A 'most difficult and unpalatable part' - the release of politically motivated violent offenders
by Michael Von Tangen Page
Notes
8 The Irish Times, 17 September 1994 and 23 December 1994.
9 Irish Political Studies 1996, Vol. II (PSAI Press, 1996) p.274.
10 The Independent, 21 November 1993, and the Sun, 2 September 1994.
11 Cited in B. Rolston and M. Tomlinson, "The Challenge Within. Prisons and Propaganda in Northern Ireland" in M. Tomlinson, T. Varley & C. McCullagh (eds.), Whose Law and Order? (Belfast: Queen's University, 1988) p.185.
12 The Independent, 13 November 1994.
13 Hansard (House of Commons), 30 October 1995, Cols 23-4. Northern Ireland (Remission of Sentences) Bill (second Reading).
14 The Times, 27 October 1995.
15 Hansard, 30 October 1995 Col. 24.
16 Ibid., Col 35-45
17 The Times, 13 November 1995.
18 The Independent, 11 February 1996.
19 Civil Liberty Agenda (London: National council for Civil Liberties, Spring Issue 1993) p. 24.
20 "Report of the Interdepartmental Working Group's Review of the Provisions for the Transfer of Prisoners Between UK Jurisdictions" (Ferrers' Report), 1992 (unpublished typescript, copy in the House of Commons Library) pp.25-6.
21 An Phoblacht/Republican News, 16 December1993.
22 The Sunday Times, 19 December 1993.
23 P. Bew and G. Gillispie, The Northern Ireland Peace Process - A Chronology (London: Serif, 1996) p. 164.
24 "Adams, McGuinness Urge IRA to Restore Cessation", Sinn Féin Press Release, 18 July 1997.
25 The Independent, 9 January 1998.
26 M. Mowlam, "Text of the Message Delivered on 9 January 1998 to loyalist prisoners in HMP Maze, by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Marjorie Mowlam" Northern Ireland Office Press Release, 9 January 1998. |
