Dublin Cover-Up Was Government Policy "Nothing Must Be Done To Offend British, Help IRA" Father Sean Mc Manus, Irish National Caucus • 12.12. 03 CAPITOL HILL. December 12, 2003 --- "The Barron Report into the 1974 Dublin Bombing has revealed nothing new, except to remind us that the Dublin Government had only one policy : 'Nothing must be done to offend the British Government or say anything that indirectly might help the IRA'". That is how Irish-Americans will react to the Report, according to Father Sean Mc Manus, President of the Capitol Hill-based Irish National Caucus. Father Mc Manus said: "The rot set in under Jack Lynch and Dessie O'Malley, and was continued with a vengeance under Liam Cosgrave, Garret FitsGerald and Conor Cruise O'Brien, and reflected in the Irish Embassies worldwide, especially in Washington. It continued until Albert Reynolds -- God bless him -- threw his weight behind the peace-process. "Until Albert Reynolds, the highest priority of the Dublin governments was not to eliminate the cause of the problem in Northern Ireland -- injustice and oppression -- but rather to eliminate the IRA and to marginalize Sinn Fein. Therefore they were silent, even when the British Government committed state terrorism on the streets of Dublin. "Since Albert Reynolds, the Irish government has done great work for the peace-process and Irish-Americans can be rightly proud of it. Now I hope it will fully exorcise the ghosts of the previous governments by holding a Public Inquiry into the Dublin bombing, and demand explanations of the previous leaders who performed so shamefully."                                         Index: Current Articles + Latest News and Views + Book Reviews + Letters + Archives

All censorships exist to prevent any one from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently the first condition of progress is the removal of censorships. - George Bernard Shaw Index: Current Articles 17 December 2003   Other Articles From This Issue:   An Autopsy on the Provos Sandy Boyer   The PSNI Threat Anthony McIntyre   Seize the Opportunity, Seize the Moment Liam O Ruairc   Happy Xmas from Little England Eamon Sweeney   Dublin Cover-up Was Government Policy Father Sean Mc Manus   Warm (Flat) Earth Michael Youlton   • 13 December 2003 •   The Right Road to Power Anthony McIntyre   University Challenge Seaghán Ó Murchú   Money Talks Mick Hall   Bloody Sunday Inquiry Liam O Comain   Stalemate for the GFA Paul Mallon   The GFA and Other Fairystories Proinsias O'Loinsaigh   Dies IRAe Ruth Dudley Edwards   Conversion of Constantine Terry O'Neill   Republican Prisoner Attacked in Hydebank YOC IRPWA   Civil Rights Veterans on Prison Situation October 5th Association

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