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Civil Rights Ruling on Malaysian Massacre Has Implications for N.I.

By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant
February / March 2016

February 11, 2016 by </a> By Julia Brodsky, Editorial Assistant<br/><a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2016-archive/february-march-2016/“>February / March 2016</a> Leave a Comment

The U.K. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in a Malaysian civil rights case has caused dramatic repercussions for Northern Ireland. Families of victims of the Batang Kali massacre were pursuing action against the British government under Article 2 of the European Convention of Human Rights, which forbids any governmental force from intentionally killing civilians and requires that … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Ruling on Malaysian Massacre Has Implications for N.I.

December 8, 1831

James Hoban, the Kilkenny born architect who designed the U.S. White house, died on this day in 1831. Hoban worked in Ireland as a wheelright and carpenter until his early twenties, when he was given an advanced student placement at the Dublin Society’s Drawing School. He excelled in his studies and became an apprentice under Cork architect Thomas Ivory. After the American Revolutionary War, he immigrated to Philadelphia and established his own architecture firm. In July 1792 he was named winner of the design competition for the White house in the new capitol of Washington, D.C. He rebuilt the South Portico following the 1814 fire.

Civil Rights Ruling on Malaysian Massacre Has Implications for N.I.

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