Shooting in Nova Scotia, Calgary and Belfast

CBC is reporting that "Cape Breton Regional Police say one person is dead after an early morning shooting in Whitney Pier, N.S. All three suspects have been charged with first-degree murder, and identified the deceased as 44-year-old Jeffrey Pearson."

City News is reporting that "A man was rushed to hospital in critical condition after a shooting between two vehicles in northeast Calgary. Emergency crews were called to 38 Street NE, just south of Country Hills Blvd, around 4:30 p.m. Sunday for reports of a shooting. Calgary police say shots were fired between two vehicles. One man was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and his condition has since been upgraded to stable. No other injuries have been reported."

The BBC is reporting that "A man is in "a critical but stable condition" after a shooting in west Belfast on Sunday, police have said. Police received a report that two masked men approached a taxi, which was parked in the area, and fired shots through the window, striking the driver. It happened at about 10:30 GMT in the Bell Steel Manor area of Dunmurry."

OK I'm very familiar with Dunmurry. Poleglass sounds familiar but I thought that was a Catholic area. They said Poleglass was in Dunmurry which is Protestant. The taxi was not a black taxi which were run by the IRA and the UDA. 

The Belfast Telegraph is reporting that "The victim of an attempted murder in west Belfast had been threatened two weeks ago in a garage forecourt, with fears now growing of a violent retaliation amid an escalating feud between members of the dissident gang Oglaigh na hEireann (ONH)."

"Sean O’Reilly was sitting in his car outside the taxi firm where he works in the Bell Steel Manor area of Poleglass, when shortly before 10.30am on Sunday, police say he was approached by two masked men."

They claim "Attempted murder of dissident in west Belfast sparks fears of bloody retaliation amid escalating feud."

The Daily Mail is reporting that "Mr O'Reilly, a former republican prisoner, is a member of the Republican Network for Unity (RNU) political party, who were formed in opposition to Sinn Fein's decision to support the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in 2007. In 2010 the BBC reported that Sean O'Reilly was involved with a punishment shooting and two of his coaccused were from Andersonstown and Twinbrook which I am very familiar with. Staunch Catholic IRA areas. 

Sinn Fein supports the Good Friday accord which saw Irish rule return to Stormont which was landmark. The Real IRA aren't the Real IRA. They are a splinter group that opposes the peace process. Oglaigh na hEireann is a break off of the Real IRA splinter group. So it's a splinter of a splinter. Sky News is reporting that "Danny Baker, a Sinn Fein representative in Stormont, condemned the reckless shooting."

Getting the Protestants and the DUP to agree to Stormont was remarkable. Celebrate that victory. Don't fight it. Run with it. It's possible he was shot by drug dealers. 

The Real IRA splinter group have been accused of drug trafficking just like the Protestant UDA splinter groups. Something the INLA and Provisionals always opposed. It appears that the Oglaigh na hEireann have also targeted drug dealers. It's hard to keep track of the splinters. Stormont is good. Peace is good. Drug dealing is bad but so is violence. 

Seemingly ONH is a break off of the Real IRA which was a splinter group  that split off of the original IRA and now has another split from within. It's strange how these splinter groups have an internal dispute and start shooting each other. Some people are addicted to violence. 

The Republican Network for Unity is the political wing of ONH just like Sin Fein is the political wing of the IRA. Sinn Fein is by far the largest Republican political party in Northern Ireland that actually has the most seats in Parliament. 

Sinn Fein agreed to a ceasefire in the Good Friday accord which has resulted in the establishment of a local parliament instead of in England. Some of the Protestant UDA splinter groups are shooting each other for control of the drug trade. 

Sinn Fein is boycotting the St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White house this year over Trump's foreign policies. 

RTE is reporting that "Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill has said she could not live with a decision to travel to Washington DC while the US administration was "threatening to annex and steal" the land of the Palestinian people. She said she could not be part of a Shamrock reception in the White House because of the "very dangerous, very threatening rhetoric" from President Donald Trump."

"The comments came as Sinn Féin announced that the party would not travel to the US as part of a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza". Historically the IRA have always been a staunch supporter of the Palestinian struggle against oppression.