Collusion

• Police Ombudsman Report: The murders at the Heights Bar in Loughinisland (9 June 2016)

• A new documentary asks: Did the British state collude with Northern Irish terrorists? (Washington Post, 17 June 2015)

• London told it must face up to fact of collusion in North (Irish Times, 16 June 2015)

• BBC Panorama on iPlayer: Britain's Secret Terror Deals, or see here for youtube: Britain's Secret Terror Deals (28 May 2015)

• History-making judicial review into mass murder starts at Belfast High Court (7 May 2015)

•  Glenanne/ Hillcrest: Murdered by the Glenanne gang: Patrick lived till the ripe old age of 13 (Irish Times, 2 May 2015)

• Statement given by Minister for European Affairs, Pascal Donohoe T.D. on July 10, 2014 with regards to the Dublin-Monaghan Bombings, the Ballymurphy Shootings, the torture methods shown in the Hooded Men documentary, and the actions of the Military Reaction Force ()

• Justice for the Forgotten: Families of Dublin and Monaghan bombings to take civil proceedings (15 May 2014)

• PFC: MRF decision ‘travesty of justice’

• Both UK and Ireland failed to focus on loyalist violence (Irish Times, 8.10.2013)

• Smithwick Tribunal fall-out
  On Tuesday January 28 three retired senior Gardaí criticised the findings of the Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry into allegations of collusion between members of the Garda and the IRA - see Irish Times article: Three former senior gardaí challenge tribunal findings - Key Smithwick Tribunal conclusions not based on facts, says critique from ex-gardaí
  
  On Saturday Feb 1 the solicitor acting on behalf of the family of RUC officer Harry Breen issued a rebuttal - see Irish Times article: Solicitor defends Smithwick report as ‘nuanced and fair’ - Critique by former gardaí said to display keenness to accept IRA’s version

•  Transcript of Westminster Hall Debate — Glenanne Gang Murders (12 November 2013)

• thedetail.tv: Declassified documents reveal army lobbied Attorney General not to prosecute soldiers

•  Declassified NIO telegramm confirms UDR/RUC collusion in 70s - files passed to loyalists - information withheld from courts etc

•  "Lethal Allies" - Main Conclusions

•  Perfidious Albion - Cover-up and Collusion in Northern Ireland () by Paddy Hillyard (Statewatch, Jan 2013)

•  Secret documents reveal 'rotten apples' in UDR (Derry Journal, 17 August 2011)

•  Press Statement from family of Denis Donaldson () (April 7, 2011)

•  SDLP Press Release - Bradley: Paisley must withdraw slur against Eugene Reavey

•  The Daíl debate on Collusion () - Statements from Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and opposition leaders Enda Kenny (FG) and Joe Costello (Labour)

•  European Court Collusion judgements (Statements and hyperlinks to judgements)

•   Statement from the families of those murdered at Donnelly’s Bar, Silverbridge, outside Kay’s Tavern, Dundalk and in the Reavey and O’Dowd homes

•   Statements on Collusion prosecution failure by the family of Pat Finucane, Amnesty International and the NI Human Rights Commission
•   Press Notice by the Public Prosecution Service - Conclusion on Stevens III ()

•  The Cory Collusion Inquiry Report

•  Police Ombudsman Public Statement and Report () on Operation Ballast – RUC/PSNI Collusion with the UVF in North Belfast

•  Report of the Independent International Panel on Alleged Collusion in Sectarian Killings In Northern Ireland ()
  
•  see also BBC report and video clip of launch Security 'links' to murder plots
  RUC and UDR members colluded with loyalist paramilitaries in 74 murders in the 1970s, legal experts say.

•  Subversion in the UDR & Annex E ()
   The original intelligence report prepared for the Joint Intelligence Committee and Downing St

•  COLLUSION: Subversion in the UDR. Secret documents reveal: The Downing Street link/ Soldiers armed loyalists (Irish News, 02.05.2006)
•  COLLUSION: Army gun used in 12 murder bids: Downing Street concerns over leaks to Paisley / MPs misled over collusion (Irish News, 03.05.2006)
•  COLLUSION: Loyalist collusion "terrible cover-up" (Irish News, 12.05.2006)
•  COLLUSION: Former politician talks about his life in the UDA, UDR and the RUC (Irish News, 15.05.2006)

•  The Force Research Unit (FRU)

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