Organisation: Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

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Paisley engineered fall of NI prime ministers in violent campaigns

I concur with your editorial (September 13) of the late Ian Paisley whose political career was punctuated with nakedly sectarian acts and deeds and the destruction of many political initiatives and moderate leaders of unionism who were engaged in genuine attempts to bring peace and stability to Northern Ireland.

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Bloody Sunday victims killed by 'unjustifiable firing'

O’Neill blown out of office by loyalist conspirators

Four decades of bloodshed and tears the north could have avoided

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President praises North's peace process

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Hume and Currie to be honoured

Army silence 'contributed to Bloody Sunday tragedy'

The British Army’s failure to divulge its plans for an arrest operation to the Bloody Sunday march organisers contributed to the shooting by paratroopers of 27 civilians, 13 of whom died, the Saville Inquiry today heard.

Tue, 08 Jun, 2004

Civic leaders seek delay of referendum

A group of Irish civic leaders has written to the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, urging him to delay the Government’s planned referendum on citizenship rights.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004

Saville Inquiry hears evidence from Ivan Cooper

Former SDLP MP Ivan Cooper has told the Saville Inquiry how he saw a man being shot dead as he tried to go to the aid of a dying man on Bloody Sunday more than 32 years ago.

Mon, 02 Feb, 2004

Currie fired up over Sinn Féin’s recreation of civil rights march

SINN FÉIN is accused of trying to rewrite history with the recreation of a famous Catholic civil rights march in the North.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2003

Suspected INLA man extradited from US

A SUSPECTED republican terrorist accused of murdering a Northern Ireland police officer nearly 30 years ago has been deported from America.

Wed, 23 Jul, 2003

US deports alleged Irish paramilitary

The United States has deported an Irishman they say was a member of a violent paramilitary group involved in a 1975 killing of an RUC police officer.

Tue, 22 Jul, 2003

Taylor challenged to prove Bloody Sunday claims

The former UUP deputy leader John Taylor is being challenged to prove his claims at the Saville Inquiry that the Bloody Sunday civil rights march was a front for terrorists.

Fri, 15 Mar, 2002

Taylor: Civil Rights body 'was terrorist cover'

Leading Ulster Unionist John Taylor has created further controversy at the Saville Inquiry in Derry by claiming that the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association was a front for terrorists.

Fri, 15 Mar, 2002

Bloody Sunday accused ‘should not be imprisoned’

Those blamed for the events of Bloody Sunday should not face criminal proceedings, veteran civil rights lawyer Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC said today.

Sun, 27 Jan, 2002

British High Court appeal over 'Bloody Sunday' soldiers

A new bid to force former soldiers to give their evidence to the Bloody Sunday inquiry in Derry -where they fear reprisal attacks - began in the British Court of Appeal today.

Tue, 11 Dec, 2001

Bloody Sunday speakers 'were fired on directly'

Speakers at the march which became Bloody Sunday were fired on "directly" and had to lie down to save their lives, it was claimed today.

Wed, 20 Jun, 2001

Hume 'was alienated from Derry CRA' inquiry told

Social Democratic and Labour Party leader John Hume was ‘‘alienated’’ from the Derry Civil Rights Association which organised the march that became known as Bloody Sunday, it was claimed today.

Thu, 14 Jun, 2001

March was delayed to 'ensure safety'

The march which became Bloody Sunday was postponed for two weeks so it could be organised to be safe and dignified, it was claimed today.

Tue, 12 Jun, 2001

Bloody Sunday soldier 'predicted high body count'

A soldier predicted that "lots of bodies would leave the Bogside" on the afternoon of the Bloody Sunday killings, the Saville Inquiry has heard.

Mon, 22 Jan, 2001