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On 24 April 1984, during a visit to Northern Ireland, Martin Galvin said,
previous evening when a member of the security forces - an army private - was
petrol bombed and shot dead. This, in the authorities' view, went beyond
what was acceptable behaviour 'by a foreign visitor and he was banned by the
Home Secretary from entering Northern Ireland. Later in the same year,
Galvin joined the NoRAID party in Dublin during the first part of the annual
trip but did’·not enter Northern Ireland with the party.
However,on
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12 August the Provisionals helped him to defy the ban by arranging for him to
appear alongside the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, at a rally in
Andersonstown in West Belfast. Galvin's appearance deliberately flouted the
i
law in circumstances calculated to provoke trouble.The police attempted to
arrest him; during the. disturbances which followed,a member of the public
was killed and 20 other people were injured.Amidst the controversy over
this incident, Galvin's own role was widely condemned in the United Kingdom,
in the Republic of Ireland and in the United States.As the Lord Mayor of
Dublin, Councillor Michael 0'Halloran, said on a visit to New York in
September 1984:
"Mr Galvin came and caused the death of a person....
He had no right
whatsoever to come to Ireland as I have no right to come to America to
'stir up anything against anyone in America that will cause violence.
19 September 1984).
In 1985 Galvin again defied the order in a much publicised appearance in
Londonderry at the funeral of the Provisional volunteer,killed when a
home-made grenade launcher he was carrying exploded during an attack on an
RUC patrol.(
Galvin was photographed carrying the coffin with Martin
McGuinness, a Sinn Fein leader with Provisional IRA cpnnexions.
In comparison with previous years, the IRA staged a minor incident in
August 1986 when two masked men armed with.a rifleand machine gun appeared
on a balcony in the Bogside area of Londonderry. During the 1986 NORAID
visit, Richard Lawlor (leader of the trip and deputy director of publicity to
Martin Galvin),said:
aiuo Pinm I ‘ip I yt ang ‘sun Knq o Ktiiqe aun aaey ,uop In
it an honourable thing to do. The IRA does not kill people who are
not enemies of the Irish people. How can an RUC man define himself
as Irish when he is part of the forces of occupation?" (Irish Press,
14 August 1986).
In addition to trips made with the annual NORAID delegation, Galvin is a
frequent visitor to the Republic of Ireland and makes regular appearances at
the annual hunger strike commemoration in Bundoran.During 1985 he made
"three'trips and had to cancel a fourth,and by. the end of August 1986 had
alreadymadefourtrips.
The Irish Government and US fund-raising
followed a consistent policy towards Us citizens who support terrorism.
Successive Dublin governments have condemned fund-raising for the Provisional
IRAintheUnited States:
previous evening when a member of the security forces - an army private - was
petrol bombed and shot dead. This, in the authorities' view, went beyond
what was acceptable behaviour 'by a foreign visitor and he was banned by the
Home Secretary from entering Northern Ireland. Later in the same year,
Galvin joined the NoRAID party in Dublin during the first part of the annual
trip but did’·not enter Northern Ireland with the party.
However,on
rr
12 August the Provisionals helped him to defy the ban by arranging for him to
appear alongside the Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams, at a rally in
Andersonstown in West Belfast. Galvin's appearance deliberately flouted the
i
law in circumstances calculated to provoke trouble.The police attempted to
arrest him; during the. disturbances which followed,a member of the public
was killed and 20 other people were injured.Amidst the controversy over
this incident, Galvin's own role was widely condemned in the United Kingdom,
in the Republic of Ireland and in the United States.As the Lord Mayor of
Dublin, Councillor Michael 0'Halloran, said on a visit to New York in
September 1984:
"Mr Galvin came and caused the death of a person....
He had no right
whatsoever to come to Ireland as I have no right to come to America to
'stir up anything against anyone in America that will cause violence.
19 September 1984).
In 1985 Galvin again defied the order in a much publicised appearance in
Londonderry at the funeral of the Provisional volunteer,killed when a
home-made grenade launcher he was carrying exploded during an attack on an
RUC patrol.(
Galvin was photographed carrying the coffin with Martin
McGuinness, a Sinn Fein leader with Provisional IRA cpnnexions.
In comparison with previous years, the IRA staged a minor incident in
August 1986 when two masked men armed with.a rifleand machine gun appeared
on a balcony in the Bogside area of Londonderry. During the 1986 NORAID
visit, Richard Lawlor (leader of the trip and deputy director of publicity to
Martin Galvin),said:
aiuo Pinm I ‘ip I yt ang ‘sun Knq o Ktiiqe aun aaey ,uop In
it an honourable thing to do. The IRA does not kill people who are
not enemies of the Irish people. How can an RUC man define himself
as Irish when he is part of the forces of occupation?" (Irish Press,
14 August 1986).
In addition to trips made with the annual NORAID delegation, Galvin is a
frequent visitor to the Republic of Ireland and makes regular appearances at
the annual hunger strike commemoration in Bundoran.During 1985 he made
"three'trips and had to cancel a fourth,and by. the end of August 1986 had
alreadymadefourtrips.
The Irish Government and US fund-raising
followed a consistent policy towards Us citizens who support terrorism.
Successive Dublin governments have condemned fund-raising for the Provisional
IRAintheUnited States: