Letter from Dudgeon, Northern Ireland Gay Rights Association, (NIGRA) to Boyle and discussing the decision taken by the NIGRA to deal directly with the European Court of Human Rights rather than communicate through legal intermediary channels following the referral by the European Commission of the case for gay rights to be heard at Strasbourg. Dudgeon adds a sincere thanks to Boyle for his contribution to this case.
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Letter from Connelly, Department of Law, University College Cardiff, to Boyle, writing having seen news of the Dudgeon case being referred to the court at Strasbourg and asking reasons for why the Commission gave for its opinion on the Dudgeon case.
Letter from Prof. Drake to Kevin Boyle, asking if he could visit Boyle at University College Galway on an upcoming trip.
Letter from Carlton, Dept. of History, North Carolina State University, to Boyle at University College Galway, thanking Boyle for his earlier letter and stating he will read an advance copy of work by Boyle and Tom Hadden.
Copy letter from Boyle to O'Donnell, Solicitor, Belfast, discussing personal mortgage issues.
Copy letter from Boyle to McCudden, Oxford College, enclosing as requested copies of documents referring to the H-Block case and also of proposal to establish a Human Rights Centre at University College Galway
Copy letter from Boyle to Palley, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, thanking her for the copy of her book on the State of Emergency in Northern Ireland, and detailing her own work including Emergency Powers Act Annotations on Current Law, future publications on Northern Ireland with Hadden and Hillyard, a new book by BBC journalist Peter Taylor entitled "Beating the Terrorists: Interrogation at Castlereagh, Gough and Omagh", also detailing Boyle's involvement in a case where a Republican Club demonstration was prosecuted and how "like 50/60 similar type demonstrations....involving Loyalist groups, none of which had led to police prosecution" and Boyle's plans to subpoena certain police officers to investigate this. Boyle also encloses papers regarding the case of Farrell Vs United Kingdom. Finally, Boyle finishes the letter by explaining the groups responsible for the murder of Lord Mountbatten ("The I.R.A Provisionals proper. . .") and in the killing of Airey Neave (the I.N.L.A.)
Copy letter from Boyle to Jacobs of the Standing Advisory Commission on Human Rights, Belfast. Boyle "delighted to learn book is coming out" but says he will not be available to be in Belfast.
Copy letter from Kevin Boyle to S.C. Connolly & Co, seeking information regarding the case of Olive Farrell Vs. United Kingdom.
Letter from McNeil, Business Manager, the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for Northern Ireland, discussing arrangements for forwarding copies of the reports to Boyle in Galway.