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Derek Warfield has donated a beautifully bound two volume set of books on the United Irish Patriots, Thomas Addis and Robert Emmett. Written by the grandson of Tomas Addis Emmett and first published in 1915, this publication of the work has been earnestly reproduced and is a must for any scholar of Irish history or Republicanism.
A rare publication, this work bound in Buckram and encased in a slipcase covered in elephant hide, would normally sell for around £200 if you can source a copy. Over the next two months we will be auctioning off this copy of the book to support the erection of a memorial to the men killed in 1982.
The book was eventually sold for £120 at the Céilí Mór. The Committee would like to thank all who attended, especially those who travelled from overseas and all who made private donations on the night.
Orde thwarts shoot-to-kill inquest
11th October By Laura Friel (AP/RN)
John Stalker, the former British police chief who investigated the killings of three IRA men in the 1980s, will be called to give evidence in public by an inquest into the ‘shoot-to-kill’ deaths.
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Stalker to give evidence on shoot-to-kill policy
14th October By Colm Heatley (SBP)
John Stalker, the former British police chief who investigated the killings of three IRA men in the 1980s, will be called to give evidence in public by an inquest into the ‘shoot-to-kill’ deaths.
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'Hand over shoot-to-kill reports'
9th October (BBC)
Controversial reports into alleged "shoot-to-kill" deaths should be released by the chief constable, a senior coroner has said. John Leckey has formally requested that Sir Hugh Orde hand over the Stalker and Sampson reports into security force killings for the inquests to proceed.
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'Shoot-to-kill' hearing to begin
9th October (BBC)
A preliminary hearing is due to begin into six controversial killings at the centre of an alleged police shoot-to-kill policy 25 years ago.Coroner John Leckey will look at the case of three IRA men shot dead by members of a specialist RUC unit near Lurgan in November 1982.
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25th Anniversary of the death of Vol. Eamon 'Bronco' Bradley
This year will see the 25th Anniversary of the death of Vol. Eamon 'Bronco' Bradley. In memory of Bronco a Dinner Dance has been arranged in his honour.
Speaking to confirm arrangements Martin Mc Gilloway said, "Eamon 'Bronco' Bradley was, in cold blood and while unarmed, murdered by crown forces on the 25th August 1982 aged 23. Given that this year will see the 25th Anniversary of the death of Bronco the committee has decide to run a dinner dance presentation after this years annual football competition.
Despite his young age Bronco had proved that he was a brave young Irish Republican. His dedication to the cause of Irish Freedom was second to none and seen him spend 5 years in Long Kesh, 4 of which were on the Blanket protest and this dedication to the Republican cause and his commitment as an IRA volunteer of the 3rd Battalion Shantallow ultimately ended in his murder.
Now that this year is the 25th Anniversary of Broncos death his Friends, Comrades and family wish to mark this event in a special way. On Friday night 31st August 07 a Dinner Dance will be held in the Tower Hotel in his honour. The committee would like to invite all who knew bronco, his former comrades, friends and any Republicans to attend this event in memory of a brave IRA Volunteer."
An Invitation from Gerry Adams MP
A Chara,
The Sinn Fein National Hunger Strike March and Rally on August 12th to Belfast City Hall will have as its focus the issue of Collusion and British state violence.
The march and speeches will highlight the use by successive British governments of collusion between British state forces and unionist death squads in the systematic killing of hundreds of our family members, neighbours and friends. Táimid ag lorg an fhírinne, ceartas agus bail chothrom a chinntiú do na híospartaigh agus na marthanóirí.
Collusion was an integral part of British policy. Bhí ceist na claonpháirtíochta agus Stát na Breataine fite fuite.
It existed under the Tories and Labour in the 1970s but became a more focused weapon of state terror under the Thatcher government.
MI5, the Force Research Unit, the RUC Special Branch and other state agencies ran informers and agents and trained, equipped and supplied specific information on potential targets. Collusion was an administrative practice employed by all of these British agencies.
The British government and its agencies also encouraged and facilitated informal acts of collusion which were part and parcel of the relationship between the RUC and UDR and unionist paramilitaries.
The RUC Special Branch, British intelligence and their agents were doing exactly what they were paid to do.
Collusion and State terrorism was used by the British government to uphold the Union; to defend and assert British government involvement in Irish affairs. D’úsáid said claonpháirtíocht chun rialú gan trua gan taise a chosaint.
I would like to invite you to take part in this important march and rally on Sunday August 12th to display your support and solidarity with the many victims of collusion; to express your abhorrence at this British policy, and to demonstrate your support for the campaign by victims groups and others to force the British government to tell the truth. Ní neart go cur le chéile.
Is mise,
Gerry Adams MP
Stalker to assist in shoot-to-kill case
29 July 2007 By Colm Heatley (Sunday Business Post)
John Stalker, the English police chief who originally investigated shoot-to-kill allegations in the North in the early 1980s, has said he is willing to help the fresh inquiry by the North’s Police Ombudsman into a series of RUC killings which left a number of republicans dead.
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O'Loan reopens Shoot-to-Kill probe
26th July By Laura Freil (AP/RN)
The Six-County Police Ombudsman is to re-examine files compiled by John Stalker, the former British police officer tasked with investigating allegations of summary execution, known as shoot-to-kill, carried out by the RUC in the early 1980s. The Ombudsman is to focus on the killing of Gervaise McKerr, one of a number of shoot-to-kill victims initially investigated by Stalker.
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Shoot to kill inquiry to be reopened
20th July By Owen Bowcott (The Guardian)
One of the most controversial inquiries of the Troubles, involving claims that police officers in Northern Ireland secretly adopted a "shoot to kill" policy, has been reopened, the Guardian has learned.
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Reopening of 'shoot-to-kill' case
20th July Press Association
The Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman is to investigate one of the most controversial shoot-to-kill allegations against the security forces, it is reported.
Nuala O'Loan has been asked by the Government to re-open files on the 1982 killing of three unarmed IRA men by Royal Ulster Constabulary officers after a chase through a checkpoint in Co Armagh, the Guardian newspaper said.
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