Post by Stallit 2 de Halfo on Feb 11, 2009 14:59:38 GMT
State papers have been released by the minister for justice into the public sphere from the period 1934 to 1939.
The Irish times reports: www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0209/1233867927117.html
And with commentry from Cedarlounge: cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/republicanism-and-shades-of-1969-those-documents-from-1934-released-by-the-department-of-justice/#comments
As WBS points out, parts of it mentioned are quite interesting - for example this:
“The Republican Congress Group, under Peadar O’Donnell, which endeavours to get control of the Labour Organisations in the country for the purpose of creating general social disorder and internal chaos will be a much greater menace. The more this organisation’s efforts are thwarted by the existence of the orthodox IRA the better. If the latter ceased to exist there would be much more recruitment to the Congress ranks with the inevitable social consequences.”
The Republican Congress were seen as a greater threat, and that the state were willing to tolerate the IRA as a counterbalance. Kind of like the Provo-Official Split. History repeats itself!
The Irish times reports: www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0209/1233867927117.html
And with commentry from Cedarlounge: cedarlounge.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/republicanism-and-shades-of-1969-those-documents-from-1934-released-by-the-department-of-justice/#comments
As WBS points out, parts of it mentioned are quite interesting - for example this:
“The Republican Congress Group, under Peadar O’Donnell, which endeavours to get control of the Labour Organisations in the country for the purpose of creating general social disorder and internal chaos will be a much greater menace. The more this organisation’s efforts are thwarted by the existence of the orthodox IRA the better. If the latter ceased to exist there would be much more recruitment to the Congress ranks with the inevitable social consequences.”
The Republican Congress were seen as a greater threat, and that the state were willing to tolerate the IRA as a counterbalance. Kind of like the Provo-Official Split. History repeats itself!
