Random Ramblings from a Republican
*Continuation of the Bernadette McAliskey shooting article tomorrow
Today in Irish history
1921 - Brits make policy in Ireland that allows any person found with ammunition, explosives or firearms to be executed.
1970 - IRA split made public, Provisional and Official wings recognised.
1988 - Hume/Adams meeting. A precursor to the current "peace process"
1994 - The Free State announced that Section 31 broadcast banned lifted from Provisional Sinn Fein on January 19th
1997 - The Provisional IRA, no longer on cease-fire, mortars an RUC barracks in Co. Fermanagh.