Decay of the UK: County Court House, Belfast
The decline and fall of the British Empire into corruption, pusillanimity and ignominy is poignantly evoked by this derelict building, the County Antrim Courthouse, Crumlin Road, Belfast — Crumlin Road Courthouse or 'the Crum'. Built to designs by Sir Charles Lanyon, it opened in 1850. Additions were undertaken in 1905 (Young and Mackenzie). The courthouse was shamefully, wilfully abandoned by the British State in 1998 and much of the structure has been destroyed by vandals and arsonists.
Crumlin Courthouse, Belfast
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NORTHERN IRELAND: IRA ATTACK ON COURTHOUSE CAUSES MINOR INJURIES
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The I-R-A (Irish Republican Army) launched a rocket attack against a court complex in Belfast, Northern on Monday - badly damaging a security post but causing only minor injuries.
The blast left a police officer with a perforated eardrum - but security glass prevented any further injuries. A woman civilian was also caught in the blast but escaped unhurt.
The I-R-A later claimed responsibility for the lunchtime attack in a call to a Belfast radio station.
The U-S has condemned the IRA'S actions and called on the Loyalists not to break their ceasefire following this latest attack.
The rocket attack was launched against a regular terrorist target - the Royal Courts of Justice in the centre of Belfast.
Bomb-proof glass in the security post is credited with saving the officer inside from serious injury - although he was admitted to hospital with a perforated eardrum.
He has since been released.
A woman was also knocked off her feet in the explosion, but no serious injuries were reported.
The court complex is heavily protected from such attacks with a high concrete wall to deter car bombs, and several permanently manned security positions.
Following the blast police and troops sealed off the area.
Initial eye witness reports said a man got out of a car, fired some sort of missile at the manned security box and then drove off.
Police condemned the attack as callous - saying it was very lucky that no-one was seriously injured.
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It was a very callous attack. Members of the public were put at risk. Even the motorists who were close by that car were put at risk. All I can say is that it was very, very callous. We are very thankful that all the people were uninjured.
SUPERCAPTION: Chief Inspector Victor Hutchinson, Local Police Commander
A Ford Mondeo was left burning in the Markets district a few hundred yards (metres) away - I-R-A units often burn their getaway cars to destroy evidence.
Following the attack, the Northern Ireland High Court and the Belfast Magistrates' Court directly opposite were immediately evacuated.
The I-R-A ended a 17-month cease-fire last February with a truck bomb in London's Canary Wharf business district.
Its campaign returned to Northern Ireland in October - when two car bombs were detonated inside the British army's headquarters.
Washington joined the protest and said it hoped that the recent incidents would not provoke Loyalist groups to end their ceasefire.
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The United States condemns in the strongest terms the attack on the Belfast courthouse today. This attack, which we understand has injured a police officer follows several discoveries in recent days of apparent Irish Republican Army bombs, which were being prepared for terrorist attacks these incidents have shaken the fragile peace in Northern Ireland, and continued violence could complicate the multi-party talks, which are scheduled to resume later this month. The United States shares the hope expressed by the British and Irish governments, that these incidents will not provoke Loyalist groups to end their ceasefire.
SUPER CAPTION: Nicholas Burns, U-S State Department Spokesperson
State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns acknowledged peace talks are in danger of collapse.
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The United States urges all sides to show restraint and give the peace negotiations a chance to succeed
SUPER CAPTION: Nicholas Burns, U-S State Department Spokesperson
U-S intervention has been widely acknowledged for assisting the peace process in Northern Ireland, but its repeated calls to the IRA to show restraint seem to be failing.
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A Simple Question: 'New IRA Resurgence'
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A sentence of life imprisonment for Kevin Braney has dealt a major blow to the most dangerous terrorist group operating on this island. The New IRA poses the biggest threat to the security of the State since the Provisional IRA ceasefire in 1994, according to Garda security and intelligence. And it is also top of the terror list in Northern Ireland where last month it was responsible for the car bomb attack outside a courthouse in Derry.
A British veteran said on Monday in Belfast that he opposed a hard border with the Republic of Ireland for fear of their unpleasant history repeating itself. Glenn Bradly, now a businessman, was a veteran guarding the British side of the 500-kilometer long border with the Republic of Ireland during the Northern Irish Troubles -- a period of conflict that began in 1968 and stretched for 30 years.
