Robin Jackson 'worked hand in glove with [Robert] Nairac ... Jacko bombed a pub in Dundalk and the bomb was made in an army base and was given to Jacko to go and plant it ..’ 25,000 word ebook on the Dublin & Monaghan bombs here next Saturday. No paywall. coverthistory.ie

The 50th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings takes place later this month. Next Saturday, Covert History magazine will be publishing a 25,000 word account of the massacres.
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Today, Wednesday, May 1st, 2024, will live forever in infamy as the day the British government erased history and abolished justice for victims rather than disclose the truth. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 is indeed the #BillOfShame

'How can the UK speak with moral authority abroad when it’s hiding all these things, both in the colonial past and in the Northern Ireland conflict?” - Gisle Kvanvig, international department at the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights.' irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

The report found that the “blatant deficiencies of this system shielded soldiers from accountability for state violence and is arguably the reason why not a single state actor was prosecuted between 1969 and 1974”.

International Panel report finds that the British government operated systematic practice of impunity to protect security forces in NI #bitterlegacy

Wonderful to catch up with so many friends at the 'Gathering for Johnny Fean' in Shannon on Saturday evening. Ní Bheig a leithéid arís ann.

“This report highlights the injustices that the British government perpetrated against victims’ families for the last 40 years…” theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

The events of January 4th and 5th 1976 are, and will continue to be, among the most secretive and hidden events of the so called “Troubles”. Should the truth of those two atrocities ever be revealed, the history of the conflict would be turned on its head. bbc.com/news/uk-northe…

Looking at the full list of the ‘expert advisory panel’ for the ‘public history’ PR exercise: nine people at various career stages veering to senior. Six men. All either working in history or politics. None currently work in Northern Ireland. Colonial mindset remains intact.

PUBLIC INQUIRY. Today the coroner in our inquest had halted the inquest because of lack of disclosure by the crown and said it should be dealt with by a public inquiry. The Secretary of State has launched an appeal to cover up the involvement of state agents. Disclosure 🙄👇🏼

“Even before we buried our loved ones in those dark days of 1971, the British state buried the truth,” he said. irishnews.com/news/northern-…

Today, Popular on #Netflix ReMastered; The Miami Showband Massacre. #TheWorldIsWatching

Another collusion inquest.
It is absolutely and utterly outrageous.
It is time for the Minister for Justice to comment on the devastating impact of this treatment of the local courts on families and on confidence in the rule of law.

So, a government that shuts down historical investigations and baulks at a peace and justice process wants to fashion an official account of the Troubles?

What a truly stupid idea. It will have zero credibility from the start.

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‘A significant difficulty in establishing an official history of the Troubles will be finding scholars to take part in it’

As noted by Prof Coleman, if the Brit govt wish for a ‘public’ history of the Troubles they should provide funding for independent bodies to facilitate.

Abuse of Privilege: the former DUP leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, wrongfully alleged that a Garda mole was involved in the murder of two RUC officers by the IRA. By Deirdre Younge. See:
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Given that this is a British government initiative, who has been showing its true colours ad nauseam of late on its approach to truth and justice, this cannot be independent. No historian should have anything to do with it.
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We understand virtually all NI-based academics approached, would not be part of this.

When we met with Lord Caine, Anna Bryson asked what the purpose of the official history was: response was that the British Government was entitled to put forward its version of history.

Given the man at the centre is actively trying to stop the truth of the conflict from emerging in courts and through investigations this is quite frankly the gaslighting of our population