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July 1980. The then Taoiseach, Mr Charles Haughey, who remains
leader of the Fianna Fail Party, said in Cork:
"... there is clear and conclusive evidence that NORAID has provided
support for the campaign of violence and, indeed, direct assistance
in its pursuit.... It stands condemned and I appeal to all in
America,who have the interests of Ireland at heart, not to give this
body any support, financial or moral."
March 1983. The present Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald, said in an
interview:
"There is nothing romantic about NoRAID. It collects money for the
IRA. The IRA buys guns with the money. The guns murder our people.
Why would Americans want to destroy our society?
...wehavea
vicious problem on this island.
We have 2,000 dead.We have 20,000
people with permanent injuries....T
The onslaught is against the Irish
people themselves. Ninety per cent of the victims have been Irish"
(Wal1 Street Journal, March 1983).
March 1984.In an address to a joint session of Congress in
Washington,Dr FitzGerald said that people concerned about Ireland had
a moral obligation to support peace and reconciliation - "It can be
the very idea of aid by way of money, or by way of weapons or by way
of moral support, to any of ·those who are engaged in the acts of
violence that are corrupting and' destroying the life of a whole
community" (The Times, London, 16 March 1984).
August 1984. After an attack on a member of the UDR, Mr Peter Barry,
the Irish Foreign Minister, said that He had little doubt that the gun
used was obtained with money raised in the Us. He said of the links
between the Provisional IRA and NoRAID:"This is the reality that
ought to be brought home to Irish Americans. If they subscribe money
to NORAID it goes to the IRA in Ireland and is used by them to buy
guns to shoot down fellow Irishmen. There has been a perfect example
of that over this weekend" (The Guardian,London,28 August 1984).
August 1984. At the time of the arrival in the Irish Republic of the
NORAID delegation, en route to Northern Ireland, the Irish Department
of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.that
"the Government is deeply concerned at the activities of NORAID, which
is an organisation which has made no secret of its support for the
IRA.·NORAID is.an IRA front organisation and has been found to be
such by the courts in the United States.It has been condemned on
numerous occasions by successive Irish Governments.Delegations from
NORAID are not welcome in Ireland and no member of the Government or
any official will meet with them" (Irish News, 4 August 1984).
September 1984. In a speech to Irish-Americans in New York, Mr Barry
saying that "...
the activities of members of that organisation in
this country have succeeded in doing nothing else except promote the
campaign of violence, and open wounds in a horribly tense and fragile
situation. One of NORAID's spokesmen even suggested that it is 'a .
leader of the Fianna Fail Party, said in Cork:
"... there is clear and conclusive evidence that NORAID has provided
support for the campaign of violence and, indeed, direct assistance
in its pursuit.... It stands condemned and I appeal to all in
America,who have the interests of Ireland at heart, not to give this
body any support, financial or moral."
March 1983. The present Taoiseach, Dr Garret FitzGerald, said in an
interview:
"There is nothing romantic about NoRAID. It collects money for the
IRA. The IRA buys guns with the money. The guns murder our people.
Why would Americans want to destroy our society?
...wehavea
vicious problem on this island.
We have 2,000 dead.We have 20,000
people with permanent injuries....T
The onslaught is against the Irish
people themselves. Ninety per cent of the victims have been Irish"
(Wal1 Street Journal, March 1983).
March 1984.In an address to a joint session of Congress in
Washington,Dr FitzGerald said that people concerned about Ireland had
a moral obligation to support peace and reconciliation - "It can be
the very idea of aid by way of money, or by way of weapons or by way
of moral support, to any of ·those who are engaged in the acts of
violence that are corrupting and' destroying the life of a whole
community" (The Times, London, 16 March 1984).
August 1984. After an attack on a member of the UDR, Mr Peter Barry,
the Irish Foreign Minister, said that He had little doubt that the gun
used was obtained with money raised in the Us. He said of the links
between the Provisional IRA and NoRAID:"This is the reality that
ought to be brought home to Irish Americans. If they subscribe money
to NORAID it goes to the IRA in Ireland and is used by them to buy
guns to shoot down fellow Irishmen. There has been a perfect example
of that over this weekend" (The Guardian,London,28 August 1984).
August 1984. At the time of the arrival in the Irish Republic of the
NORAID delegation, en route to Northern Ireland, the Irish Department
of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.that
"the Government is deeply concerned at the activities of NORAID, which
is an organisation which has made no secret of its support for the
IRA.·NORAID is.an IRA front organisation and has been found to be
such by the courts in the United States.It has been condemned on
numerous occasions by successive Irish Governments.Delegations from
NORAID are not welcome in Ireland and no member of the Government or
any official will meet with them" (Irish News, 4 August 1984).
September 1984. In a speech to Irish-Americans in New York, Mr Barry
saying that "...
the activities of members of that organisation in
this country have succeeded in doing nothing else except promote the
campaign of violence, and open wounds in a horribly tense and fragile
situation. One of NORAID's spokesmen even suggested that it is 'a .