 – 3 June 1974) was a Volunteer of Oglaigh Na hEireann who died on hunger strike in Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight.
He was originally from Ballina in County Mayo, and after he finished school, he emigrated to England, settling in London. There he became active in Clann Na hEireann, which was the Official Sinn Féin organisation in Britain. He later become an active IRA Volunteer.
In 1971 he was senteced to 7 years in prison for his part in a fundraising operation. In 1974, Michael, along with Paul Holme, Hugh Feeney and Frank Stagg followed the Price sisters on the political status hunger strike.
After 64 days on the strike, which included force-feeding, Michael died.
Over 3,000 mourners lined the streets of Kilburn, London when Michael's coffin passed. His official funeral and burial took place in his home town of Ballina, in which 50,000 attended.

A True Son of Erin, and a Patriot we can all be proud of.

Rest In Peace Comrade

Bloody Sunday 2010 (Sinn Féin Events)

Bloody Sunday Events 2010
• Monday 25 January
8pm: Film ‘The US vs John Lennon’
Venue: The Nerve Centre, Magazine Street. Adm £2

• Tuesday 26 January
8pm: Film and discussion ‘Five Minutes of Heaven’
Venue: The Nerve Centre, Adm £2

• Wednesday 27 January
8pm: Film and discussion ‘Not In Our Name’
Venue: The Nerve Centre, Magazine Street. Adm £2
10pm: Pub Quiz, Bloody Sunday Memorial Shield
Venue: The Beechtree Bar, Adm £10 per team of five

• Thursday 28 January
8pm: Raiders Of The Lost Archives
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Gt James St. Adm by donation

• Friday 29 January
12pm: Eyewitness walking tour
Departs: Museum of Free Derry
1.30pm - 3pm: Film and discussion ‘Justice Denied: Voices from Guantanamo’
Venue: Pilots Row. Adm Free
6pm-9pm: Acoustic Set
Venue: Mason’s Bar, Magazine Street. Adm Free
7.30pm: Set the Truth Free Lecture
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin. Adm by donation
10pm: Film ‘Sunday’ followed by Music
Venue: Sean Dolan’s GAA, Creggan. Adm Free

• Saturday 30 January
10am - 11.30am: Film ‘Octobre a Paris’
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Seomra 2.
10.30am - 3.45pm: Training Workshop ‘Non-violent action for Social Justice’
Venue: Pilot’s Row. Participation by donation, includes soup lunch
12pm - 1.30pm: Panel Discussion ‘Losing Their Memory’
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Seomra 2
12pm - 1.30pm: Ógra Shinn Féin Basque event
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Performance area
2pm - 3.45pm: Youth for Truth
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Performance area
4pm: Minutes Silence to mark the time of the shooting on Bloody Sunday
Venue: Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street.
7.30pm: Bloody Sunday Fundraiser
Venue: Cultúrlann Uí Chanáin, Performance area. Adm £5. Space limited so come early.
8pm: Film and discussion ‘Sunday’
Venue: The Nerve Centre. Adm £2
10.30pm: Music by Gary Óg
Venue: Telstar, Central Drive. Adm Free
10.30pm: Music by Cruncher O’Neill
Venue: Dungloe Bar, Waterloo Street. Adm Free

• Sunday 31 January
11am: Wreath laying ceremony and prayer service
Venue: Bloody Sunday Monument, Rossville Street. All welcome.
2.30pm: Bloody Sunday Commemorative March and Rally
Assemble: 2.30pm, Creggan Shops.
6pm: Music and Refreshments
Venue: Sandino’s, Water Street
6pm: Music by Gary Óg
Venue: Telstar. Adm Free
6pm: Music by Cruncher O’Neill
Venue: Dungloe Bar. Adm Free
6pm-8pm: Music by Barry Kerr
Venue: Mason’s Bar. Adm Free
9.30pm: Music by Gary Óg and Cruncher O’Neill
Venue: Sandino’s. Adm Free

• Monday 1 February
2pm-4pm: Music by Gary Óg
Venue: Telstar, Central Drive. Adm Free

Bloody Sunday Trust, c/o Museum of Free Derry, 55 Glenfada Park, Derry BT48 9DR
Tel: (028) 7136 0880 Fax: (028) 7138 0881 Email: admin@bloodysundaytrust.org

Sinn Féin Politicians Visit Gaza

Sinn Féin representatives Bairbre de Brún MEP, Mayor of Derry City, Councillor Paul Fleming and Derry City Councillor Gerry MacLochlainn were among a contingent of 50 politicians from 13 different European countries who travelled into the Gaza Strip on Friday, entering the Palestinian region at the normally closed Rafah crossing. The heavily fortified frontier was opened on Friday in order to admit the large number of foreign politicians.

Firinne Protest Against Section 44

Fírinne in Fermanagh, the group that campaigns on behalf of victims of British state violence, protested against the stop & search powers being used by the PSNI on Tuesday night [January 19].

Members and supporters of Fírinne gathered outside the Killyhevlin Hotel in Enniskillen where a Six-County Policing Board meeting was taking place to highlight the recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that the use of stop & search under the British government’s Section 44 and the Justice & Security Act is unlawful.

The PSNI displayed their usual disregard for the right to peaceful assembly by videoing the demonstrators and noting down the car registration numbers of local people.

Bernice Swift, the project manager of Fírinne and an independent republican councillor in Fermanagh, attended the protest.

“The Strasbourg court ruled it was unlawful for police to use the powers, under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, to stop and search people without needing any grounds for suspicion, further adding that the way they were authorised, were ‘neither sufficiently circumscribed, nor subject to adequate legal safeguards against abuse’,” Swift said.

“Unanimous agreement by European judges said the power to search a person's clothing and belongings in public included elements of humiliation and embarrassment which was a clear interference with the right to privacy. One example in Fermanagh, where one young man was stopped and searched three times in two hours was wholly unacceptable, and has now been ruled as illegal

Kidnapping Of Comrade Sa'adat - 8th Anniversary

The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine denounced the Palestinian Authority and its security forces for the kidnapping of its General Secretary, Comrade Ahmad Sa'adat on January 15, 2002, on the eighth anniversary of that plot to arrest Comrade Sa'adat at the behest of the occupation. On January 13, 2010, the PFLP called upon all to learn from the lessons and experiences of relying on U.S. and Israeli promises and warned against tampering with the Palestinian home front with schemes of security cooperaiton that only serve the occupation and its goals of liquidating proven and reliable national leadership.

