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Release and rearrest of Republican prisoners

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1996
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Sixteen high-security Republican prisoners were released and rearrested after their cases were heard by a judge who was no longer officially a member of the Dublin Special Criminal Court. There were widespread calls for the resignation of Justice Minister Nora Owen.

Source Information

Elliott, S., and W.D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory, 1968-1999 (Belfast, Blackstaff 1999)