1985 - 1986 AD
1985
Sean Donlan
the secretary
of the
Irish
Foreign Affairs Department
met with
British
Imperial
public servants
at Hillsborough
in
Belfast in Co. Antrim
in the north - east of the
Ulster Province were a new version
of joint sovereignty
for the whole of Ireland
was
put forward. This option was to be rejected by
Charles Haughey
the leader
of the Opposition
Fianna Fail Party
as a sell out although the
Irish Nationals in the 6
Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province, were interested.
February 27th: In the
Irish Republic
Desmond O Malley
was expelled from the Opposition
Fianna Fail Party stating it was an
authoritarian and undemocratic party under the leadership of
Charles Haughey
and he was to eventually go on to found the
Progressive
Democratic Party there
July 22nd: 2 young girls in the Irish Republic, a Miss Daly and a Miss Mahony made it known to the authorities that were sure they saw the statue of the Blessed Virgin / Our Lady move at Ballinspittle in Co. Cork in Southern Munster.
September 2nd:
Another
4
young girls in the Irish Republic, aged
14 to
16, saw an apparition at
10 p.m. of the
Blessed Virgin /
Our Lady, which appeared there
many times thereafter.
In the
6 Counties artificially partitioned from the
9 in the Ulster Province
in Ireland still under the control of the
British
Imperial Conservative Government the
15
"Official" Unionist
members
under their
leader
James Molyneux
walked out of the
Westminster Parliament in
England as they objected to the
joint sovereignty
proposal when
the
British Parliament
agreed to allow
the Irish
Government representatives
to be involved in the government of the whole of
Ireland.
John Stalker
the Deputy Chief Constable
from Manchester,
sent over
by the British Imperial Government to investigate complaints against the
R.U.C. police
in the 6 Counties
artificially partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province in
Ulster, handed in his report,
which contained all the facts he was physically able to
obtain.
October:
Domonic Mac Glinchy
the Chief of Staff
of
the I.N.L.A.
on appeal
in the
Belfast Court in
Co. Antrim in the 6 Counties artificially
partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province had his conviction there quashed by the
Judge due to the
flimsy evidence presented at his original trial.
October 12th:
Domonic Mac Glinchy
was handed back over to the
Garda Siochana / Irish police
in the Irish Republic and the
International Federation of Journalists
representing journalists all over the World
protested at the
British Conservative Government
's systematic attempts to muzzle the
press in the
6
Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province. (The
International Human Rights Court
had already ruled against the
British Imperial Government
for their
repression there
12
times.)
November 15th: Garret Fitz Gerald the leader of the Fine Gael Party Coalition Government in the Irish Republic met with Margaret Thatcher the Conservative Prime Minister of Britain at Hillsborough Castle near Belfast in Co. Antrim in the north - east of the Ulster Province. There they signed the Anglo - Irish Accord giving the Irish Government a consultative role in the running of the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province in 1922 to maintain the Ascendancy. This was a further attempt to try and bring about a lasting peace and stability in that area, but the Unionists there then burnt an effigy of Margaret Thatcher along with the Irish Flag. The Anglo - Irish Agreement was also denounced by Charles Haughey the Fianna Fail Opposition leader who opposed it in the Irish Parliament. Mary Harney was expelled from the Fianna Fail Party also party for voting for it, and naturally the I.R.A. was also against it as it would remove the need for their existence.
The British Conservative Government and the Irish Fine Gael
Government set up an
International Fund to promote economic and
social advance in
Ireland, to
encourage contact, dialogue and reconciliation between the
Irish
Nationalists and the
Unionists throughout the whole of
Ireland and
3/4
of the funds were spent in the
6 Counties
artificially
partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province still under the British
Conservative Government control and the balance in the other
6 Counties
surrounding the artificial border region.
November 29th: The Anglo - Irish Accord came into effect in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province in Ireland still under the control of the British Conservative Government, but the Unionists refused to participate in it's Government so the Assembly in these 6 Counties were then abolished by the British Conservative Government.
December 21st:
In the
Irish Republic,
Desmond O
Malley
in need of a means to bring in further reform
in the whole of Ireland then formed the
Progressive
Democratic Party.