The kidnapping of Comrade Sa'adat by PA security forces after luring him to a meeting under false pretenses in Ramallah followed upon occupation demands to imprison the leader after the liquidation by the PFLP of the symbol of extremism, the racist Zionist tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi, in response to the assassination of PFLP General Secretary Abu Ali Mustafa.

The PFLP said at the time and reiterated today that the Palestinian Authority security forces arresting the General Secretary of a Palestinian political party and resistance faction, a leader of the Palestinian national movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization, set an unacceptable and dangerous precedent. The Front emphasized that this action was a departure from all norms of handling internal disputes and crossed all red lines in the internal Palestinian arena, in response to the demands and dictates of the occupation

The Case Of Jon Anza

Evil might not shoot, kill, maim, torture, mutilate, disfigure or strangle. Evil might not even call openly for these things to happen to opponents. Evil can be the simple act of staying silent.

Spain has, this month, taken on the presidency of the European Union for six months. The fact is that the Spanish Civil Guard, police and military are shooting, torturing, mutilating and kidnapping political opponents of the Spanish government, while the courts, in turn, imprison youth group members, politicians, journalists and language activists. Nothing is ever heard in ‘mainstream’ society about these attacks on democracy. It seems that the media throughout Europe think that it would be impolite to highlight these daily echoes of Franco’s dictatorship.

To reveal the lack of democracy at the heart of the Spanish state might threaten the illusion that the European Union has any democratic credentials itself.

Probably the most shocking case to have emerged inside the last year of Spain’s Dirty War against Basque citizens is the disappearance of Jon Anza.

Anza is originally from Donostia [San Sebastián] in the Spanish occupied part of the Basque Country. For his involvement in the national independence struggle, he was imprisoned in 1982 and remained incarcerated for over 12 years. After his release and, with mounting harassment from Spanish state forces, Anza decided to move to the French occupied part of the Basque Country – to live in exile in order to have some quality of life for himself and his family.

In Baiona on April 18 2009 at 7am Jon was boarding a train for Toulouse. He was waved off on his journey by his partner, having told her that he was travelling to meet up with friends. She had no contact with Jon in the days that followed but this didn’t immediately worry her. It wasn’t until April 24 when Jon missed an appointment with his doctor that his partner became concerned.

Jon has an illness which impairs his sight, he is almost blind, and he needs regular medical treatment. In the weeks that followed, his relatives and friends waited for news but, when nothing happened, they decided to act. On May 16 relatives of Jon, his lawyer and a member of Askatasuna, the Basque organisation for political prisoners, held a press conference in Baiona. They told of how they feared for Jon’s safety. They recounted the stories from the 1970s and ’80s when Spanish state forces had kidnapped, tortured and killed Basques living in the French occupied zone. They told of how they now feared that Jon may have met a similar fate. They were asking for help.

People from all over the Basque Country responded. In less than a week, over 1,000 people took to the streets of Baiona to protest. Days later, 500 people gathered in Biarritz demanding to know the whereabouts of Jon.

Two weeks after the press conference, hundreds of protests that are held around the Basque Country every month to remember Basque political prisoners were focused on the plight of Jon Anza and banners and placards asked the simple question ‘Non da Jon?’ [Where is Jon?]. More protests followed, over 4,000 turned out in Donostia; banners, stickers, posters and graffiti showed a simple picture of Jon and all asked the same question; his girlfriend gave an emotional interview to the Basque media, but still no news.

Read more here

Stop And Searches Treble In The North

Police tripled their use of stop-and-search in Northern Ireland last year, Policing Board figures have revealed.

In 2008/9, the PSNI used the anti-terror legislation almost 10,000 times, compared to 3,234 incidents in 2007/8.

Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, which allows police to act without reasonable suspicion, was last week ruled illegal by the European Court of Human Rights.

A NI Policing Board report has said it must not be seen as an easy alternative to traditional policing methods.

The rise in Section 44 searches in Northern Ireland followed an increase in dissident republican attacks.

The board's Human Rights Report, published on Thursday, said officers should be fully briefed about the extent of the power and how it is to be used.

"The Section 44 authorisation should never be viewed as an easy alternative to the Police and Criminal Evidence (Pace) power; police officers should resist the temptation to resort to Section 44 because he or she need not have reasonable grounds for suspicion," the report stated.

Palestinian Graves Attacked By Settlers

Damaged graves and racist graffiti have been found in the Palestinian village of Awarta in the northern West Bank after a Jewish group visited the area.

Palestinians told an Israeli rights group they saw Jewish pilgrims and Israeli soldiers in the area which is also a Jewish burial site, on Tuesday.

The Israeli military says it is investigating the incident.

On Tuesday 10 people from a nearby settlement were arrested and questioned over an arson attack on a mosque.

At least two tombstones were damaged in the cemetery outside the village, and food and rubbish were left on graves.

In the village, offensive slogans about Arabs were found scrawled in Hebrew, English and Russian.

Israelis are forbidden from entering Awarta, but the Israeli military occasionally organises group trips for settlers to visit nearby Jewish tombs.

Palestinians told the Israeli rights group B'tselem that such a visit had taken place on Tuesday night, and the damage was discovered on Wednesday morning.

B'tselem said the tombs may have been ones that had been previously broken and repaired.

500 Candidates Barred From Iraq Election

Iraq's election commission has barred almost 500 candidates from running in national elections on 7 March.

A committee that vets candidates says some of those banned had ties to the outlawed Baath party, once led by Saddam Hussein.

Those barred are believed to include prominent Sunni Arab politicians. The formal list of barred candidates has not been released.

There is a formal process through which barred candidates can appeal.

Defence Minister Abdulqadir al-Obeidi and the nationalist politician Saleh al-Mutlak are reported to be among the 499 candidates barred from standing in the parliamentary election on 7 March.

Mr Obeidi was intending to run as a candidate for Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's State of Law coalition.

Saleh al-Mutlak is an MP and heads the Iraqi Front for National Dialogue, which performed well in last years local elections in Sunni Arab areas.

Mr Mutlak, a former Baath party member, has formed an electoral alliance with other prominent Sunni politicians and the former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi.

