Desmond Rea and Robin Masefield
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781781381502
- eISBN:
- 9781781382172
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781781381502.003.0021
- Subject:
- Political Science, Public Policy
This chapter is drawn from the longer note (published as a book) by the authors which they submitted to the Haass talks in late 2013, entitled Dealing with the Past. As recorded here, the issue was a ...
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This chapter is drawn from the longer note (published as a book) by the authors which they submitted to the Haass talks in late 2013, entitled Dealing with the Past. As recorded here, the issue was a constant preoccupation of the chairman of the Policing Board and the one for which he secured their permission to address on his own behalf, which he did with the vice-chairman and Sir Hugh Orde. The chapter begins with examples of the scale of the challenge with reference to three atrocities – the Omagh, Claudy and Enniskillen bombings – before setting out the chairman’s paper Seeking to hold the Past in Healthy Balance with the Future, and going on to deal with the Consultative Group on the Past and the arrangements set up to reinvestigate unsolved murders from the Troubles including the role of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET). The chapter concludes with the remarks of Desmond Rea on a Talkback Panel at the West Belfast Festival in 2007, and the authors’ views as to how some of the legacy issues from the Troubles should best be dealt with.Less
This chapter is drawn from the longer note (published as a book) by the authors which they submitted to the Haass talks in late 2013, entitled Dealing with the Past. As recorded here, the issue was a constant preoccupation of the chairman of the Policing Board and the one for which he secured their permission to address on his own behalf, which he did with the vice-chairman and Sir Hugh Orde. The chapter begins with examples of the scale of the challenge with reference to three atrocities – the Omagh, Claudy and Enniskillen bombings – before setting out the chairman’s paper Seeking to hold the Past in Healthy Balance with the Future, and going on to deal with the Consultative Group on the Past and the arrangements set up to reinvestigate unsolved murders from the Troubles including the role of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET). The chapter concludes with the remarks of Desmond Rea on a Talkback Panel at the West Belfast Festival in 2007, and the authors’ views as to how some of the legacy issues from the Troubles should best be dealt with.
Senator George Mitchell
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9781846310652
- eISBN:
- 9781846314155
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Discontinued
- DOI:
- 10.5949/UPO9781846314155.009
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
This chapter presents a speech by Senator George Mitchell, who was recognised for his work in Northern Ireland. Although it was himself, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, and President Clinton who were the ...
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This chapter presents a speech by Senator George Mitchell, who was recognised for his work in Northern Ireland. Although it was himself, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, and President Clinton who were the key people pulling the parties to the Good Friday Agreement in the final stages, in his address Senator Mitchell paid tribute to those who had laid the groundwork, particularly Albert Reynolds and John Major. Senator Mitchell believes that there is no conflict which cannot be ended. He warns against letting the ‘men of violence’ destroy such efforts by saying in advance that negotiations will end if acts of violence occur, and, above all, he points to the abomination of the Omagh bombing of 15 August 1998 to show that there is no alternative to the peace process. As a seasoned negotiator, he emphasizes the need for patience, for peacemaking is a process.Less
This chapter presents a speech by Senator George Mitchell, who was recognised for his work in Northern Ireland. Although it was himself, Tony Blair, Bertie Ahern, and President Clinton who were the key people pulling the parties to the Good Friday Agreement in the final stages, in his address Senator Mitchell paid tribute to those who had laid the groundwork, particularly Albert Reynolds and John Major. Senator Mitchell believes that there is no conflict which cannot be ended. He warns against letting the ‘men of violence’ destroy such efforts by saying in advance that negotiations will end if acts of violence occur, and, above all, he points to the abomination of the Omagh bombing of 15 August 1998 to show that there is no alternative to the peace process. As a seasoned negotiator, he emphasizes the need for patience, for peacemaking is a process.
