Information provided here comes from Irish sources such as RM Distribution, Irish News and An Phoblacht. These facts will be replaced with other facts from time to time. For use of terms on the conflict and other interesting facts, see the Falklands Society peace statement. See the Lawyers Alliance report on the RUC here. Also visit our cemetery or read about British civility.

THOUGHTS FROM THE NORTH: UNION may be providing views from the north soon. In writing to a person in the north of Ireland, asking about the Protestants, the writer said, "There is currently a wide range of views from Protestants. Some accept that the 'Old Stormont' is gone forever and that change towards a united Ireland is inevitable. Even those who accept this would be very wary about their position in an all Ireland framework; what about inter-marriage, education etc. The number of Protestants in the population down South has dropped significantly over the past years and some Protestants up North would see that decline as evidence of ethnic cleansing", others would be very happy to take their chances and see society in the South as now having changed dramatically from the Catholic church dominated society of some decades ago."

What about Protestants who dont care about the matter either way but live under terror from Loyalist paramilitaries who refuse to tolerate integration between Catholics and Protestants?

"Yes, they have a real problem. I know one particular Protestant who was forced to sell his farm to another Protestant even though there were Catholics who would probably have paid more. At the same time many good-living Protestants speak out very strongly and with great courage against Protestant paramilitaries. I have been reminded by Protestants on a few occasions in the past year that there is a bigger "reconciliation" problem among Protestants than between Protestants and Catholics."

PARTITIONISTS' VIEWPOINTS: We could load this page down with images but we don't want to do it with junk. The view of the "Unionists" is to take Ireland back! Or so it would appear with the graphics of the Ulster Cyber Community. The injustice to Catholics is ignored in this view by the Democratic Unionist Party. And while this view wishes to condemn terrorism, a blind silence is clear when it comes to British state sponsored terrorism.

From the time of the first cease-fire up to the vote, 18 Catholics were killed by loyalist death squads; they are Michael McGoldrick, Sean Brown, Robert Hamill, John Slane, Bernadette Martin, James Morgan, Gerry Devlin, Seamus Dillon, Eddie Trainor, Terry "Junior" Enwright, Fergal McCusker, Larry Brennan, Ben Hughes, Liam Conway, John McColgan, Damien Trainor, Adrian Lanff and Ciaran Heffron. Protestant Glen Greer was killed by Loyalists for being an "informer". Dermot McShane, Catholic, was run over and killed by the British Army during a riot. Click on the skull-and-crossbones to arrive at the cemetery which provides more details. For more interesting facts check here and if you think the Irish Resistance kills civilians see here.

BRITAIN TARGETS FREE STATE: The Provisional Irish Republican Army captured documents and computer discs. The An Phoblacht paper of 29 January 1998 stated, "British Intelligence documents which have been intercepted by the IRA show that British soldiers have recently been operating in the 26 Counties. They also show that at no time did British forces call a ceasefire. Indeed, within weeks of the IRA's 1994 cessation, Britain was upgrading its Intelligence war against republicans. Pat McNamee described the documents as ``very worrying''. He said:``Given the history of collusion between British forces and loyalist killers, there is obvious concern that this material could have fallen into the hands of loyalists. If it had found its way to loyalists - either deliberately or accidentally - it would be a ready-made kit to bring killers to people's doors.''The Sinn Fein talks negotiator said the material had obviously been compiled in recent months. ``This calls into question the commitment of the British government to the peace process,'' he said. ``There is a clear lack of goodwill. It shows once more that the only armed group on ceasefire is the IRA.'' Intercepted along with the information on individuals were training manuals and documents explaining procedures for intelligence operatives in the border area. They show that in October 1994, a matter of weeks after the IRA cessation of August 1994, British Intelligence was stepping up its war against the nationalist community.

THE ORANGE ORDER MARCHES often result in property damage, injuries and deaths in the Catholic communities. Most often, people are trapped in their homes for hours while the parade goes through the neighborhoods. Attempts to re-route the parades has been cause of much conflict. Often Orange Order leaders refuse to even talk to residents. The RUC has used its forces to push parades through Irish Communities which oppose the parades. An impartial parades commission was suppose to be put into place. As of March 12, 1998, the Commission consists of a former member of the Loyalists group, the Ulster Defence Association, and another is a currentmember of the Apprentice Boys, an Orange Order organization whose parades result in conflict. So much for impartiality! Plastic bullets are also used by the RUC resulting in many injuries. For more information about plastic bullets, see the following sites: United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets, Lawyers Alliance for Justice in Ireland's report on the RUC, UNION homepage, British Ways, and Free Eire!

Damien and Philip

THE THREAT TO PROTESTANTS: There has been sixteen Catholics killed (March 12, 1998) by Loyalist terrorists in the north of Ireland since the cease-fire began. However, the latest killings show Protestants as well as Catholics are in danger’s way from British Loyalists. Such secetarianism is not the root of the problems but while the private parts of the President dominate American politics, the fact remains that Prime Minister Tony Blair faced his own controversy for attending a Catholic church by himself, drawing speculation that he has joined the faith of his wife who is Catholic.

GERRY ADAMS STILL CAN'T GO TO AUSTRALIA: If you thought things were bad in the United States for the Irish cause or you thought the peace talks are falling part, take a look at what the Australia government is doing. Australian Aid for Ireland has an excellent page on this on going ban against Gerry Adams. Will Gerry Adams be given a visa or will the Australian (British) Commonwealth nation continue to deny him entry? For the un-informed, Republican activists have held that Irish-Anglo relations were much like that of South Africa, where a white minority dominated the black majority. The Irish-Anglo relation did not end the British domination but partitioned Irland, leaving the dominating Loyalist minority as a majority in an artificially constructed statelet where the Catholic minority is continuely persecuted.

BILLY WRIGHT
Founder & Leader
Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
Nickname "King Rat"
Killed December 27, 1997
by the Irish National Liberation Army