The decisions were partly made by the Justice and Accountability Commission, which is responsible for ensuring the outlawed Baath party does not make a comeback in Iraqi politics.

Some analysts have criticised the body and the election commission for its alleged partiality and ties to Shia religious parties

Looks to me as if the British and US governments are manipulating the Iraqi election for their own gains, surely they cannot let the Iraqi people have a democratic say in their own futures as they may elect someone who are not to the Occupiers liking.
Some candidates have pasts in the Baath party - so what? Did everyone involved in the Nazi Party in Germany or Fascist Party in Italy get banned from ever running from public office? Especially with a party like the Baath party, where I imagine membership were key and vital to your security and future prosperity.
I predict many Sunni citizens in Iraq will boycott the election as they did in 2005, leading to a more unfair society and more violence.
As the Communist Party of Iraq collabarates with the occupier, I will be supporting the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq

Politics/Classics Recommendations

Delving away from the interesting world of international politics for a split second, I would like to take this opportunity to recommend some books I have read and found extremely entertaining and helpful.
Although mostly classics, they are useful for their philosophy, insight and politics, some of which is still relevant today.
So here they are: (I had about of a problem uploading the images, So I have posted links instead)

The Prince/Il Principe by Niccolo Macchiavelli

The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius

The Annals Of Imperial Rome by Tacitus

The Iliad by Homer

Select Works by Tullius Cicero

The IRA by Tim Pat Coogan

Bandit Country The IRA & South
Armagh

De Bello Gallico by Julius Caesar

Beginning Of The End For Stormont?

DUP leader Peter Robinson is to step down as Northern Ireland First Minister for six weeks amid the storm over his wife's private life and finances.

Mr Robinson has designated Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster to take charge with immediate effect.

Mr Robinson is facing a claim that he knew his wife obtained £50,000 from two developers for her teenage lover but did not tell the proper authorities.

The NI assembly is to investigate the conduct of both Robinsons

Swapping Peter Robinson for Arlene Foster may not seem like a big shift, even for six weeks but she has shown herself to be one of the most hardline unionists and certainly not a friend to the nationalist community.
In all honesty I was expecting Gregory Campbell or Nigel Dodds to take over.
The next six months are sure to test the longevity and effectiveness of the Stormont Assembley. An election due for May/June will pit the DUP against a resurgent UUP and the TUV are sure to make gains. I expect Arlene and the DUP may now take a hardline against Sinn Féin and nationalists in order to make them seem more appealing to people thinking about jumping ship to the TUV.
Even in North Belfast it is not inconcievable that Gerry Kelly can win the seat if a split happens in the Unionist vote.
2010 is sure to be make or break for Stormont...

In Memory Of Fergal Caraher

Fergal Caraher
Murdered 30th December 1990 by the British Army - Royal Marines

Fergal was killed after being cleared through an Army check point in Cullyhanna, South Armagh on 30/12/90. Members of the Royal Marines opened fire without warning killing Fergal and seriously wounding his brother Michéal. Two soldiers were later charged but acquitted in a Dip lock court. Fergal was 20 years old, married with a 15 month old son, Brendan. Fergal was the 5th eldest in a family of nine.

Fergal was a dedicated republican and hardworking member of Sinn Féin from an honourable Republican family in the town of Cullyhanna, County Armagh.
He will always be remembered in Cullyhanna and across Ireland and by comrades here in Britain for his hard work and unflinching conviction.
One of many cases of murder and injustice in Ireland, yet to be concluded - but we will never give up the search for justice.

Fógraí bháis: Frances-Mary Blake

FRIENDS and acquaintances of Frances-Mary Blake will be saddened to hear of her death, aged 70, in December.
A reseacher and writer on the Irish Civil War, she was a member of the Troops Out Movement, a supporter of Irish political prisoners and their families, and an activist on human rights and justice generally
In the mid-1970s, she sorted and catalogued one of the largest collections of historical documents of the Civil War period for the Archives Department of University College Dublin. Following her work on the papers of IRA officer Ernie O’Malley, she edited his best-selling book on the Civil War, ‘The Singing Flame’. Frances also worked on and wrote the introduction for ‘Raids and Rallies’, another book extracted from O’Malley’s papers about the Tan War. Later she wrote ‘The Irish Civil War – and what it still means for the Irish people’, which outlined her own views of that period.

I offer my sincere condolences to Frances-Mary's family at this difficult time. Please remember a true Friend Of Ireland

Catalan Towns Vote For Independence

THE movement in support of Catalan independence received a powerful boost last month when residents in 167 towns and villages voted overwhelmingly for a “social, democratic and independent Catalan state” in symbolic referenda.
Although the poll, held on 13 December, was non-binding, the massive ‘Yes’ vote by hundreds of thousands of people – 94% of those who voted – reflects the growing support at all levels of Catalan society for independence from Spain.
Areas that voted represented about 15% of Catalonia, a nation of 11 million people, and voter turnout was about 30%.
The towns that had organised the poll did so despite Madrid’s opposition, which the Government tried to portray as scornful indifference. The poll followed a similar non-binding referendum held on 13 September in the small town of Arenys de Munt, home to 8,000 people.
Speaking to An Phoblacht this week about the September vote, Catalan independence activist Lluís Sales i Favà said:
“More than an isolated event, the Arenys referendum gives us some clues on the current Catalan atmosphere. Many political commentators have cited it as part of the death throes of the current political system.”

Viva Palestina Enters Gaza

From Eirigi.Org: There were jubilant scenes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night [January 6] as the Viva Palestina international aid convoy finally crossed into the Palestinian city of Rafah after spending over a moth on the road.

There was universal relief among the 500 convoy members that they had reached their destination, especially in light of a brutal attack on participants by Egyptian riot police the previous evening.

That night [January 5], around 2,000 riot police attacked the compound where the Viva Palestina vehicles and participants were situated, after the Egyptian negotiator walked away from talks with convoy leaders on their journey through the country and into Rafah.

The riot police also used water cannons and tear gas, as well as throwing rocks and stones, and were joined by local thugs in their attack. As things calmed down, dozens of convoy members had been injured and another dozen had been arrested.

