On this day in 1971, internment was introduced in Northern Ireland

Read more Who was responsible for The Troubles in Northern Ireland? This was another example of the British government acting out of desperation to avoid responsibility for Northern Ireland. They are employing the same approach today in dealing with the Northern Ireland Protocol. Derry civil rights activist Eamon McCann called the hours after internment “the bloodiest Northern Ireland had known for decades.” Tragically, members of the First Parachute Regiment shot 13 civil rights protesters to death, stamping out Northern Ireland’s non-violent civil rights movement and plunging Northern Ireland toward the abyss.