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However, in his own book published in 1989, Hayward said he was posted to the north twice, in 1982 when he was attached to the Coldstream Guards as company operations officer during a four-month emergency tour to south Armagh, and in 1985 during a two-year posting to British army headquarters in Lisburn. Griffin, Tom (20 November 2013). "The long shadow of the Military Reaction Force". Spinwatch.org . Retrieved 15 April 2015. The SRR was formed in April 2005. The unit absorbs the 14th Intelligence Company ('The Det'), a special plainclothes surveillance unit created in 1973, specifically for operations in Northern Ireland. The skills and experience gained in Northern Ireland by The Det have been passed down to SRR operatives who have since taken a role in the global war against terror. Special Reconnaissance Regiment Operations The HET investigation was brought forward on the grounds that Dennis’ mother Eilis was elderly and quite frail. It was hoped the investigation would be completed within 18 months but it dragged on unsatisfactorily until its suspension in July 2013 and formally ceased in 31st December 2014, leaving the family in a virtual limbo state with no answers to the 5 years of enquiry and no access to crucial forensic reports carried out by the HET investigation team. And it proved no comfort to Dennis’ mother Eilis who died on 22nd February 2013 leaving us all to wonder if the truth would ever come out.

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The initial role of the squadron is surveillance and intelligence gathering, usually by way of foot patrols and covert observation positions (OPs). As with the counter-terrorist role, A,B,D & G squadrons would subsequently rotate in and out of Northern Ireland deployment on a 4-6 month schedule. Some of the details of the case were discussed at a recent coroner’s court hearing into the Derry killings.Both Peter Thompson and Edward Hale were shot from close range as they ran down the steps of the bookmaker's, with people at the scene claiming they were shot again as they lay on the ground. Last week Cahill’s grand-niece, Mairia, revealed the IRA covered up the alleged abuse she suffered as a 16-year-old at the hands of another IRA figure. Mairia was not Cahill’s alleged victim in the 70s. Special Reconnaissance Unit" is the term appearing in official documents from the 1970s. An April 1974 briefing for Prime Minister Harold Wilson states: Video and still cameras were often secreted about the vehicles, allowing the operators to film surreptitiously.

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However, an inquest defended the actions of the soldiers, with the eight members of the jury saying that "it would be natural for soldiers to believe three men were paramilitaries who posed a danger". A 4-man IRA team attempt to firebomb Ballysillan Post Office depot. A joint SAS/RUC team had been tipped-off about the IRA operation and, as the 3 of the IRA men approached the target, However, it is understood the coroner in charge of the inquest, Jim Kitson, has been made aware of the identity of the unit or units involved. The modified Q cars driven by 14 Company operators in Northern Ireland had many suprises hidden beneath their seemingly ordinary exteriors. The review into your brother’s death is within the caseload of the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch and remains incomplete. It is important that the views expressed by Dr Shephard and other witnesses in this case are fully considered to ensure the review conclusions are factual.

Falconer, Duncan (2001). First into Action: Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS. London: Warner. ISBN 9780751531657. In his book The SAS in Ireland, Co Armagh-born priest Fr Raymond Murray refers to reports in British newspapers in the late 1980s claiming that Simon Hayward was a liaison officer between MI5, the SAS and the RUC’s undercover unit known as E4. To the family Dennis was known as ‘Wee’ Dennis to distinguish him from his father also called Denis. He had a steady girlfriend and played football twice weekly. He was not overtly political but he contributed to discussions in the family home about what was happening on the streets of his home city. Arrest and detention May 1978 Intelligence was accused of acting in collusion with loyalist paramilitaries by former intelligence personnel Fred Holroyd and Colin Wallace in regards to the death of senior Provisional Irish Republican Army member John Francis Green, the Miami Showband killings and the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] Casualties [ ] The officer was involved in a “command position” in a string of shootings resulting in the deaths of 16 people between 1983 and 1991.

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Interim Report on the Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Bombing of Kay's Tavern, Dundalk". Houses of the Oireachtas: Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights. July 2006 . Retrieved 15 April 2015. Solicitors for the families of Daniel Doherty (23) and William Fleming (19) have obtained documents detailing links between a series of shootings resulting in the deaths of 16 people between 1983 and 1991.

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Dennis was only one of the thousands of young people destined to live their teenage lives under the shadow of oppression and violence. Riots took place day and daily around him. He saw friends and relatives arrested, imprisoned and shot.