The following morning though they got into their vehicles and finally left Al-Arish for the 40-mile journey to the Gaza Strip. As part of the negotiations Egypt refused to allow 59 of the vehicles, a quarter of the entire convoy, to travel. Egyptian authorities had hoped to hand the vehicles over to the Israeli state, but instead they will be driven back to Syria and Lebanon, and will be donated to the local Palestinian refugee camps.

The convoy was due to arrive in Gaza on December 27, the first anniversary of the assault launched by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip that left over 1,400 people dead. As Viva Palestina members and Palestinians remembered that assault, Israeli TV was reporting that its military was drilling in the Negev desert in preparation for another offensive against Gaza.

PFLP: Arab and international pressure to return to negotiations plays into the hands of the Zionist enemy

Comrade Jamil Mizher, member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, called for a total rejection of Arab and international pressure to return to negotiations, saying that such negotiations only play into the hands of the Zionist enemy.

Comrade Mizher, speaking with Aljazeera.net on January 4, 2009, said that a return to the futile and harmful negotiations that even the Palestinian Authority leadership itself have recognized are unsuccessful would only serve Israeli interests. He said further that relying on the U.S. administration, which is fully aligned with the occupation, is betting on mirage and illusion. Comrade Mizher called upon Arab countries to support restoration of Palestinian national unity and put pressure on the occupation, not pressure Palestinians to serve the interests of Israel.

I totally agree with Comrade Mizher on this statement. Negotation with the Zionist enemy is unthinkable while they continue to build illegal settlements, kill Palestinian civilians and deny the basic rights of the people.
Long live the Intifada

Sinn Féin Ard Chom. Meeting Postponed

The Sinn Fein national executive meeting in Dublin on Saturday has been postponed due to the bad weather.

Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams said the Ard Chomhairle was to discuss "the growing crisis in the political process".

He said it was temporarily postponed as "given the seriousness of what we have to discuss it is imperative that we have the fullest attendance".

"We are totally dissatisfied with the approach taken by the DUP and this has continued in recent days," he said.

"Their return to business as usual is just that

Slan Abhaile, Peter!

Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson is coming under increased political pressure over allegations about his wife's financial affairs.

A BBC programme asked why the DUP leader did not tell the authorities his wife had not registered £50,000 she obtained from two property developers.

Iris Robinson used the money to help her young lover start a business.

Mr Robinson said he will "resolutely defend" attacks on his character and "contest any allegation of wrongdoing".

He is to speak to the media later on Friday

I believe now Peter Robinsons position is surely untenable. The testimony of former friend Selwyn Black is surely enough to prove that neither Peter or his wife are financially reliable or competent enough to continue to run the Stormont Administration.
The next step needs to be a free vote of confidence on his leadership, one which he will lose and a new election held for the Assembley. I hope now the former Ulster Resistance Commander's career in politics is over and that he and the hypocrite homophobe Iris will never grace our screens again.

SLA Troops In Execution Video

Sri Lanka has angrily rejected UN claims that footage which apparently shows extra-judicial killings by Sri Lankan troops is genuine.

The government described a UN inquiry into the video's authenticity as "highly subjective and biased". It says the footage was "fabricated".

UN human rights investigator Philip Alston earlier said three independent experts confirmed it was authentic.

The video shows a man dressed as a soldier shooting a man in the head.

The footage was allegedly filmed in January during the final stages of Sri Lanka's bloody war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

After a man in army uniform shoots a naked, bound and blindfolded man in the back of the head, the video shows the bodies of eight others in a field nearby.

Mr Alston has called for a war crimes investigation

Not surprising that these allegations have surfaced, it has been well known for some time that Sri Lankan soldiers have been using tactics such as this and the commanders all have blood on their hands.
Let us hope that action against these vile people is swift

Roll Of Honour Part II

These are those who have fought and died for freedom and belonged to Saor Eire, the Official IRA/Workers Party, the Real IRA and the Irish Republican Socialist Movement. I have typed this list up myself from various websites and sources so if there is any mistakes or additions needed, please message me.
Saor Eire
Vol Liam Walsh Oct. 30th 1970
Vol Peter Graham Oct. 27th. 1971
Vol Larry White June 10th 1975

Official IRA
Vol. Martin O'Leary July 6th 1971
Vol Rose Curry Sept. 23rd 1971
Fian Gerard O'Hare Sept. 23rd 1971
Vol Joe McCann Apr. 15th 1972
Fian David McCafferty July 9th 1972
Fian Gerard Gibson July 11th 1972
Vol Edward Brady July 14th 1972
Vol Patricia McKay Sept. 30th 1972
Vol Hugh Herron Oct. 16th 1972
Vol Peter James McGerrigan Apr. 7th 1973
Vol Tony Hughes Apr. 9th 1973
Vol Robert Millen Apr. 14th 1973
Vol Patrick Bracken July 6th 1973
Vol Colm Rowntree May 15th 1974
Vol Martin McAlinden May 11th 1974
Fian Patrick McGreevy Sept. 18th 1974
Vol Sean Fox Feb. 25th 1975
Vol Paul Crawford Apr. 12th 1975
Vol Liam McMillen Apr. 28th 1975
Vol Robert Elliman Oct. 29th 1975
Vol Thomas Berry Oct. 31st 1975
Vol John Kelly Nov. 9th 1975
Vol John Brown Nov. 11th 1975
Vol Gerard Gilmore Jul. 13th 1976
Trevor McNulty July 27th 1977 (Official SF)
Vol Joseph McKee June 9th 1979

