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The image on the cover of Aaron Edwards’s book is of the 1988 funeral of an IRA man, Brendan “Ruby” Davison, who had been assassinated by loyalists. Gerry Adams is carrying the coffin and also
Colonial powers carved up land between them, dividing age-old settlements, tribes and indigenous peoples. A map of Africa can tell us that. Other maps show boundaries, the result of partitions by Britain that remain a cause of violent conflict in the Middle East, Asia and the United Kingdom.
This year, 3 May marks the centenary of the creation of Northern Ireland, made up of six of Ulster’s nine counties (widely but wrongly referred to as “The Province”). It is not a time for celebration, even by Unionists, who support the UK.
Two books have now been added to the voluminous library devoted to this troubled land. One considers its uncertain future, the other how it became the killing field for the Irish Republican Army (IRA), “loyalist’ paramilitary groups, the British army, and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC the Northern Irish police force), aided and abetted by Britain’s domestic security agency, MI5.
New book claims IRA ordered senior member be shot for running brothel with loyalists Agents of Influence: Britain s Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA is published by Merrion Press 13 April, 2021 01:00
Dr Aaron Edwards
THE IRA ordered that a senior member who later emerged as a suspected informer be shot for running a brothel with loyalists in the 1970s, a new book claims.
Former British soldier John Joe Magee went on to be a leading figure in the IRA s internal security unit, known as the nutting squad .
Its role was to root out and interrogate informers and agents - many of whom were later shot dead.
Emergency services respond on Tuesday evening
The lone gunman, wearing dark clothing and gloves, approached from Clifton Crescent, fired a number of shots at close range and walked back towards Clifton Crescent.
Posting on social media, his devastated daughter Emma McClean wrote: All I can say is that my daddy was my world, my rock, my everything! As much as he was my sticking plaster I loved him! He was my all. My daddy didn t deserve this, I won t stop fighting for justice! Daddy I love you and I m so sorry that I wasn t with you! I would trade places in a heartbeat if I could, you had so much to live for, things will never be the same without you! I love you! And you will never walk alone.