Issue 074, Saoirse: Irish Freedom (June, 1993)

              irish freedom uevffl 74 meitheamh - june 1993 40p britain 45p usa 24 per year new collusion inquiry as report goes to un 400,100 unemplo the losses in the32 counties continued during may with 200 jobs being lost at container pressure vessels in clones 109 workers being laid off at wexmann trou sers in wexford 15 laid off at tyrone crystal dungannon beeline products in clondalkin letgo 124 workers and cosmo fashions in drogheda closed with the loss of 26 jobs i british forces panic demands the british subordinate paramilitary police the royal ulster constabu lary listed specific and definite demands on the british legal system in ireland at a press conference in belfast on may 27 these added up to a requirement for the implicit abrogation of the rule of law in the six occupied counties and the removal of the restraint of law from the british forces there hugh annesley's list of panic proposals in cluded removing the right to silence and making it an offence not to answer questions the shifting of the burden of proof to the accused person the greater use of supergrass evidence making phone taps admissible in court and the taking into account of previous convictions jackie griffith 50th anniversary commemoration july 3 1993 glasnevin cemetery dublin assemble berkeley rd church 2.30pm it has undoubtedly been a bad couple of weeks for the ruc the uda killing of alan lundy on may 1 provoked the sdlp's mp for west belfast dr joe hendron to accuse the british crown forces of direct collusion the lengthy inquest into the falls road kill ings of three nationalists by ruc mobile sup port unit member allen moore provided evi dence that he was constructing and posting letter bombs to nationalists at least two of which caused injuries to recipients on the day of his rampage on february 14 1992 moore was al lowed through several ruc checkpoints in bel fast armed with a pump-action semi-automatic shotgun he also visited two ruc stations yet no attempt was made to disarm him or hold him in custody evidence the february 1 993 report of the new york lawyers committee for human rights found evidence of british army complicity in the assas sination ofbelfast lawyer pat finucane and states that he was frequently threatened by ruc detec tives after this 90-page report was sent to the unitednations commission on human rights in geneva it has emerged that john stevens the chief constable ofnorthumbria has begun a new investigation into collusion and has visited bel fast on a number of occasions with his new team of detectives this is nothing new to stevens who was originally given this task in september 1 989 but his findings were never made public by the british government using the escape clause ofnational security his inquiry was responsible for exposing briannelson the british army agent in the uda and was then sabotaged by a fire which badly damaged their offices inside an ruc barracks in carrickfergus scenario in this context then the editorial of the sunday business post may 9 described the ruc as a frightening scenario a security force which is bankrolled by the british government has become hopelessly tainted any settle ment of the national question will have to involve a complete dismantling of what could only be seen as a tainted force the editorial said dealing with the british crown forces does not seem to worry the 26-county establishment however and sirpatrick mayhewcould gleefully announce in dublin on may 25 that never had there been a higher level of co-operation between the gardai and the ruc wolff tow bodenstown sunday june 13 1993 dublin bus leaves virgin megastore aston quay 1.15pm oraid sean 6 loinsigh