IRSP/INLA
Vol Hugh Ferguson Feb. 20th 1975
Vol Danny Loughran Apr. 6th 1975
Vol Brendan McNamee June 6th 1975
Ronnie Trainor (IRSP) Dec. 15th 1975
Vol Seamus Costello Oct. 5th 1977
Vol Colm McNutt Dec. 12th 1977
Vol Tommy Trainor Mar. 8th 1978
Vol Miriam Daly June 26th 1980
Vol Ronnie Bunting Oct. 15th 1980
Vol Noel Lyttle Oct. 15th 1980
Vol Tony McClelland Oct. 16th 1980
Vol Jim Power May 7th 1981
Vol Matt McLarnon May 12th 1981
Vol Patsy O'Hara May 21st 1981
Vol Kevin Lynch Aug. 1st 1981
Vol Michael Devine Aug. 20th 1981
Vol Roddy Carroll Dec. 12th 1982
Vol Seamus Grew Dec. 12th 1982
Vol Neil McMonagle Feb 2nd 1983
Vol Brendan Convery Aug. 13th 1983
Vol Gerard Mallon Aug. 13th 1983
Vol Joe Craven Dec. 5th 1983
Vol Paul McCann June 15th 1984
Vol John O'Reilly Jan. 20th 1987
Vol Thomas 'Ta' Power Jan 20th 1987
Vol Mickey Kearney Feb. 18th 1987
Vol Kevin Barry Duffy Mar. 21st 1987
Vol Emmanuel Gargan Mar. 21st 1987
Vol Colm Maguire Oct. 10th 1987
Vol Mary McGlinchey Feb. 1st 1987
Vol James McPhilemy Aug. 10th 1988
Vol Alex Patterson Nov. 12th 1990
Vol Dominic McGlinchey Feb. 10th 1994
Vol Gino Gallagher Jan. 30th 1996
Vol Dermot McShane July 13th 1996
Vol John Morris June 5th 1997
Vol Patrick Campbell Oct. 10th 1999

IPLO
Vol Gerard Steenson Mar. 15th 1987
Vol Thomas Maguire Mar. 7th 1987
Vol Anthony McCloskey Feb. 5th 1987
Vol Martin Corrigan Apr. 18th 1990
Vol Eoin Morley Apr. 16th 1990
Vol Martin 'Rook' O'Prey Aug. 16th 1991
Vol Patrick McDonald Dec. 23rd 1991
Vol Conor Maguire Apr. 29th 1992
Vol Jimmy Brown Aug. 18th 1992
Vol Hugh McKibben Aug. 27th 1992

Real IRA/Oglaigh Na hEireann
Vol Ronan MacLochlain May. 1st 1998
Vol Joseph O'Connor Oct. 13th 2000
Vol Martin Conlon Nov. 7th 2005

Roll Of Honour 1969-2010

As another year begins I would like this opportunity to post the names of those brave volunteers who have given their lives for the cause of Irish freedom and equality. I will list those from all groups, as no matter which organisation you support or belong to, all ultimately gave up their lives in the struggle.

Oglaigh Na hEireann

BELFAST
1st Battalion
Vol Tony Henderson Apr. 4th, 1971
Vol Terence McDermott Oct. 2nd, 1971
Vol Martin Forsythe Oct. 24th, 1971
Vol Tony Jordan June 28th, 1972
Vol John Finucane June 28th, 1972
Vol Francis Hall Aug. 30th, 1973
Vol Gerard Fennell Nov. 8th, 1974
Vol John Rooney Nov. 15th, 1974
Vol Sean McDermott Apr. 5th, 1976
Vol Thomas Kane July 6th, 1976
Vol Danny Lennon Aug. 10th, 1976
Vol Brendan O'Callaghan Apr. 23rd, 1977
Vol Dan Turley June 9th, 1983
Vol Jim McKernan Sept. 14th, 1986
Vol Margaret McArdle June 7th, 1987
Vol Kevin McCracken Mar. 14th, 1988
Vol Caoimhín Mac BrádaighMar. 16th, 1988
Vol Patricia Black Nov. 15th, 1991
Vol Frankie Ryan Nov. 15th, 1991

2nd Battalion
Vol Liam McParland Nov. 6th, 1969
Vol Jimmy Steele Aug. 9th, 1970
Vol Peter Blake Oct. 27th, 1970
Vol Tom McGoldrick Oct. 27th, 1970
Vol Charles Hughes Mar. 8th, 1971
Vol Seamus Simpson Aug. 11th, 1971
Vol Danny O'Neill Jan. 7th, 1972
Vol Albert Kavanagh Mar. 4th, 1972
Vol Gerard Crossan Mar. 9th, 1972
Vol Tony Lewis Mar. 9th, 1972
Vol Sean Johnston Mar. 9th, 1972
Vol Tom McCann Mar. 9th, 1972
Vol Patrick Campbell Mar. 25th, 1972
Vol Robert McCrudden Aug. 3rd, 1972
Vol Michael Clarke Aug. 11th, 1972
Vol Jimmy Quigley Sept. 29th, 1972
Vol Daniel McAreavey Oct. 6th, 1972
Vol Patrick Maguire Oct.10th, 1972
Vol John Donaghy Oct. 10th, 1972
Vol Joseph McKinney Oct. 10th, 1972
Vol Stan Carberry Nov. 13th, 1972
Vol Francis Liggett Jan. 18th, 1973
Vol Edward O'Rawe Apr.12th, 1973
Vol Patrick Mulvenna Aug. 31st, 1973
Vol James Bryson Sept. 22nd, 1973
Vol Martin Skillen Aug. 3rd, 1974
Vol John Kelly Jan. 21st, 1975
Vol John Stone Jan. 21st, 1975
Vol Paul Fox Dec. 1st, 1975
Vol Sean Bailey Feb. 13th, 1976
Vol James McGrillen Feb. 15th, 1976
Vol Paul Marlowe Oct. 16th, 1976
Vol Tommy Tolan July 27th, 1977
Vol Billy Carson Apr. 25th, 1979
Vol Kevin Delaney Jan. 17th, 1980
Vol Terence O'Neill July 1st, 1980
Vol Liam Hannaway Feb. 2nd, 1981
Vol James Burns Feb. 23rd, 1981
Vol Tony Campbell Aug. 4th, 1985
Vol Brian Dempsey June 25th, 1986
Vol Finbarr McKenna May 2nd, 1987

