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By John Kelly in Dublin
Former Irish Minister
Indexing:
Health, Mr. Barry Desmond, 1
By Ray O'Hanlon
alleged that the Reagan admir
Refuting newspaper reports
tration put the Irish Governm
of a split in the ranks of the
under enormous pressure
Irish Northern Aid Com-
withdraw special facilities
,mittee (Noraid), the organi-
the Russian national airll
zation'sNationalExecutive
Aeroflot, at Shannon Airport.
this week was able to show
And the claim, that pressi
concrete support from Sinn
was exerted with the promise
Fein headquarters in Bel-
aid in forming the Anglo-Ir
fast.
Agreement, has been backed
However two distinct No-
by the former Minister 1
raid offices were still oper-
Transport in the same govel
ating in New York, one at
ment, Mr. Jim Mitchell.
the organization's long es-
Both Mr. Desmond and M
tablished headquarters in
Mitchell claim that thepresst
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Manhattan and another in
came from Washington in 19:
thie Bronx.
after the downing of the Sou
Last weekend it was re-
Korean airliner by Russian d
ported in a Dublin Sunday
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fense forces.
newspaper that a split had
emerged in the ranks of
Laois man d
Noraid, which raises funds
for the families of Republi-
can prisoners in the North,
NEW YORK-—Friends of
and it has been alleged, for
young Portarlington, Co. Laoi
the IRA.
man, Brian Maher, were mourn
The Sunday Tribune said
ing his tragic death this week.
that the split had occured in
Maher (24) died in a gun acd
July when a founder mem-
dent at his Sunnyside, Queen
ber of Noraid, Pat
apartment early Monday mornin
O'Connell,moved office
last.Police believe that Mah
equipment from the Noraid
and two friends were playing Ru
premises in Inwood, Upper
sian Roulette with a 38 calib
Manhattan to a new office
revolver found at the scene.
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at Mosholu Avenue in the
However, friends in the tight
Bronx.
knit neighborhood of mainly ne
After a meeting of the or-
young Irish imrmigrants say th
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ganization's National
Maher may have been only for
Executive,whichordereda
ing with the weapon which h:
return of the equipment,
one loaded chamber.
O'Connell resigned. The
The dead man had been in t
disagreement apparently
U.S. for over five years a'
M
stems from Sinn Fein's de-
worked in construction.He wa
sire to see Noraid broaden
member of the Carpenters Uni
its appeal in the United
States and to extend its ac-
: Early
tivities beyond fund rais-
ing.
The lrish Echo
O'Connell has been in Ire-
offices will be clos:
land in recent days and has
Monday, Septembe
been unavailable for com-
4, Labor Day.
ment. A call to the
Mosholu Avenue office by
As a result, the
the Irish Echo was referred
following deadlines
to. Noraid's National Direc-
will be in effect for
tor in Boston, Jim Maun-
the issue dated
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September 9, 1989