State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1994

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Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1994.

February

  • 17 - Loyalists shoot Sean McParland in North Belfast. He dies of his injuries on 25 February.[1] Policing Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan would later link RUC "informant 1" Mark Haddock to the killing.[2]

May

June

September

  • 1 - An internal Home Office briefing note of this date summarised the results of discussions on agent-handling as follows: "The Northern Ireland Secretary and the Attorney, with some support from the Defence Secretary, argued strongly that a statutory solution was necessary. The Prime Minister, the Foreign Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Chancellor of the Exchequer all expressed grave reservations about opening up such a sensitive area to Parliament when the slenderness of the Government's majority could not guarantee a satisfactory outcome." It added: "Given Ministers' declared view and the new context created by the Joint Declaration we have endorsed the NIO view that the issue is best played long."[8]

Notes

  1. David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1349.
  2. Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lesley-Anne McKeown, RUC Special Branch 'knew loyalist killer Billy Wright was involved' in Roseann Mallon murder, Belfast Telegraph, 20 November 2013.
  4. David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1360.
  5. Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
  6. David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1365.
  7. Statement by the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland on her investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Raymond McCord Jr and related matters, 22 January 2007, p.7.
  8. Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 4: Agent-handling, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.