The South
African Government informed the
Unionist Loyalists
that they were willing to trade weapons for
military missiles being produced by the electronics firm
Short Brothers for the
British Conservative Government in the
6 Counties artificially partitioned from the
9 in the Ulster Province
in Ireland still under their control, and the members of
the U.D.A. / Unionist Defence
Association were found out and arrested in
Paris.
1986
January 20th:
In the Irish
Republic, Pearse Wyse
from Cork in
Co. Cork in Southern Munster
withdrew from the Opposition
Fianna Fail Party
still under the leadership
of
Charles Haughey to join in with the
Progressive
Democratic Party under the leadership of
Desmond O Malley.
January 23rd: In the Irish
Republic,
Robert Molloy
who was another member of the
Fianna Fail Party for over
20
years
also withdrew from the Fianna fail
Party and joined up with
Desmond O Malley and the
Progressive
Democratic Party.
January 23rd:
An Election was called for the
British Parliament
at Westminster
due to
the Unionists
under the leadership of
James Molyneux
withdrawing from the
British Conservative Government and they were to only poll
418,000
votes and even lose one of their
seats to
Seamus Mallon
who was now the deputy - leader of the
Socialist
Democratic Labour Party - S.D.L.P.
In the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from
the 9 in the Ulster Province
in Ireland
the Rev. Ian Paisley
the
hard - line religious fanatic at this time was the leader of the
Democratic Unionist
Party while
Peter Robinson
was his deputy - leader.
In the meantime, the
Unionist terrorists had
increased the number of killings in these 6
Counties in Ulster to intimidate the
Catholic Irish
population further
there and this
in turn was to create a response from the
Irish Nationalist
organizations.
February:
Garret Fitz Gerald
the
Fine
Gael Coalition Prime Minister of Ireland
was having problems with his
Coalition partner,
Dick Spring the leader of the
Irish Labour Party
who was threatening to pull out of the
Fine Gael
Coalition Government in
the Irish Republic.
March 12th:
Domonic Mac
Glinchy
was sentenced to
10 years imprisonment for an arms violation
in the Irish Republic.
June 4th - 5th:
The
Irish
Communist Party held it's
Inaugural meeting in
Dublin City in the Irish Republic.
August:
The
I.R.A
once again
came out and reaffirmed their commitment to ending the artificial partition of the
6 Counties
in the 6 Counties
artificially partitioned from the 9 in the
Ulster Province in Ireland
and
Gerry Adams
the leader of the political
Sinn Fein Party, reversed their decision not to take up their seats
in the
Irish
Parliament. This created another
split in the I.R.A.
ranks under the leadership of
Ruairi O Bradaigh
and
Daithi O Connell
who continued the boycott and then set up their own
political
Republican Sinn
Fein Party.
June: John Stalker the police investigator sent over from Manchester in England by the British Conservative Government to look into the actions of the R.U.C. police in the 6 Counties in the 6 Counties artificially partitioned from the 9 in the Ulster Province in Ireland was replaced and then suspended from duty after his report and an attempt was made to blacken his credentials but Charles Kelly was to recommend that disciplinary action be taken against 22 R.U.C. police officers later on.
August:
Peter
Robinson the deputy - leader of the
Democratic Unionist Party
still under the leadership of
James Molyneux,
was arrested at
2 a.m. in the morning by the
Garda Siochana /
Irish police in
Co.
Monaghan in
Southern Ulster in the
Irish Republic in company with a
Unionist
group who were trying to take over the
artificial border town of
Clontibret.
September:
The
International Fund for
Ireland
was launched with funds provided by the
United States, Canada
and
New Zealand.
James Dillon
born in 1902
and pro - British
in
his outlook, a previous leader of
the
Fine
Gael
Party, and a son of the
Irish Parliamentary
leader of the
past
John Dillon,
died.
The E.E.C.
/ European Economic Community put in
129,000,000
dollars into the
6 Counties artificially partitioned from the
9 in the Ulster Province
in Ireland still under the control
of the British Conservative Government for their economic development.