Since the late 1960s, many of the border roads had been barricaded by British troops, cross-border rail lines had been closed and some roads were also heavily fortified with border checkpoints to prevent smuggling of goods and dangerous people. The border in Northern Ireland was a fortress. The customs posts that had existed and the economic border that had existed pre the conflict basically had infrastructure added to them, to make it a fortress border, a hard border, said Bradly. That conflict pitted pro-British, mostly Protestant unionists, dedicated to retaining Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom against Irish nationalists, mainly Catholic, who wanted to unite with the Republic of Ireland. Now the Brexit debate is mirroring the debate.
Britain's withdrawal from the EU threatens to make that border more significant and more visible. Justifiably, the media has been quick to point out the combustibility of the situation, and hawkish in spotting any signs that stability in the province might be deteriorating. But suggestions that hardline Irish republicans intent on using force to achieve their goals are in some way motivated by Brexit is perceived almost as an insult by those paramilitaries who pride themselves on their ideological purity. But a group linked to the new IRA told The Sunday Times they hoped the border would be “hard as hell” and confirmed suspicions they see Brexit as an “opportunity”.
The Times reported the New IRA is made up of at least 40 hardcore members who sought to revive conflict on the island and would be “reckless in its approach”. Formed in 2012, the New IRA was the result of a merger of the Real IRA, splinter groups and republicans not happy with Sinn Fein’s political stance. The UK spy agency MI5 has an astonishing 20 per cent of its workforce in Belfast as part of a huge intelligence operation, with more than 700 officers there already.
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Large number of Loyalists arrested in Belfast weakens UFF & UVF Belfast units 16 May 1994
Up to 20 top Loyalist death squad members were arrested in Belfast mostly from the UDA West Belfast Brigade including their leader glue sniffer Johnny Adair. These arrested along with the IRA & INLA offensive against the UVF & UFF in June & July which killed 6 Loyalists top Loyalists from the UVF & UDA army councils.
Princess Elizabeth Last Act Before Leaving Belfast, Northern Ireland - No Sound - 1946
On steps of Dungannon School, children in background, the Royal Ulster Constabulary Depot. P.E. inspects & marchpast of troops. P.E. looking at Recreation Hall. P.E. presented with bottle of illegally distilled whiskey. At Armagh Courthouse, P.E. inspects Girl Guides, Scouts, etc. Children cheer, cut-ins of crowds; P.E. leaving Courthouse. P.E. arrives at Duthrin Dock, P.E. embarks in Superb accompanied by Governor & his wife. P.E. takes leave of Governor & his wife aboard ship. Superb departs, P.E. stands on chair on bridge to wave to crews of escorting destroyers. Fame & Hotspur as they steam past. CU Princess Elizabeth. Disembarking from Superb to Royal Barge at Greenock, Barge moves off.
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The Magistrates' Court
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Belfast Gaol, Ireland
HMP Belfast, also know as Crumlin Road Gaol is a former prison situated on the Crumlin Road in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the only Victorian era prison remaining in Northern Ireland and has been out of service since 1996. It is popularly known as the Crum.
The Crumlin Road Courthouse, which is currently derelict, stands opposite the Gaol. A tunnel under the main road connects the two buildings and was used to transport the prisoners to the courthouse.
The first 106 inmates, who were forced to walk from Carrickfergus Prison in chains arrived in 1846. These inmates, who were men, women and children, completed the changeover of the two prisons. Children from impoverished working-class families were often imprisoned at the gaol in the early years for offences such as stealing food or clothing. Women inmates were kept in the prison block house until the early 1900's. Thirteen year old Patrick Magee, who had been sentenced to three months in prison hanged himself in his cell in 1858.
When originally designed by Lanyon the prison did not contain a gallows and the executions were carried out in public view until 1901, when an execution chamber was constructed within the prison walls and used until the last of the hangings in 1961. Seventeen prisoners were executed in the prison, the last being Robert McGladdery who was hanged in 1961 for the murder of Pearl Gamble. The condemned would live in a large cell (large enough for two guards to live in as well). The bodies of the executed were buried inside the prison in unconsecrated ground and the graves were marked only with their initials and the year of execution on the prison wall.
SYND 20-7-72 A RIOT IN THE CRUMLIN JAIL IN BELFAST
(20 Jul 1972) Prisoners riot in Belfast's Crumlin road jail and also the aftermath of bomb blast in the Springfield Road.
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'IRA' claims responsibility for Northern Ireland car bomb
A group calling itself the IRA said it was responsible for a car bomb which detonated in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, in a statement sent to the Derry Journal on Jan. 29.
Northern Irish police said the main focus of the investigation was on the New IRA - one of a small number of groups opposed to a 1998 peace deal that largely ended three decades of violence in the British-run province.
