Flannery / Cumann na Saoirse 1988 · p.19
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Irish Northern Aid Committee, aka Noraid , aka INAC
Joe Cahill, a trustee of ACC , is also listed as a representative of Noraid_ Belfast Northern Cahill is an old time PIRA "godfather" who in 1942 was convicted for his part in the murder of a Belfast policemanCahill eventually served 7 years in prison for that crime In 1973 Cahill was convicted in the ROI for conspiracy to smuggle weapons to the PIRA from Libya Because of Cahill 5 conviction he has been denied a visa to visit the US Notwithstanding these visa Cahill has entered the US iliegally on several occasions to conduct fund raising activities on behalf of Noraid and conduct other PIRA related business _ Cahill was last known to be in the US in May1984 when at that time he was arrested in the company Cahill and were arrested by the New York the Federa Bureau of Investigation (EBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Both individuals were planning member Both men were subsequently deported from the US to the ROI
Cahill has a great deal 0f input regarding the activities of Noraid in the US and is in irequent contact with
Another organization affiliated with Noraid_ and in 'fact utilizes the same members and support network, is the Irish American Defense Fund (IADE) which is headed by Father Maurice Burke This group was formed to raise monies to assist in the legal defense cost of various individuals arrested in the US for illegal weapons procurement for the It is noted tbat supra
Investigation Erom January 1986 to Present:
In the February 8 , 1986 edition of the Irish Echo Newspaper the following Noraid fund raising functions were noted: one fund raiser the night of February 8 _ 1986 being held at Keenan' 5 Pub , Bronx , New York with a suggested "donation" of
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Joe Cahill, a trustee of ACC , is also listed as a representative of Noraid_ Belfast Northern Cahill is an old time PIRA "godfather" who in 1942 was convicted for his part in the murder of a Belfast policemanCahill eventually served 7 years in prison for that crime In 1973 Cahill was convicted in the ROI for conspiracy to smuggle weapons to the PIRA from Libya Because of Cahill 5 conviction he has been denied a visa to visit the US Notwithstanding these visa Cahill has entered the US iliegally on several occasions to conduct fund raising activities on behalf of Noraid and conduct other PIRA related business _ Cahill was last known to be in the US in May1984 when at that time he was arrested in the company Cahill and were arrested by the New York the Federa Bureau of Investigation (EBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Both individuals were planning member Both men were subsequently deported from the US to the ROI
Cahill has a great deal 0f input regarding the activities of Noraid in the US and is in irequent contact with
Another organization affiliated with Noraid_ and in 'fact utilizes the same members and support network, is the Irish American Defense Fund (IADE) which is headed by Father Maurice Burke This group was formed to raise monies to assist in the legal defense cost of various individuals arrested in the US for illegal weapons procurement for the It is noted tbat supra
Investigation Erom January 1986 to Present:
In the February 8 , 1986 edition of the Irish Echo Newspaper the following Noraid fund raising functions were noted: one fund raiser the night of February 8 _ 1986 being held at Keenan' 5 Pub , Bronx , New York with a suggested "donation" of
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