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IRA tapes at Boston College - Temporary injunction granted by Irish court

Police will not receive Boston College IRA tapes

ANTOINETTE KELLY,

IrishCentral.com Staff Writer

Published Saturday, September 8, 2012, 8:07 AM

Updated Saturday, September 8, 2012, 8:18 AM

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Opposing on behalf of the PSNI, barrister Peter Coll argued that the legal challenge in America had already delayed police investigations by nearly two years.

'They are engaged in an active, live criminal investigation into the kidnapping, murder and other offences involving what has been described as the Disappeared, including Jean McConville,' he said.

'The applicant knew the purpose from his own prospective, that this oral history would be taken and, upon the death of the participants to this history, it would be open season in respect of the releasing of this material. We say it is somewhat incongruous for the applicant to say he now takes the view that his rights to life have been infringed.'

Justice Treacy however agreed to grant the interim order sought, citing the human rights aspect and limited period involved.

He added: 'There is no question whatsoever of this being an injunction directed towards any American authorities. The interim relief is directed solely at the PSNI and any other relevant UK authorities.'

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Jacob | Sep 11, 2012, 03:31 AM EDT

So Mr Justice Treacy sits in the 'Irish High Court' does he? I think you'll find his resume says otherwise!

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seanomelb | Sep 10, 2012, 08:01 PM EDT

Try structuring your posts in commonsense format Alois

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aloistmartin | Sep 10, 2012, 04:18 PM EDT

IrelandNorth@ ... ? Anglo-Saxonia, Adrian IV, Henry II ? Curse St. Patrick, bring the Snakes back to Hibernia ! Let Snakes Run, where No Roman Sandal did tread ! Support Basque Independence ! et al.

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IrelandNorth | Sep 10, 2012, 08:44 AM EDT

PS Any preliminary manouevres towards democracy for the great unwashed will forever be a criminal conspiracy for the the imperial classes whose God given right it is to lord it over the peasantry. The 11th commandment of the code of old Anglo-Saxonia is that Hibernia shall forever be in vassalage to Britannia. Did not Pope Adrain IV say as much to Henry II in his dubious Laudibiliter?

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IrelandNorth | Sep 10, 2012, 08:40 AM EDT

British archives on the 1916 Rising were only released 90 years ex-post facto, so seemingly controversial were they. That's three times the normal 30 year rule. Thrice the norm of controversiality? The danger as I see it is that a loose cabal of harboiled English imperialist are willing to subvert peace processes because they can't give up on empire. And, after all, loyalist paramilitary elements stand to gain from privilege information too, do they not?

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seanomelb | Sep 10, 2012, 06:46 AM EDT

What's your point aloismartin!!!

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Realist | Sep 10, 2012, 04:01 AM EDT

I think the next article on this subject will be to report the actual hand over of the tapes to the British authorities (MI5, MI6, and the PSNI). Only a matter of time....tick, tock, tick, tock.

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aloistmartin | Sep 09, 2012, 05:56 PM EDT

seanbomelb@ Alois (Fr. Boastful Warrior ?), was my Alsace maternal grandmother`s short name for Albert Louis. That Tragic Figures should come as no surprise to a People robbed of her Revolutionary Ideals; And forced to seek Succouth, from the Manor`s of her former Bourgeois Aristocrat Masters ? Tragic ? Yes tragic, Indeed seanomelb@

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Searlit | Sep 08, 2012, 09:16 PM EDT

800 hundred years of atrocities committed against the Irish people by England and now they want to put the lives of two journalists and a woman (who gave an interview for a college), at risk. It seems that they are still trying to suppress the truth on their side, while using extreme tactics to get info out of the other side. I'm so sorry to see this. Ireland remains a Republic with a unique history, all her own. The Isle of The Gaels that somehow mystify their otherwise close neighbor.

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occassio | Sep 08, 2012, 07:36 PM EDT

I find ironic Justice Treacy’s comments that having lost on challenges in the United States the plaintiffs now are attempting to stop the police (The Historical Crimes Unit) in discharging their obligation to investigate serious crime. One of those crimes was the 1972 abduction and murder of Jean McConville, which the PSNI never sought fit to investigate when it occurred. The McConville family deserves a truthful accounting. Unfortunately, British Intelligence and the PSNI have sanitized accounts of their brutal participation during the Troubles. Are we now to believe that they have become dependable resources and will act with dispassionate integrity in discharging their obligations? It’s farcical.

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seanomelb | Sep 08, 2012, 07:32 PM EDT

Aloismartin and her gutter hate what a tragic figure she/he/it is.

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merefalow | Sep 08, 2012, 07:26 PM EDT

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUCE,THIS IS ONE SIDED SUB JUSTICE.THERE IS MORE THAN ONE SIDE THAT COMMITTED CERTAIN ACTS,ACTS OF WAR,WAR CRIMES,MURDER ETC ETC,WHAT EVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM..IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN PEOPLE WITH AN AGENDA,A WILL, TO KICK THE WHOLE BLOODY THING OFF AGAIN.

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aloistmartin | Sep 08, 2012, 04:55 PM EDT

The more Money, the more Democratic Ethic ? Only proves Ireland is nothing more than a Den of Snakes, like a Dog returning to its own Vomit ! Bravo for the American Constitution !

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Searlit | Sep 08, 2012, 04:55 PM EDT

You are so right, slainte9!

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slainte9 | Sep 08, 2012, 11:47 AM EDT

When the British open up all their files, then the tapes should be released. There should be one standard for everyone involved. To date no one in the British government or army has be prosecuted for war crimes.

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