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Birmingham Six

50 Years Later, Families of the Birmingham Pub Bombings Still Campaigning for the Truth

By Brian Dooley

Winter 2024

November 19, 2024 by 1 Comment

Families of the victims of the November 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings say that British authorities are deliberately obstructing their search for the truth about what happened that night, and denying their rights to accountability. Between March 1973 and November 1974,  the IRA exploded hundreds of bombs across Britain, including several attacks on Birmingham. In 1974, … [Read more...] about 50 Years Later, Families of the Birmingham Pub Bombings Still Campaigning for the Truth

Blazes Boylan

Compiled by Brian Rohan

April 1991

April 3, 1991 by Leave a Comment

The Birmingham Six – Free At Last After 16 years of protesting their innocence, the cases against the Birmingham Six have collapsed and the men have been freed. The six men were in English prisons since 1974 because, in the words of Shane McGowan, they were caught "being Irish in the wrong place and at the wrong time.” The Court of Appeals in Britain, which has been examining … [Read more...] about Blazes Boylan

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