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A Morning Thought @ 2788

A Morning Thought @ 2787

Revisiting The Past 🪶 Why New Legal Thinking Is Needed For Legacy Cases

Christy Walsh ✍This article is motivated in part by my reading of the Court of Appeal’s judgment in R v McConville and Wootton, back in 2014, which left a lasting impression on me. The court openly stated (see paras 36 and 144-147) to this effect: “We don’t know what you did, but we know you did it.” That is not guilt beyond reasonable doubt. To my understanding, the two men

Will Of Freddie Scappaticci To Be Sealed For 70 Years

Richard O'Rawe 🎤speaking to Matt Cooper on The Last Word.The will of the man believed to be Britain’s top agent inside the IRA will not be made public after the British High Court ruled that it should be sealed for 70 years. Freddie Scappaticci, also known as Stakeknife, denied the claims until his death in 2023. Richard O’Rawe, author of Stakeknife’s Dirty War, spoke to Matt to discuss the

Coming Soon 📚 Eimear Ní Bhraonáin

Merrion Press 🔖is on the cusp of publishing a new book by Eimear Ní Bhraonáin.  

News From Ukraine 💣 Bulletin 153

A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 7-July-2025. In this week’s bulletin⬤ Call for action on occupied territories.⬤ Protest Seapeak sanction-busters.⬤ Crimea land seizures.⬤ Russia uses chemical warfare.⬤ Russia losses count updated.⬤ Evidence of Russian torture and persecution of local authorities. ⬤ Ukraine labour reforms.News from the territories occupied by

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Seven Hundred And Fifty Two

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousReports: Netanyahu orders Israeli army to conquer all of GazaIn a Biden-era retread, media push bogus narrative that Trump is

A Morning Thought @ 2786

A Morning Thought @ 2785

Even More Thoughts On Irish Unity

Gowain McKenna ✍ writing for The Road To No Town.This month Sinn Féin leaders were in London to campaign for an Irish Unity referendum within the next 5 years. The SF leader Mary Lou McDonald was on national UK television making her case for a referendum, while also highlighting the need to initiate discussions at an early stage on how the structures of both statelets, the 6 Counties in the North