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*'''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> | *'''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> | *'''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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| + | *'''13''' - Ambassador Galsworthy hands secret dossier on IRA active service units to [[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> | ||
| + | *'''16''' - [[Hugh McCann]] of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs advises Ambassador Galsworthy that the Irish ambassador is agreeable to a small meeting of security experts.<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> | ||
| + | *'''25''' - British Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence [[Frederick Allen Rowley]] and Ambassador Galsworthy hold a secret meeting in Glencairn, Galsworthy's official residence, with [[Patrick Donegan]], the Irish Minister for Defence, and his Departmental Secretary.<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 22:57, 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]
April
- 13 - Ambassador Galsworthy hands secret dossier on IRA active service units to Liam Cosgrave.[3]
- 16 - Hugh McCann of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs advises Ambassador Galsworthy that the Irish ambassador is agreeable to a small meeting of security experts.[3]
- 25 - British Director and Co-ordinator of Intelligence Frederick Allen Rowley and Ambassador Galsworthy hold a secret meeting in Glencairn, Galsworthy's official residence, with Patrick Donegan, the Irish Minister for Defence, and his Departmental Secretary.[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 3.2 3.3 3.4 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.