3rd Battalion
Vol Henry McIlhone June 27th, 1970
Vol Michael Kane Sept. 4th, 1970
Vol James Saunders Feb. 6th, 1971
Vol Billy Reid May 15th, 1971
Vol Patrick McAdorey Aug. 9th, 1971
Vol Tony Nolan Dec. 8th, 1971
Vol Gerald McDade Dec. 21st, 1971
Vol Joseph Cunningham Feb. 10th, 1972
Vol Gerard Bell Feb. 21st, 1972
Vol Gerard Steele Feb. 21st, 1972
Vol Robert Dorrian Feb. 21st, 1972
Vol Joseph Magee Feb. 21st, 1972
Vol Samuel Hughes Apr. 7th, 1972
Vol Charles McCrystal Apr. 7th, 1972
Vol John McErlean Apr. 7th, 1972
Vol Edward McDonnell May 28th, 1972
Vol Jackie McIlhone May 28th, 1972
Vol Joseph Fitzsimmons May 28th, 1972
Vol Martin Engelen May 28th, 1972
Vol Louis Scullion July 14th, 1972
Vol James Reid July 15th, 1972
Vol Joseph Downey July 21st, 1972
Vol Seamus Cassidy July 28th, 1972
Vol James Sloan Feb. 3rd, 1973
Vol Tony Campbell Feb. 4th, 1973
Vol James McCann Feb. 4th, 1973
Vol Patrick McCabe Mar. 27th, 1973
Vol Brian Smyth Apr. 17th, 1973
Vol Sean McKee May 18th, 1973
Vol Frederick Leonard May 7th, 1974
Vol Seamus McCusker Oct. 31st, 1975
Vol Martin McDonagh Jan. 13th, 1976
Vol Frank Fitzsimmons Oct. 16th, 1976
Vol Joseph Surgenor Oct. 16th, 1976
Vol Trevor McKibbin Apr. 17th, 1977
Vol Jackie McMahon Jan. 18th, 1978
Vol Jackie Mailey June 21st, 1978
Vol Denis Brown June 21st, 1978
Vol Jim Mulvenna June 21st, 1978
Vol Laurence Montgomery Jan. 5th, 1979
Vol Frankie Donnelly Jan 5th, 1979
Vol Martin McKenna Oct. 23rd, 1979
Vol Laurence Marley Apr. 2nd, 1987
Vol Brendan Davison July 25th, 1988
Vol Pearse Jordan Dec 2nd, 1992
Vol Thomas Begley Oct 23rd, 1993

CLARE
Vol Hugh Hehir May 6th, 1988

CORK
Vol Tony Ahern May 10th, 1973
Vol Dermot Crowley June 25th, 1973

CUMANN NA mBAN
BELFAST
Vol Dorothy Maguire Oct. 23rd, 1971
Vol Maura Meehan Oct. 23rd, 1971
Vol Anne Parker Aug. 11th, 1972
Vol Anne Marie Petticrew Sept. 1st, 1973
Vol Bridie Dolan Feb. 9th, 1975
Vol Laura Crawford Dec. 1st, 1975
Vol Rosemary Bleakley Jan. 13th, 1976

DOWNPATRICK
Vol Vivien Fitzsimmons Feb. 10th, 1973

NEWCASTLE
Vol Pauline Kane July 21st, 1973

DERRY BRIGADE
Vol Thomas McCool June 27th, 1970
Vol Thomas Carlin June 27th, 1970
Vol Joseph Coyle June 27th, 1970
Vol Eamonn Lafferty Aug. 18th, 1971
Vol James O'Hagan Aug. 19th, 1971
Vol Colm Keenan Mar. 14th, 1972
Vol Eugene McGillan Mar. 14th, 1972
Vol John Starrs May 13th, 1972
Vol Seamus Bradley July 31st, 1972
Vol Michael Quigley Sept.17th, 1972
Vol John Brady Nov. 28th, 1972
Vol James Carr Nov. 28th, 1972
Vol James McDaid Dec. 29th, 1972
Vol Joe Walker Dec. 3rd, 1973
Vol Gerard Craig June 24th, 1974
Vol David Russell June 24th, 1974
Vol Michael Meenan Oct. 30th, 1974
Vol John McDaid Dec. 7th, 1974
Vol Ethel Lynch Dec. 7th, 1974
Vol Jim Gallagher May 17th, 1976
Vol Brian Coyle June 30th, 1976
Vol Denis Heaney June 10th, 1978
Vol Patrick Duffy Nov. 24th, 1978
Vol George McBreartyMay 28th, 1981
Vol Charles Maguire May 28th, 1981
Vol Eamonn Bradley Aug. 25th, 1982
Vol Phil O'Donnell Dec. 24th, 1982
Vol Richard Quigley Apr. 21st, 1984
Vol Ciaran Fleming Dec. 2nd, 1984
Vol Danny Doherty Dec. 6th, 1984
Vol Willie Fleming Dec. 6th, 1984
Vol Charles English Aug. 6th, 1985
Vol Tony Gough Feb. 22nd, 1986
Vol Philip McFadden May 31st, 1986
Vol Patrick O'Hagan Aug. 9th, 1986
Vol Gerard Logue Mar. 22nd, 1987
Vol Paddy Deery Oct. 28th, 1987
Vol Eddie McSheffreyOct. 28th, 1987

COUNTY DERRY
Vol Martin Lee Dec. 18th, 1971
Vol John Bateson Dec. 18th, 1971
Vol James Sheridan Dec. 18th, 1971
Vol Danny McMullan Feb. 7th, 1982
Vol Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde Dec. 2nd, 1984
Vol James Kelly Mar. 25th, 1993

DONEGAL
Vol Peter McElcar July 17th, 1976
Vol Raymond McLaughlinSept. 9th, 1985

DUBLIN
Vol Patrick Cannon July 17th, 1976
Vol Colm Daltun Jan. 15th, 1983
Vol Mick Timothy Jan. 26th, 1985
Vol Christy Harford May 5th , 1992
Vol Martin Doherty May 21st, 1994

ENGLAND
Vol Michael Gaughan
(Parkhurst Prison) June 3rd, 1974
Vol James McDade Nov. 14th, 1974
Vol Brian Fox Dec. 21st, 1974
Vol Francis Stagg (Wakefield Prison) Feb. 12th, 1976
Vol Edward O'Brien Feb. 18th, 1996
Vol Diarmuid O'Neill Sept. 23rd, 1996

FIANNA ÉIREANN
Fian Gerald McAuley Aug. 15th, 1969
Fian Michael Sloan Jan. 11th, 1972
Fian Eamon McCormick Jan. 16th, 1972
Fian Gerry Donaghy Jan. 30th, 1972
Fian David McAuley Feb. 19th, 1972
Fian Sean O'Riordan Mar. 23rd, 1972
Fian Michael Magee May 13th, 1972
Fian Joseph Campbell June 11th, 1972
Fian John Dougal July 9th, 1972
Fian Tobias Molloy July 16th, 1972
Fian Joseph McComiskey Sept. 20th, 1972
Fian Bernard Fox Dec. 4th, 1972
Fian Sean Hughes Dec. 4th, 1972
Fian Michael Marley Nov. 24th, 1973
Fian Robert Allsopp Mar. 23rd, 1975
Fian Kevin McAuley Nov. 6th, 1975
Fian James O'Neill Feb. 12th, 1976
Fian Paul McWilliams Aug. 9th, 1977
Fian John Dempsey July 8th, 1981

