State Violence and Collusion Timeline 1991

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Events related to state violence and collusion in Northern Ireland in 1991.

February

  • 24 - Peter McTasney shot dead in a sectarian attack by the UVF in Newtownabbey, Co. Antrim.[1] Policing Ombudsman Nuala O'Loan would later link RUC "informant 1" Mark Haddock to the killing.[2]

May

  • 14 - Lieutenant Colonel James Gordon Kerr was awarded the O.B.E. in recognition of meritorious service in Northern Ireland. David Moyles received an M.B.E. at the same time.[3]

Notes

  1. David McKittrick, Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton and David McVea, Lost Lives, Mainstream Publishing, 2004, p.1227.
  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. Issue 52530, page 7427, London Gazette, 13 May 1991.