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A loyalist paramilitary was caught by police in the 1990s… because he took a shower

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State Papers: British general called Bloody Sunday inquiry a ‘cynical move’ to 'scapegoat' troops – TheJournal.ie

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State Papers: British general called Bloody Sunday inquiry a ‘cynical move’ to ‘scapegoat’ troops  TheJournal.ie British general called Saville Inquiry ‘cynical move’  RTÉ News Senior British general ‘furious’ about new Bloody Sunday inquiry he saw as ‘cynical political move’  The Irish Times Irish officials taken aback by British general’s criticism of Saville Tribunal into Bloody Sunday killings  Irish Independent … Read more

How John Bruton, the last Redmondite, got to grips with the IRA, the UK and the peace process – The Irish Times

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As taoiseach from 1994 to 1997 with responsibilities for Anglo-Irish relations and the incipient peace process, John Bruton gets a poor press. Much of it may have been his own fault. He was a man who had taken a keen interest in Irish history throughout his life and was stubbornly “his own man”. Why else … Read more