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June July 2004 Issue

Sinn Féin and PUP
Angry Over New Report

By Deanna Turner, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

On April 20, 2004, Paul Murphy, Secretary of State of Northern Ireland, announced that the International Monitoring Commission (IMC) had recommended monetary sanctions upon Sinn Féin for the alleged abduction of a dissident Republican by the IRA and on the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) for its connection to the Ulster Volunteer Force, a loyalist paramilitary group. Angry … [Read more...] about Sinn Féin and PUP
Angry Over New Report

Tara’s Future in Jeopardy

By Louise Carroll, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

The construction of a motorway in County Meath has historians, archaeologists, politicians and others up in arms. The proposed M3 toll road will run through the Tara Skryne Valley, which the protestors argue is a part of the Hill of Tara National Monument. The Hill of Tara was a central ceremonial, burial and royal area in pagan times, and it dates back to 4000 B.C. The highest … [Read more...] about Tara’s Future in Jeopardy

O’Cealleagh Wins
Deportation Case

By Deanna Turner, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Sean O'Cealleagh (also spelled Kelly), a U.S. Greencard holder since 2001, has won his deportation case following a Los Angeles immigration trial that revisited a murder he was convicted of in Northern Ireland. In 1990, O'Cealleagh was found guilty by a British Diplock [non-jury] Court for aiding and abetting the murder of two British soldiers in 1988 in West Belfast. … [Read more...] about O’Cealleagh Wins
Deportation Case

Cory Report Released

By Deanna Turner, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

The British Government published edited versions of the reports by retired Canadian Judge Peter Cory declaring that there was British and Loyalist collusion in the murder cases in Northern Ireland of Patrick Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, Robert Hamill and Billy Wright. The British Government announced that public inquiries will be held into cases of Nelson, Hamill and Wright, as … [Read more...] about Cory Report Released

U.S./U.K. Extradition Treaty

By Deanna Turner, Contributor
June / July 2004

June 1, 2004 by 1 Comment

The Extradition Treaty between the United States and Great Britain made its introduction into the United States Senate on April 19. 2004. The Committee on Foreign Relations received it by unanimous consent, thus removing the injunction of secrecy surrounding it. Even though its existence had been denied by leading officials, most Irish-American activists were aware of the … [Read more...] about U.S./U.K. Extradition Treaty

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