1987 - 1989 AD
"Fianna Fail Coalition Government"
1987 AD
January 20th: In the Irish Republic,
Dick Spring
the leader of the
Irish
Labour Party
together with his Labour Party Ministers
"resigned" from
the Fine
Gael Coalition Governmentc and in the
following General Election in the
Irish Republic the previous
"Opposition"
Fianna Fail
Party won
81seats
being only 3
short of an "overall majority,"
supported once again by
Neill Blaney
as an
Independent,
giving them
82 seats
with Sean
Tracey also supporting them with his
casting vote, while
Anthony Gregory
abstained.
Charles
Haughey the leader of the
Fianna Fail Party was now in for his
3rd term as
the Irish Prime Minister.
The
Progressive Democratic Party,
under the leadership of
Desmond O Malley, who had entered
for their first election, won
14
seats and
Garret Fitz Gerald
"resigned" as the leader of the new
"Opposition"
Fine Gael Party
and was "replaced" by
Alan Dukes
who made the
Tallaght Agreement
to work
in with
Charles Haughey
the new Fianna Fail
Prime Minister of
the Republic of Ireland.
Charles Haughey as the new Fianna Fail Prime Minister in the Republic of Ireland launched the Irish Industrial Development Authority under the auspices of Larry Goodman, who was to introduce European investors with a total investment of 260,000,000 pounds into Irish Beef, that was to become a "scandal" of great proportions as Iraq alone left a "debt" of 180,000,000 pounds as the Irish "farmers" were to be the ones left holding the bag.
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province
that were still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British
Imperial
Conservative Government,
the Prevention of Terrorism
/ Emergency Provisions Act was
"extended" further
in Ireland which was even more
"extreme," and was another further "violation" of "human rights"
there.
1988
In the Irish
Republic, Sean Mac Bride,
died,
who had been a son of
John Mac Bride and
Maude Gonne, who had been born in
1904, and worked hard
throughout his life for a
United
and
Free
Ireland, and beside the great contribution
of both his mother and father to
Irish
Self -
Determination from the British Imperial Empire, he too
had served the interests of Ireland well, not only in his endeavours to ensure a
Free
Ireland but also as
Minister for External Affairs
from
1948
until
1951 and was
also a founding member of
Amnesty International, and he had been awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize
in
1974,
the
Lenin Peace Prize in
1977, and in
1978 the
American Medal
for Justice.
March:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Imperial Conservative Government
A total of
10,425 pounds of explosives,
552 guns
and
100,000
rounds of ammunition were discovered by the police, and
there were now
3 "separate" anti - British
Government terrorist bodies involved in the "attacks" there and a
poll carried out in a
British newspaper wanted
the British
Imperial Military Forces out of
these 6 Counties in Ireland, while
another found that
70 %
of the population there in these 6
Counties in Ulster
Province now favoured
Power Sharing
Mairead
Farrell, Daniel Mac Cann
and
Sean Savage
who were
suspected to be members of the "Anti - Treaty
Provisional I.R.A." were
"shot" in the back and the head
while walking down a street in
Gibraltar by the
British Conservative Government's
Special Air Service / S.A.S.
and were still continued to be "executed"
while they were down on the "ground" and the
British
Conservative Government's court ruled that the "executions" were "lawful."
March 16th:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government at ther funeral
of the 3 suspected "anti - Treaty I.R.A. members in
Milltown Cemetery at
Andersontown, which was an
Irish Catholic
area in
Belfast
in Co. Antrim
in the north - east of
these
6 Counties,
Michael
Stone a "fervent" anti
- Catholic threw "hand grenades" among the
mourners killing
3 more people, including
Kevin Brady and wounding
60
others.
March 19th:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Imperial Conservative Government,
during the funeral for
Kevin Brady,
2 off - duty members of
the British Imperial Military Forces,
Derek Woods
and
Davis Howes
drove in among the funeral and panicked, firing a
"shot"
from their revolver to
"frighten" off
the mourners, but then failed to get away and they were put in a taxi by the
"Anti - Treaty IRA Provisionals"
and taken away, and were found later on "shot dead."
September:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in Ireland
still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government
A factory was discovered
that was
producing sub - machine guns for the
Unionist
Loyalists at Bally na
Hinch near
Belfast in
Co. Antrim in the north - east of the
Ulster Province.
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government,
a member of the
British Imperial Military
Forces who had been imprisoned
for "killing" an Irish Catholic
demonstrator in
1984 was now "released" from prison and
"re - instated" into the
British Imperial Army,
while the
"Shoot to Kill"
policy of the
British
Imperial Military Forces was confirmed especially after those carrying it out on behalf of
Margaret Thatcher and the British Imperial Conservative Government were
"cleared" of any wrongdoing.
Censorship was now imposed by Margaret Thatcher and the British Imperial Conservative Government on"all television and radio" interviews in the United Kingdom on any person who supported any suspected terrorist body, including Gerry Adams, although he was the "legally elected" representative from the "political" Sinn Fein Party in the British Westminster Parliament, which was a further total "disregard for human rights" and a "different" point of view,
In
the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from
the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province in
Ireland that were still under the control of the
British
Conservative Government, further
legislation was introduced when the
Fair Employment Bill
was
brought in, which put in place a
Fair Employment Commission where a business
with 10
or more employees must "register" and report how many non - Catholics
and
Catholics
were on
the payroll, with the power "to intervene."
The E.E.C. / European Economic Community began making funds available towards the International Fund for closer Irish co - operation, especially as to the needs of the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province in Ireland.
1989
January:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Imperial Conservative Government,
an
"Anti -
Treaty I.R.A. "
bomb factory was discovered in a farm house in
Derry
in Co. Derry
in the north - east of the
Ulster Province,
and a
Unionist Loyalist
catch of "arms" was also discovered, stored in case the
British Imperial Government
handed back these
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" in 1922 from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province
to
a re - united
Ireland.
February:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government
John Mac Donald
the commander of the
Unionist Defence Association
was charged with "extortion" on
Belfast
building sites there to obtain "funds" for their
association.
April 12th:
In these
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province,
a
"bomb" attack intended for the
Ascendancy "Official" Unionist
R.U.C.
police
instead "killed" an
innocent woman and injured
30
other people there at
Warrenpoint.
May 25th:
In the Irish
Republic after being only
2
years
in control of the
Irish
Government
this time,
Charles Haughey
the leader of the
Fianna Fail
Party
called an "election" trying to get an
"overall
majority" in his own right although
Albert Reynolds
who would be a future
Prime Minister
also, was "against" it and the
Fianna Fail Party
was only to win back
77
seats
losing
4
of their previously held seats,
and he was then to be forced into a
Fianna Fail Coalition
Government
for the first
time.
June:
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the
9 Counties in the
Ulster Province by the
British Imperial Coalition Government
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Imperial Conservative Government were forced to
renew their
Direct Rule
for the
"fifteenth" time
with
James
Molyneux
the leader of the
"Official" Unionists
at this time, and the
British Government's
appointed Secretary of State
in these
6
Counties in the
Ulster Province conducted a formal review of the Agreement
and
retained it. (The population in these
6
Counties in
Ulster Province was now
at
1,567,000
and the British Imperial Conservative Government and the
Acendancy
"Official" Unionist Government there had built
6
more "prisons" there since
1970.
There were
12
seats available in the
British Westminster Parliament
for these
6 Counties
in
Ulster Province
and
3
of the participating "political" Parties were made up of
Unionist Loyalists,
including the original
Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Party
under
James Molyneux
who was
backed by the
Orange Order
and their leaders were known as "Blackmen"
who commanded
35 %
of the vote.
Another was the
Democratic Unionist Party
made up of the
"extreme hard - liners"
under the religious extremist the Rev.
