Brendan Hughes

Boston College tapes unlikely to lead Adams to gaol but suggest any truth process is pointless

Turgon on March 25, 2014, 10:45 pm

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The arrest and charging of Ivor Bell has been covered already on Slugger and below Mick has mentioned the fact that Gerry Adams has made himself available to questioning by the PSNI. Although the McConville family remain hopeful many have suggested that it is inconceivable that Adams will be prosecuted. Adams has repeatedly denied that he had anything to do with Jean McConville’s murder just as he has denied that he was ever in the IRA. He has also claimed …

Belfast Project (Boston College tapes): “an invitation to people to engage in deep moral reflection on the consequences of war and political violence”

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on February 4, 2013, 8:30 am

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The topic of the Belfast Project – an oral history of republican and loyalist paramilitaries that is archived in the Burns Library at Boston College – is one that Slugger O’Toole posters have been tracking for some time. Taking a step back from the latest developments to look at the project as a whole, and exploring beyond the normal 2-3 minute media soundbite, I spoke to Anthony McIntyre (who conducted many of the republican interviews) about the original purpose of …

Brendan Hughes: “I had no control over this squad. Gerry had control of this particular squad”

Pete Baker on October 26, 2010, 7:27 pm

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Peter Wilson, a 21-year-old with learning difficulties who went missing in 1973, was only added to the official list of those abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republican paramilitaries in October last year. Today, on the basis of information described as “of good quality, it is reliable and from a good source”, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains announced details of a search for his remains. Meanwhile, as Rusty flagged up on Sunday, tonight RTÉ will broadcast Voices From the Grave …