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Deception and Lies: The Hidden History of the Arms Crisis

By David Burke

Book information

Publisher
Mercier Press
Year
2020
ISBN
1781177872, 9781781177877
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
656 kB (671365 bytes)
Pages
386\0
Topic
History
Time added
2022-01-06 13:30:39

Description

In May of 1970, two government ministers were dismissed from Cabinet for allegedly purchasing guns for the IRA. The Taoiseach Jack Lynch disavowed any knowledge of the plot. Few believed him. Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance, a captain in Irish military intelligence along with two others were put on trial. All were acquitted. Haughey refused to talk about the crisis for the rest of his life. Fianna Fail endured decades of splits, turmoil and leadership heaves. Until now, no one has revealed the pivotal role of an IRA informer in the affair. The part he played became the best-kept State secret of the last half-century. The book also reveals a dirty tricks campaign by Britain's Foreign Office to conceal the ancillary role of a British agent called Capt. Markham-Randall in the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on the eve of the eruption of the Arms Crisis.

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