There’s nothing substantive to make it newsworthy. All that exists is possible motive, in a way that anyone could be connect to a muder.
It’s reporting on the National Archives.
The Pretend IRA are seething.
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Reporting opinion is still not fact no matter where it’s stored.
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It’s reporting the National Archives - these contain minutes, correspondence and any number of other things. This happens everywhere, but some are upset as Jarry is involved.
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The pretend ira lads are going into overdrive trying to deal with this situation
I’m not a Gerry fan but these rumours today aren’t particularly new and aren’t particularly plausible. And despite being in state papers they’re just rumours.
The Irish government knowing that the British state had supplied the UVF with detonators used in the Miami Showband massacre among others should be a far bigger story.
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That’s a story as well but it has as much standing as this rumour. An alleged letter from the UVF. As I said, they’re papers.
But it’s of much greater national importance.
They’re based on the same source. One would be hugely embarrassing for our state if true. One would be hugely embarrassing for Gerry Adams if true. The Indo and Times went with the latter as their lead stories which tells a lot.
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It suits the political agenda of Official Ireland to focus on the Adams story/non-story. The release of state papers should not be cherry-picked to provide a platform for self-haters.
If true, Adams would have been held to account long before now. The State’s alleged dereliction of duty, bearing in mind that this was at a time when the Republic held a constitutional claim over NI, is a seriously nefarious matter if accurate. If this is proven, the United Kingdom should be facing the European Court of Justice (again)
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It’s the cult of personality mate, naturally the media has focused on Gerry
Did the Times go with this as their lead story? I didn’t see the front page but it certainly wasn’t the first or biggest of their stories inside on the archive papers. The Haughey/Maggie stories were way bigger. @Fagan_ODowd did you get the paper of record today? Care to post up a picture of their front page please?
Adams and Hulme entered into dialogue in 85 with the tacit approval of downing street, Lynaght and his band of headbanging hardliners had to be removed out if the equation for the whole thing to suceed so Sinn Fein/ira could surrender, these are the cold hard facts pretend ira lads cant accept. War is war and Adams took a pragmatic decision. It was a win win situation
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Lynagh was some murderous thug. Murdering an 86 year old Sir Norman Stronge as he watched television in his own home was as bad as it got.
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Patsy Gillipse suffered a far worse fate as the “brave” volunteers waited a mile away to blow an innocent man to smithereens
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Sinn Fein/ira were a beaten docket in 87. Riddled with touts and totally destroyed due to British infiltration. Jarry Adams and Morton McGinnis knew the game was up. LL
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Jarry getting 8 of his mates blown away to further his own political career is a savage pill for the pretend ira to swallow, the are only schoolboys when it comes to serious politicking, these dreamers are away with the fairies, this was just the tip of the iceberg, sure who do they think sold out the eksund? “de brits” again i suppose:
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This has turned out to be ShinnerBot FakeNews bollox which tells a lot…
Times Irish edition maybe??