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Welcome to the Northern Ireland Portal on [[SpinProfiles:About|Spinprofiles]]&mdash;your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.
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Northern Ireland was established in 1921, consisting of the six North-eastern counties which remained in the United Kingdom following the Anglo-Irish Treaty which ended the Irish War of Independence.
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It has remained deeply divided between a largely Protestant unionist majority which favours a continuing relationship with Britain, and a largely Catholic nationalist minority which favours unity with the Republic of Ireland.
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Unionist domination came under increasing challenge in the late 1960s with the emergence of the civil rights movement. By 1969, the situation had erupted into a violent conflict, the Troubles, which would go on to cost more than 3,700 lives and would not wind down until the emergence of the peace process in the 1990s.
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Propaganda, disinformation and various formas of covert political action were practised by all sides during the conflict. In the aftermath of the Troubles, truth recovery regarding the roles of the major actors remains a key, issue with particular controversy surrounding allegations of state collusion with both loyalist and republican paramilitaries.
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Following the end of the conflict, the creation of the [[Northern Ireland Assembly]] has paved the way for more mundane forms of political spin, such as the emergence of a Northern Ireland lobbying industry. 
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The huge intelligence gathering machine which grew up around the Northern Ireland conflict has been described by Tony Geraghty:
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"British civilian agencies included the [[Security Service]], MI5, the [[Secret Intelligence Service]], MI6, [[GCHQ]], and the [[National Criminal Intelligence Service]]. Military teams, working under the [[Intelligence and Security Group]], were the [[SAS]] troop posted to the Province, [[14 Intelligence Company]], the [[Field Reconnaissance Unit|Force Research Unit]], running its informers in competition with the [[RUC Special Branch]]; various other arms of the [[Intelligence Corps such as [[Weapons Intelligence Unit]] and the computer experts of [[12 Intelligence Company]]."
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Spinprofiles has a policy of [[SpinProfiles:A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]] and is overseen by an [[User:Claire Robinson|Managing editor]] and a [[User:David|Sysop]] and several Associate Portal editors. The Editor of the Northern Ireland Portal is [[User:Tom_Griffin|Tom Griffin]].
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'''Priority pages on Northern Ireland'''
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'''Barron report'''
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*[[John Weir]]
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*[[James Mitchell (Glennane)]]
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*[[Stewart Young]]
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*[[Robert Nairac]]
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*[[Robin Jackson]]
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*[[Gary Armstrong]]
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*[[Ian Mitchell]]
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*[[Laurence McClure]]
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*[[Billy Hanna]]
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*[[David Payne]]
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*[[William Marchant]]
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*[[Ivor Dean Knox Young]]
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*[[Joe Bennett]]
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*[[John Somerville]]
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*[[Wesley Somerville]]
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*[[Down Orange Welfare]]
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*[[Armagh Special Patrol Group]]
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*[[William McCaughey]]
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*[[Robert McConnell]]
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*[[Sammy McCoo]]
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*[[Craig Smellie]]
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*[[Harris Boyle]]
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*[[Robert Kerr]]
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*[[David Alexander Mulholland ]]
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*[[Brian Dixon]]
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*[[John Burgess]]
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*[[Bernard Dearsley]]
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*[[Hugh Galton-Fenzie]]
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*[[CH Rodgers]]
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*[[John McCoy]]
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*[[Vince Heavin]]
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*[[Colm Browne]]
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*[[Nelson Young]]
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*[[Force Research Unit]]
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*[[Martin Ingram']]
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*[[Philip Campbell Smith]]
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*[[Margaret Walshaw]]
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*[[David Moyles]]
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*[[Patrick Mercer]]
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*[[Ronnie Anderson]]
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*[[Fred Holroyd]]
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'''Journalists'''
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*[[Chris Ryder]]
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*[[Gary Kent]]
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*[[Kevin Toolis]]
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*[[Workers' Association for a Democratic Settlement in Northern Ireland]]
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'''Others'''
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*[[John Hermon]] former RUC Chief
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Revision as of 21:56, 15 March 2009

Welcome to the Northern Ireland Portal on Spinprofiles

Welcome to the Northern Ireland Portal on Spinprofiles—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.

