Item 6 (1-2) - ICJP - Correspondence

2 files, c. 45 pp

File of typescript letter between the ICJP and other bodies/individuals including Jerome Connolly (ICJP) regarding a proposal for Overseas Development and Education partnerships for Belfast (10 May 1978); Letter from Connolly to Logue sending copies of correspondence from Belgian bishops and politicians concerning "the John Hume resolution on N. Ireland admitted to the European Parliament (31 Oct 1980); Fax letter sent to Logue re. visiting Derry soon with three American friends, from [ ] 9 Aug 1981); Fax letter to Logue from Paul O'Dwyer, New York, extending concern and affection for the Lynch family and for Kevin. (17 Jul 1981); Copy typed letter from Rt. Hon. Michael Alison, MP, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office to Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, ICJP, re Maze Prison Hunger Strikes, 30 Jun 1981); Copy letters from Fr. Raymond Murray and Fr. Denis Faul to Brian Gallagher, Chair, ICJP, regarding the Maze Prison Hunger Strikes, 2 June 1980; Letter from Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, President, ICJP, to Rt. Hon. H Atkins Q.C., Secretary of State, Stormont, re. recent meeting at Stormont Castle with members of the ICJP and on discussions about the Maze Prison Hunger Strikes (12 May 1981); copy letter from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, 10 Downing Street, to Keith Siberry Esq. (Leeds Justice and Peace Commission, UK) discussing aspects, options, and solutions to political and economic matters in Northern Ireland, including policing, use of rubber bullets, and the ongoing hunger strikes at the Maze Prison. 29 June 1981; Letter from Leonard (L.C.W.) Figg, British Ambassador to Ireland, to Bishop O'Mahony, President ICJP, concerning recent statement about the Hunger Strikes, and working towards solutions (14 Oct 1980).

File 2 includes letters to Hugh Logue from A. E. Huckle, Northern Ireland Office, Stormont re. the case of Monica Craig, charged with IRA membership and explosives offences, and her case of release from prison hospital owing to anorexia nervosa rather than hunger strike (Aug - Sep 1981); Letter from Barry O'Hagan, Trócaire, to Hugh Logue re. invitation to participate in Trócaire seminar re. renegotiation of the Lome Convention (17 Oct 1978); Letter from M. Morgan to ICJP enclosing attached photocopy of pamphlet "H - Block - The Care and Welfare of Prisoners in Northern Ireland" (29 May 1978); Letter to Logue from Jerome Connolly of ICJP re. Strasbourg Human Rights Conference (1978); Letter from Michael O'Kennedy, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dublin to Rev. Michael Harty, D.D., Bishop of Killaloe and President of the ICJP re. safeguarding of international human rights protections (22 Dec 1978); Copy letter from Fr. Raymond Murray, Chaplain, to Jerome Connolly, ICJP, imploring the ICJP to intercede immediately with the British Prime Minister in the case of Monica Craig, who is imprisoned and ill in the hospital wing of Armagh Prison. (9 Aug 1978); Letter from R.S. Beresford, General Secretary of Commission for International Justice and Peace (21 Nov 1976); Letter from Bishop Dermot O'Mahony, President, ICJP and Brian Gallagher, Chair, ICJP to the Rt. Hon. Humphrey Atkins, Q.C, Secretary of State, Stormont, with a detailed response to Atkins' comments made on the statement issued on the protest in the Maze Prison H Blocks by the ICJP, Oct 1980.

File 2 also includes some assorted loose-leaf manuscript notes on ICJP matters by Hugh Logue.

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