Epilogue

Deniable Contact ◽

10.1093/oso/9780192894762.003.0013 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 278-284

Author(s):

Niall Ó Dochartaigh

Keyword(s):

British Government ◽

Personal Account ◽

Hunger Strike ◽

National University ◽

Initial Meeting

The epilogue offers a personal account of the author’s initial meeting with intermediary Brendan Duddy in Derry in 1997, their contacts over the following years, and the background to Duddy’s decision to deposit his private papers in the National University of Ireland Galway in 2009. Duddy acted as the primary intermediary between the IRA and the British government during repeated phases of engagement over a span of more than two decades. During all that time his identity was a closely guarded secret. His papers are dominated by three key periods of negotiation: the 1975 IRA ceasefire, the 1981 hunger strike, and the back-channel contacts of the early 1990s.

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Conference Reviews

Inner Asia ◽

10.1163/146481707793646593 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 119-134

Keyword(s):

International Association ◽

Financial Assistance ◽

International Congress ◽

Personal Account ◽

National University ◽

Academy Of Sciences

AbstractNinth International Congress of Mongolists: A Personal Account Congresses of Mongolists usually take place in Ulaanbaatar every five years but the ninth was brought forward by a year to coincide with the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the ‘founding of the Great Mongolian State’ (Ikh Mongol Uls) by Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khaan). Held from 8 to 12 August 2006, it was dedicated to ‘Mongolian statehood, past and present’. The congress organisers were the International Association for Mongolian Studies, the Mongolian Academy of Sciences and the Mongolian National University, with financial assistance from the Mongolian government and UNESCO.

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Politics and the Two Irelands

Worldview ◽

10.1017/s0084255900035361 ◽

1981 ◽

Vol 24 (7) ◽

pp. 11-13

Author(s):

Paul F. Power

Keyword(s):

Northern Ireland ◽

British Government ◽

Law And Order ◽

Hunger Strike ◽

British Policy ◽

The Republic

Late last year the British Government emerged with its principles intact from a contest of wills with a Provisional IRA hunger-striker who sought changes in the prison treatment of those claiming political motivations for their acts of violence. When the hunger-striker broke his fast, it appeared that the British policy was vindicated. But as usual in Northern Ireland, the ascendency of British law and order did not go untested for long. In the spring of 1981 the Ulster situation erupted again when another IRA hunger-striker induced his own death after failing to produce any modification of prison rules. Although the Thatcher government had held firm once again, the tradition of Irish self-sacrifice was reborn. Bobby Sands, M.P., became the thirteenth Republican prisoner since 1920 to die on a hunger strike in jail, the first in the Republic itself.

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The Stigma of Suicide Scale

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910/a000156 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 13-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 82

Author(s):

Philip J. Batterham ◽

Alison L. Calear ◽

Helen Christensen

Keyword(s):

Construct Validity ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Factor Structure ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Concurrent Validity ◽

Online Survey ◽

National University ◽

Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽

High Internal Consistency ◽

At Home

Background: There are presently no validated scales to adequately measure the stigma of suicide in the community. The Stigma of Suicide Scale (SOSS) is a new scale containing 58 descriptors of a “typical” person who completes suicide. Aims: To validate the SOSS as a tool for assessing stigma toward suicide, to examine the scale’s factor structure, and to assess correlates of stigmatizing attitudes. Method: In March 2010, 676 staff and students at the Australian National University completed the scale in an online survey. The construct validity of the SOSS was assessed by comparing its factors with factors extracted from the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ). Results: Three factors were identified: stigma, isolation/depression, and glorification/normalization. Each factor had high internal consistency and strong concurrent validity with the Suicide Opinion Questionnaire. More than 25% of respondents agreed that people who suicided were “weak,” “reckless,” or “selfish.” Respondents who were female, who had a psychology degree, or who spoke only English at home were less stigmatizing. A 16-item version of the scale also demonstrated robust psychometric properties. Conclusions: The SOSS is the first attitudes scale designed to directly measure the stigma of suicide in the community. Results suggest that psychoeducation may successfully reduce stigma.

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