Northern Ireland was established in 1921, consisting of the six North-eastern counties which remained in the United Kingdom following the Anglo-Irish Treaty which ended the Irish War of Independence.

It has remained deeply divided between a largely Protestant unionist majority which favours a continuing relationship with Britain, and a largely Catholic nationalist minority which favours unity with the Republic of Ireland.

Unionist domination came under increasing challenge in the late 1960s with the emergence of the civil rights movement. By 1969, the situation had erupted into a violent conflict, the Troubles, which would go on to cost more than 3,700 lives and would not wind down until the emergence of the peace process in the 1990s.

Propaganda, disinformation and various formas of covert political action were practised by all sides during the conflict. In the aftermath of the Troubles, truth recovery regarding the roles of the major actors remains a key, issue with particular controversy surrounding allegations of state collusion with both loyalist and republican paramilitaries.

Following the end of the conflict, the creation of the Northern Ireland Assembly has paved the way for more mundane forms of political spin, such as the emergence of a Northern Ireland lobbying industry.

The huge intelligence gathering machine which grew up around the Northern Ireland conflict has been described by Tony Geraghty:

"British civilian agencies included the Security Service, MI5, the Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, GCHQ, and the National Criminal Intelligence Service. Military teams, working under the Intelligence and Security Group, were the SAS troop posted to the Province, 14 Intelligence Company, the Force Research Unit, running its informers in competition with the RUC Special Branch; various other arms of the [[Intelligence Corps such as Weapons Intelligence Unit and the computer experts of 12 Intelligence Company."

Spinprofiles has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by an Managing editor and a Sysop and several Associate Portal editors. The Editor of the Northern Ireland Portal is Tom Griffin.

Priority pages on Northern Ireland


Barron report

Journalists

Others

See more...

Propaganda bodies

Information Research Department | Northern Ireland Information Service

Propaganda Techniques


Propaganda History

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Categories

There are a list of categories associated with this page:

References and Resources


Getting Started

Looking for somewhere to start?

To learn how you can edit any article right now, visit Spinprofiles:About, Welcome, newcomers, our Help page, Frequently Asked Questions, A quick guide to editing or experiment in the sandbox.

Or contribute a new article: go to Quick Guide to Getting Started.

Research and Writing Tips

How to research front groups | Resources for studying propaganda | Research using the web

Can you help?

Spinprofiles can be made more effective if more people join the project. If you have research or writing skills or just spare time, you can help.

If you are unsure where to start, you could expand some of the recently created but currently very brief articles. (If you look at the recent changes page you will see some noted as being 'stubs' - articles that may just be a line or two and needing to be fleshed out). So if you would like to add to some of those you would be most welcome.

There is an automatically updated page which includes the pages which have been signalled by Spinprofiles users as most wanted. In addition there is a page which includes a list of Things you can do to help.

Or if you would like some other suggestions closer to your interests you could drop Spinprofiles editor, David Miller an email. His address is editor AT spinprofiles.org

Start Here


Spinprofiles history

Spinprofiles is a collaborative venture initiated by Spinwatch in collaboration with Lobbywatch, GM Watch Red Star Research and Corporate Watch, but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent researchers.

Contributors are now working on 19,141 articles.

Disclaimer: Spinprofiles is an encyclopedia of people, issues and groups shaping the public agenda. It is a project of the Spinwatch—email editor AT spinprofiles.org.

Antispam note: To avoid attracting spam email robots, email addresses on Spinprofiles are written with AT in place of the usual symbol, and we have removed "mail to" links. Replace AT with the correct symbol to get a valid address. We regret the inconvenience this entails. Campaign for more effective antispam regulations.


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