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RUC

abbreviation for

  1. (the former) Royal Ulster Constabulary, now superseded by the Police Service of Northern Ireland
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Two years later, the band made headlines in Belfast after commissioning a mural of a burning police vehicle with a slogan criticising Northern Ireland's pre-Good Friday police force, the RUC.

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The O'Hara family have a long-held view that those involved in the murder were protected from prosecution by the RUC.

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There is nothing to suggest the RUC had information which would have enabled them to take action to prevent his murder.

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A senior RUC officer who led the police response said many officers "felt guilty and responsible" for moving members of the public to the area where the bomb went off.

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Two people suspected of involvement at the time were shot dead two weeks later by the RUC.

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