No one was injured in the blast outside a courthouse on Jan. 19 but the incident highlighted the threat still posed by militant groups opposed to the peace agreement.
Police in Northern Ireland and European Union member Ireland have said that a return to a hard border between the two after Britain leaves the EU, complete with customs and other checks, could see a return to strife.
The IRA was the principal nationalist paramilitary group during the decades of violence between Protestant Unionists and mainly Catholic Republicans until it agreed to a ceasefire in 1994.
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Crumlin Road Gaol Prison Belfast
Designed by Sir Charles Lanyon, the prison was built between 1843 and 1845 and cost £60,000. As a replacement for the county gaol on Antrim street in Carrickfergus and known as the County Gaol for Antrim, it was constructed of black balsalt rock on ten acres at the bottom of Crumlin road. Partly based on HM Prison Pentonville, it was one of the most advanced prisons of its day.Ten year old Patrick Magee, who had been sentenced to three months in prison hanged himself in his cell in 1858
The Crumlin Road Courthouse, also derelict, stands opposite the Gaol. A tunnel under the main road connects the two buildings and was used to transport the prisoners to the courthouse. During the history of the prison between 1846 and 31 March 1996, when it was closed, an estimated 25,000 prisoners were held here
Huge blast rocks Northern Ireland
A huge car bomb has exploded outside a courthouse in Northern Ireland - the first such attack in ten years.
It follows weeks of political discussions about whether to return control of policing from London to local authorities in Belfast.
The region is divided between Catholic Nationalists and Protestants who want to remain part of Britain.
But the explosion in the city of Newry has been condemned by all sides of the political divide in the British-run province - where it's being seen as an attempt to reignite violence in the region.
Rory Challands reports.
Royal Visit To Ulster (1945)
Full title reads: ROYAL VISIT TO ULSTER.
Northern Ireland, Ulster.
Royal plane, a Douglas Dakota, taxiing to a halt at Long Kesh airport near Belfast. R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) guard of honour presents arms with plane in background. King George VI, Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother) and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) in uniform, leaving the plane. Royal party walking away from plane.
Ulster Houses of Parliament - King, Queen and Princess Elizabeth arriving in car. Huge crowds around. King and Queen talking to line of disabled soldiers and British Legion men.
Several shots of King, Queen and Princess amongst people at garden party.
The patrol yacht Heniesta sailing at sea. Royal party standing on bridge of the Heniesta. LS. Sixty two surrendered German U-boats anchored in the River Foyle. Heniesta coming alongside quay.
Various shots of the march past of troops and British Legion. King taking the salute.
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Crumlin Road Gaol: Belfast Troubles Tour
We were invited down to try out the Troubles Tour at the Crumlin Road Gaol.
On this tour you get shown around the streets of West Belfast by two ex prisoners, one Loyalist and one Republican, both from their respective areas.
You break for lunch and then get shown around the prison itself by one of the extremely knowledgeable guides who give you and insight into the jail's history, particularly during the troubles. It's well worth a go! #Gifted #Belfast #VisitBelfast
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In the matter of B (A child)
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In the matter of B (A child)
On appeal from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) (England and Wales)
This case considers whether a child’s habitual residence ceased when taken from the United Kingdom and whether the Court of Appeal was wrong to decline to exercise the inherent jurisdiction to order the child’s return to the UK. The appellant and the respondent were in a same-sex relationship which broke down in late 2011. Their daughter, B was conceived by IVF and was born in April 2008. The respondent is B’s biological mother and sole legal parent. The appellant considers herself to be a de facto parent. B, who is now aged 7, was taken from the United Kingdom to Pakistan by the respondent in February 2014. Following this, the appellant commenced Children Act proceedings, and applied for B to be made a ward of the court and to be returned to the UK. The High Court and Court of Appeal considered that it did not have jurisdiction to entertain the proceedings as B was not habitually resident in the UK when the Children Act proceedings were commenced. The courts declined to exercise the inherent jurisdiction to order B’s return to the UK. The appellant appealed to the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court allows the appeal on the Appellant’s application under the Children Act 1989 by a majority of 3:2, on the basis that B remained habitually resident in England on 13 February 2014.
The Invisible Man - Movie Clip 1
Christmas Day 1960. After five years of imprisonment a young man escapes in a snowy winter night with a file and linen from Britain´s safest prison in Belfast. Chasing him: an army forced by 12.000 policemen and soldiers. His name is Danny Donnelly. However, they don´t catch him. More about the movie at