Ian Paisley
who commanded
20 %
of the vote, and the other was the "moderate"
Unionist Alliance Party
founded in
1970
as a centre party not polling too well with only
7%
of the vote. The
S.D.L.P.
/ Social
Democratic
Labour Party
was for "re -
unification" of Ireland and
also commanded
20 %
of the vote, the rest of the vote went to the
"political"
Sinn Fein Party
under the leadership of
Gerry Adams,
the
Workers Party,
which was basically socialist left over from
the old
"Anti - Treaty
I.R.A.," and there was also the
Unionist Loyalist Democratic Party,
which was also socialist who were connected
with the
Unionist Defence Association,
and there was also various
Independents.
In the
6 Counties
"artificially partitioned" from the 9
Counties in the
Ulster Province in
Ireland
still under the control of
Margaret Thatcher and the
British Conservative Government,
the
Prevention of Terrorism Act,
which was "extreme"
and
violated
the human rights of everyone in these
6
Counties was
made "permanent"
by the
British Conservative
Government
and any one
from the British
United Kingdom
suspected
of being involved in terrorism was "banned," with "searches" carried out just on suspicion of anyone's homes, and "Internment
for
7
days without Trial,"
with no "legal
representation" and they were to be tried in the
Diplock Courts
only by a judge, and if they remained
"silent" this
was to be used against them as "evidence" of their
guilt.
June 20th:
In the
Irish Republic,
Charles Haughey
the leader of the
Fianna Fail
Party once again hoping to be the
Prime
Minister
of the
Irish Government
met to discuss a possible
Coalition with
Desmond O Malley
who was the leader of the "political"
Progressive Democratic Party
there,
despite the fact that they had "declined" in popularity as they had won only
6
seats
this time around against their first showing
when they had previously won
14
seats.
June 21st:
In the Irish Republic,
Charles Haughey
the leader of the Fianna
Fail Party
then met with
Alan Dukes
the new leader of the
"Opposition" Fine Gael Party
to discuss the chances of forming a possible
Coalition
Government
with them, but in the
Dail Eireann / Irish Parliament,
Charles Haughey
was to be "rejected" as the
Irish Prime Minister,
but did not "resign" and
Dick Spring
the leader of the
Irish Labour Party
challenged him over this decision and
Albert Reynolds,
and
Bertie Ahearn
who would both become future Prime Ministers of
Ireland
from the
Fianna Fail
Party
also met with
Robert Molloy
and
Patrick Cox
from the political
Progressive Democratic
Party
to try and reach a
Coalition
agreement with them to form the future
Government of Ireland.
July 5th:
In the Irish Republic,
Charles Haughey
"desperate" to get back into government
as the leader, went ahead and did a deal on his "own.
July 12th: In
the Irish Republic,
Charles Haughey
who was now "really desperate" to become the Prime
Minister again,
had conceded
2
Government
Ministries
and 1
x
Junior Ministry,
which "upset" his colleagues in the
Fianna Fail
Party,
Albert Reynolds, Maire Geoghegan - Quinn, Padraig Flynn
and
Sean Doherty
who was the
Seanad Cathaorirleach
in the
Irish Senate. Brian Lenihan
wasthen put in as the
Deputy
Leader / Tanaiste.
The railway between
Belfast
in
Co. Antrim in the north -
east of the
Ulster Province and
Dublin
in the Irish Republic was
"sabotaged"
40
times within the first
4
months of the year and
John Devine
an
Irish
Catholic was
"killed" in his home in
West
Belfast
in
Co. Antrim
by
Unionist Loyalists
just because he was a
Catholic.
In the 6 Counties "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties in the Ulster Province that were still under the control of Margaret Thatcher and the British Imperial Conservative Government and the Ascendancy "Official" Unionist Party, the "political" Unionist leaders and the Irish Nationalist leader there had a "private meeting" in West Germany, but when it became known they "denied" that they had made any "compromises."