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| IRA tapes to be handed to police after US supreme court ruling | IRA tapes to be handed to police after US supreme court ruling |
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| Tapes containing testimony from the late IRA Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price are to made available to the Police Service of Northern Ireland after the US supreme court ruled against an appeal seeking to keep them private. | Tapes containing testimony from the late IRA Old Bailey bomber Dolours Price are to made available to the Police Service of Northern Ireland after the US supreme court ruled against an appeal seeking to keep them private. |
| The court ruled on Monday that the Boston College tapes, which contain interviews with IRA and loyalist paramilitaries, should be handed over. | The court ruled on Monday that the Boston College tapes, which contain interviews with IRA and loyalist paramilitaries, should be handed over. |
| The PSNI is keen to examine the material particularly in relation to the IRA "disappeared" – more than two dozen people the IRA murdered in secret and then buried in unmarked graves. | The PSNI is keen to examine the material particularly in relation to the IRA "disappeared" – more than two dozen people the IRA murdered in secret and then buried in unmarked graves. |
| Following a newspaper and US television interview with Price, in which she allegedly claimed to have been involved in the disappearances, the PSNI began proceedings in the US courts to obtain her interviews, and any others relating to the disappeared. | Following a newspaper and US television interview with Price, in which she allegedly claimed to have been involved in the disappearances, the PSNI began proceedings in the US courts to obtain her interviews, and any others relating to the disappeared. |
| The project director, Ed Moloney, and his researcher, Anthony McIntyre, resisted the attempts, and had hoped the supreme court would overturn a Boston federal court decision to hand the tapes over. | The project director, Ed Moloney, and his researcher, Anthony McIntyre, resisted the attempts, and had hoped the supreme court would overturn a Boston federal court decision to hand the tapes over. |
| Moloney has insisted that Price, who was part of the IRA unit that bombed the Old Bailey in 1973, did not make claims about the disappeared in the interviews in any case. | Moloney has insisted that Price, who was part of the IRA unit that bombed the Old Bailey in 1973, did not make claims about the disappeared in the interviews in any case. |
| The Boston College tapes were part of the Belfast Project which was supposed to provide students and historians studying the Northern Ireland Troubles with exclusive insight into the paramilitary world. | The Boston College tapes were part of the Belfast Project which was supposed to provide students and historians studying the Northern Ireland Troubles with exclusive insight into the paramilitary world. |
| David Ervine and Brendan Hughes spoke candidly about their time in the loyalist UVF and the Provisional IRA. Hughes made a number of allegations about the role of the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, in the Belfast IRA. | David Ervine and Brendan Hughes spoke candidly about their time in the loyalist UVF and the Provisional IRA. Hughes made a number of allegations about the role of the Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams, in the Belfast IRA. |
| Hughes claimed that Adams had been in charge of the IRA unit responsible for the kidnap and murder of the disappeared. Adams has always strenuously denied the claims. | Hughes claimed that Adams had been in charge of the IRA unit responsible for the kidnap and murder of the disappeared. Adams has always strenuously denied the claims. |
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