GHQ STAFF
Vol Jack McCabe Dec. 27th, 1971
Vol Thomas O'Donnell May 17th, 1973
Vol Mairead Farrell Mar. 6th, 1988
Vol Dan McCann Mar. 6th, 1988
Vol Sean Savage Mar. 6th, 1988
Vol Seamus Twomey Sept. 12th 189

LAOIS
Vol Michael Motley June 12th, 1993

LIMERICK
Vol Patrick Sheehy Jan. 2nd, 1991

LONG KESH
Vol Francis Dodds Sept. 9th, 1973
Vol Teddy Campbell May 3rd, 1974
Vol Patrick Teer July 2nd, 1974
Vol Hugh Coney Nov. 6th, 1974
Vol James Moyne Jan. 13th, 1975
Vol Henry Heaney June 4th, 1978
Vol Sean Bateson June 7th, 1990
Vol Pól Kinsella Dec. 13th, 1994

H-BLOCK MARTYRS
Vol Bobby Sands May 5th, 1981
Vol Francis Hughes May 12th, 1981
Vol Raymond McCreesh May 21st, 1981
Vol Joe McDonnell July 8th, 1981
Vol Martin Hurson July 13th, 1981
Vol Kieran Doherty Aug. 2nd, 1981
Vol Thomas McElwee Aug. 8th, 1981

MONAGHAN
Vol Sean McKenna June 5th, 1975
Vol Peadar Mohan Feb. 1st, 1981

NEWRY
Vol Colm Murtagh Aug. 9th, 1972
Vol Patrick Hughes Aug. 22nd, 1972
Vol Oliver Rowntree Aug. 22nd, 1972
Vol Noel Madden Aug. 22nd, 1972
Vol Brendan Quinn Dec. 24th, 1973
Vol Edward Grant Dec. 24th, 1973
Vol Patrick McKeown Aug. 27th, 1974
Vol Michael Hughes Oct. 18th, 1974
Vol Robert Carr Apr. 1st, 1980
Vol Brendan Watters Aug. 8th, 1984

NORTH ANTRIM
Vol Phelim Grant Feb. 5th, 1972
Vol Charles McCann Feb. 5th, 1972
Vol Henry Hogan Feb. 21st, 1984
Vol Declan Martin Feb. 21st, 1984
Vol Peter Rodden Dec. 7th, 1987
Vol Gerard Casey Apr. 4th, 1989

NORTH ARMAGH
Vol Michael Crossey Nov. 22nd, 1971
Vol Charles Agnew Dec. 17th, 1971
Vol John Francis Green Jan. 10th, 1975
Vol Terry Brady Dec 5th, 1975
Vol David Kennedy Dec. 10th, 1975
Vol Sean Burns Nov. 11th, 1982
Vol Gervase McKerr Nov. 11th, 1982
Vol Eugene Toman Nov. 11th, 1982
Vol Eddie Dynes Mar. 1st, 1983
Vol Sean McIlvenna Dec. 17th, 1984

PORTLAOISE
Vol Tom Smith Mar. 17th, 1975
Vol Brendan Seery Feb. 19th, 1992

SLIGO
Vol Kevin Coen Jan. 20th, 1975
Vol Joseph MacManus Feb. 5th, 1992

SOUTH ARMAGH
Vol Michael McVerry Nov. 15th, 1973
Vol Sean Boyle Feb. 1st, 1975
Vol Francis Jordan June 4th, 1975
Vol Sean Campbell Dec. 6th, 1975
Vol James Lochrie Dec. 6th, 1975
Vol Peter Cleary Apr. 15th, 1976
Vol Seamus Harvey Jan. 16th, 1977
Vol Peadar McElvanna June 9th, 1979
Vol Brendan Burns Feb. 29th, 1988
Vol Brendan Moley Feb. 29th, 198
Vol Eugene Martin Apr. 7th, 1996

SOUTH FERMANAGH
Vol Louis Leonard Dec. 15th, 1972
Vol Seamus McElwain Apr. 26th, 1986

SOUTH DOWN
Vol Peter McNulty Jan. 26th, 1972
Vol James Carlin Aug. 26th, 1972
Vol Martin Curran Aug. 26th, 1972
Vol Leo O'Hanlon Feb. 10th, 1973
Vol Francis Rice May 18th, 1973
Vol Alphonsus Cunningham July 21st, 1973
Vol Paul Magorrian Aug. 14th, 1974
Vol Colum Marks Apr. 10th, 1991

TYRONE
Vol Denis Quinn July 3rd, 1972
Vol Hugh Heron Oct. 16th , 1972
Vol John Patrick Mullan Oct. 16th, 1972
Vol Eugene Devlin Dec. 27th, 1972
Vol Kevin Kilpatrick May 13th, 1973
Vol Sean Loughran June 25th, 1973
Vol Patrick Carty June 25th, 1973
Vol Gerard McGlynn Aug. 11th, 1973
Vol Seamus Harvey Aug. 11th, 1973
Vol Daniel McAnallen Aug. 16th, 1973
Vol Patrick Quinn Aug. 16th, 1973
Vol Desmond Morgan Nov. 26th, 1973
Vol Jim McGinn Dec. 15th, 1973
Vol Patrick McDonald Mar. 15th, 1974
Vol Kevin Murray Mar. 15th, 1974
Vol Eugene Martin May 13th, 1974
Vol Sean McKearney May 13th, 1974
Vol Paul Duffy Feb. 26th, 1978
Vol Brian Campbell Dec. 4th, 1983
Vol Colm McGirr Dec. 4th, 1983
Vol William Price July 13th, 1984
Vol Charlie Breslin Feb. 23rd, 1985
Vol David Devine Feb. 23rd, 1985
Vol Michael Devine Feb. 23rd, 1985
Vol Declan Arthurs May 8th, 1987
Vol Seamus Donnelly May 8th, 1987
Vol Tony Gormley May 8th, 1987
Vol Eugene Kelly May 8th, 1987
Vol Paddy Kelly May 8th, 1987
Vol Jim Lynagh May 8th, 1987
Vol Padraig McKearney May 8th, 1987
Vol Gerard O'Callaghan May 8th, 1987
Vol Seamus Woods July 7th, 1988
Vol Brian Mullin Aug. 30th, 1988
Vol Gerard Harte Aug. 30th, 1988
Vol Martin Harte Aug. 30th, 1988
Vol James Joseph ConnollyFeb. 6th, 1989
Vol Liam Ryan Nov. 29th, 1989
Vol Dessie Grew Oct. 9th, 1990
Vol Martin McCaughey Oct. 9th, 1990
Vol Noel Wilkinson Mar. 3rd, 1991
Vol John Quinn Mar. 3rd , 1991
Vol Malcolm Nugent Mar. 3rd, 1991
Vol Dwayne O'Donnell Mar. 3rd, 1991
Vol Tony Doris June 3rd, 1991
Vol Lawrence McNally June 3rd, 1991
Vol Pete Ryan June 3rd, 1991
Vol Danny McCauley June 4th, 1991
Vol Sean O'Farrell Feb. 16th, 1992
Vol Kevin Barry O'DonnellFeb. 16th, 1992
Vol Patrick Vincent Feb. 16th, 1992
Vol Peter Clancy Feb. 16th, 1992

