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*'''March undated''' - [[Brian Nelson]] and two other men abduct a partially-sighted man, [[Gerald Higgins]], and take him to a [[UDA]] club where he is beaten, set on fire and electrocuted. Higgins is only saved when an Army patrol intervened as he is apparently being led to his execution.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | *'''March undated''' - [[Brian Nelson]] and two other men abduct a partially-sighted man, [[Gerald Higgins]], and take him to a [[UDA]] club where he is beaten, set on fire and electrocuted. Higgins is only saved when an Army patrol intervened as he is apparently being led to his execution.<ref name="DeSilvavol1Ch6">Sir Desmond de Silva, [http://www.patfinucanereview.org/report/volume01/chapter006/ Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson], Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''9''' - Prime Minister [[Edward Heath]] meets Taoiseach-elect [[Liam Cosgrave]], and expresses concern about [[IRA]] cross-border operations. Cosgrave agrees to "consider changes in existing channels of communication on intelligence matters."<ref name="Fanning040104">Ronan Fanning, [http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/cooperating-on-the-border-against-a-common-enemy-26216331.html Co-operating on the Border against a common enemy], independent.ie, 4 January 2004.</ref> | ||
| + | *'''20''' - British Ambassador Sir [[Arthur Galsworthy]] pays his first visit to Taoiseach [[Liam Cosgrave]].<ref name="Fanning040104">Ronan Fanning, [http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/cooperating-on-the-border-against-a-common-enemy-26216331.html Co-operating on the Border against a common enemy], independent.ie, 4 January 2004.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 22:46, 4 May 2013
Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1973.
Contents
January
- 20 - At 3.20 pm on a Saturday afternoon, as Ireland were playing the All-Blacks Rugby team at Lansdowne Road, a car parked in Sackville Place, Dublin exploded, killing 21-year-old Tommy Douglas, a native of Stirling, Scotland.[1]
March
- March undated - Brian Nelson and two other men abduct a partially-sighted man, Gerald Higgins, and take him to a UDA club where he is beaten, set on fire and electrocuted. Higgins is only saved when an Army patrol intervened as he is apparently being led to his execution.[2]
- 9 - Prime Minister Edward Heath meets Taoiseach-elect Liam Cosgrave, and expresses concern about IRA cross-border operations. Cosgrave agrees to "consider changes in existing channels of communication on intelligence matters."[3]
- 20 - British Ambassador Sir Arthur Galsworthy pays his first visit to Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave.[3]
September
- 16 - UDA figure Tommy Herron shot dead under mysterious circumstances.[4]
Notes
- ↑ DUBLIN BOMBING OF 20th JANUARY 1973, Justice for the Forgotten, accessed 19 June 2012.
- ↑ Sir Desmond de Silva, Volume 1 - Chapter 6: The recruitment of Brian Nelson, Pat Finucane Review, 12 December 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ronan Fanning, Co-operating on the Border against a common enemy, independent.ie, 4 January 2004.
- ↑ David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.391.