SINN FÉIN
Jim Murphy Apr. 24th, 1974
Paul Best Feb. 18th, 1976
Colm Mulgrew June 5th, 1976
Noel Jenkinson
(Leicester Prison) Oct. 9th, 1976
Maire Drumm Oct. 28th, 1976
Seán Ó Conaill
(Parkhurst Prison) Oct. 1st, 1977
Peter Corrigan Oct. 25th, 1982
Jeff McKenna Nov. 8th, 1982
Paddy Brady Nov. 16th, 1984
John Davey Feb. 14th, 1989
Tommy Casey Oct. 26th, 1990
Fergal Caraher Dec. 30th, 1990
Eddie Fullerton May 24th, 1991
Pádraig O Seanacháin Aug. 12th, 1991
Tommy Donaghy Aug. 16th, 1991
Bernard O'Hagan Sept. 16th, 1991
Pat McBride Feb. 4th, 1992
Paddy Loughran Feb. 4th, 1992
Sheena Campbell Oct. 16th, 1992
Malachy Carey Dec 12th, 1992
Peter Gallagher Mar. 24th, 1993
Alan Lundy May 1st , 1993
Pat McGeown Sept. 29th, 1996

London Irish Unity Conference - 20th Feb

The Speakers have been announced for the London Irish Unity Conference on 20th Feb

They Include:

Gerry Adams - Sinn Féin President
Ken Livingstone - Former London Mayor
Jarlath Burns - GAA
Diane Abbott & Jeremy Corbyn - Labour MPs
Kevin McNamara - Former MP
Jimmy Kelly - Unite Union Leader

For More details go to: www.londonirishunityconference.org

PFLP Politburo Member In London

Comrade Dr. Maryam Abu Daqqa, member of the Political Bureau of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, addressed a rally in London on the anniversary of the occupation aggression against Gaza, saying that the British government is responsible for the crimes against Palestine, because the Balfour Declaration and British colonialism provided the major reason and impetus for the establishment of the occupation.

Speaking at the rally, which took place at the Israeli embassy in London on December 27, 2009, Comrade Abu Daqqa called upon Arabs and Palestinians in Britain to do their part to support their brothers and sisters in Gaza, and urged the friends of the Palestinian people around the world to continue their efforts of solidarity.

The rally was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign - UK, the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the British Muslim Initiative, and was supported by dozens of trade unions, student organizations, women's group, leftist and progressive political parties, and solidarity organizations with the Palestinian cause.

The protesters carried Palestinian flags and signs denouncing the massacres in Gaza and demanding an end to the siege. The president of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Betty Hunter, called upon the British government to take action to force Israel to comply with international law, and to prosecute Israeli war criminals.

Ahmad Turk, a member of the Palestinian Forum in Britain, spoke, calling upon the Egyptian government to open the border between Gaza and Egypt and not build a steel wall with its neighbors trapped in Gaza.

The demonstrations in London came one year after the aggression on Gaza; during the aggression, tens of thousands took to the streets in London in solidarity with the Palestinian people

Israel Building More Illegal Settlements

Israel has approved the construction of four new apartment buildings in East Jerusalem, despite international calls for a halt in settlement building.

The project will create 24 new homes in the area the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.

Palestinian leaders objected to the construction and repeated their call for Israel to cease all settlement building activity in the West Bank.

Israel annexed East Jerusalem in 1967 and denies the settlements are illegal.

I see the zionist state is once again seeing itself above international law and deciding to build yet more illegal settlements.
Surely they can see why they are disliked around the world, it is not an ounce of anti-semitism it is because of actions like this!
Just because you have invaded another peoples land and then built on that land, does not make it then your property. People who chose to move into these settlements know what they are getting into, and I cannot say I will be surprised or shocked if rocket attacks are planned.
Now while I dont agree with attacks aimed at civilians, they know 100% what they are getting themselves into, so prepare for the US/Israeli media condemning any attackers as 'terrorists'.
Long live the Intifada!

UDA 'To Confirm Weapons Dump'

The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is expected to announce on Wednesday that it has put its weapons beyond use.

The loyalist paramilitary group has five weeks to meet the government's 9 February deadline to complete the decommissioning of its weapons.

Once this amnesty ends, any UDA weapons discovered by police would be forensically tested and evidence could be used in future court cases.

It is understood the UDA leadership put its weapons beyond use in recent weeks.

This is nothing but good news for all Irish people and for those many, many people effected by UDA sectarian violence and criminality over the last 4 decades.
Only being banned in 1992 (!) and they were armed and supported by the British Intelligence services while they were committing the murders of Socilitor Pat Finucane, Councillor Eddie Fullerton and countless others. They have also damaged their own community with internal feuding, drug dealing and racketeering.
I sincerley hope that this bold move is indeed genuine and we will see if it is in the coming months. With factions and feuds within the UDA structure who even knows if the entire organisation are following this act?
Whatever happens, those affected by collusion and sickened by its results will never stop their honourable and brave search for justice.

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