Irish Republican Army Part 02 · p.82

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nnection?
IRISH
AMERICA
ovisionalIRAaresetforfurtherconfrontationfollowingclaims
ormerheadofBritain'sM16andone-timesecuritysupremo
CatholicpriestsinNorthernIrelandinanefforttopersuade
sses."Ed Moloneyreports.
Despite Fin:
culatedapastoralmessage
wouldbeautomatically
callingmembershipofand
suspiciousof someonelike
Cultural Cer
upportfortheIRA'"sinful."
that.Butitisconceivablethat
Therehavealsobeenother
hewasattemptingtofindout
signsofhostilitybetweenthe
whatmadeordinaryCatholics
THE PRESIDENT of the
wo,includingBishopEdward
tick andinformationlike that
UnitedIrishCultural Centerof
Daly's decisiontobarIRA
couldbeveryusefulfor the
SanFrancisco,Mr.Jack Cur-
funerals fromchurches in
"supergrass'tactic."
tinhaspromised that the
Derryandoutspokenattacks
The U.S.consul in Belfast,
Centerwill notcloseduetothe
ontheIRAfrom Fr.Denis
Mr.Bob Myers, said he had
financial difficulties it isat
Faul,a priest previously
“"noknowledge”of any of his
present going through.Mr.
knownforhiscriticismofthe
predecessors
assisting
Curtin has asked members to
RUCand theBritishArmy.
Oldfield torecruitCatholic
bepatientwhiletheCenter
Fr.Faul told the ‘Irish
priestsandwouldfindtheidea
goesthrough another change
Voice'thatheregardedthe
distasteful and contrary to
in thediningservice.Hours
allegations as“absurd,"and
therolenormallyplayedin
anddayswill bemodified tem-
asanefforttoembarrassthe
Belfast by theU.S.govern-
porarily andall commitments
Catholicchurch."Inevermet
ment."Theconsulatthetime
will be honored.
Hegave as examplesof the
costincreases that theyhave
had toabsorb:Wagesfor
restaurant,barandcatering
1984
$318,700
1986
$524,124
Insurance:1984
$24,584
1986
$59,115
1987
$75,553
Asacostcuttingmeasure
therestaurant hasbeenclosed
weekdaysandwillopenEri-
day,Saturday and Sunday.
Theyalsohavea Sunday
brunch.Thebarwill novbe
open Monday through Ta
dayfrom4:00p.m.tom.
night,Friday and Saturday4
p.m.to 2 a.m.and Sunday 10
p.m.to midnight.
ThePresidentandtheBoard
of Directors have appointed a
new managerAndyDuggan
fromBelfastanditishopedhe
willbeabletoincrease
business.He is the third new
manager in as many years.
Adrivefornewmembers
willbeginanditishopedthat
theyoungerpeoplewillmake
more useof thefacilities.Itis
awidelyheldviewamongthe
younger crowdthatthey are
notwelcomeattheCenterand
thattheoldercrowdviewitas
their club.Itwill be an uphill
MargaretThatcher-opposespublication
battlefortheCentertoattract
thenewIrishbacktothe
Oldfieldand1don'tknow
of Oldfield's tenure,Mr.
place,such is theill-will that
anyone who did.It'spossible
CharlesStout,who nowworks
hasbeengeneratedover the
he did meet priests,but the
intheStateDepartmentin
pastyearsbythosewhowere
ideathattheywouldhelpto
Washington,denied that he
in charge.
recruitinformersis ludicrous.
hadinvitedprieststolunch
Oneray of hope is the efforts
EveryoneknowsthattheRUC
withOldfield.
of manager,AndyDuggan to
developed"supergrasses"at
He said:“I knew Oldfield,
makeavailablethe Centerfor
theCastlereaghinterrogation
butI'mblessedif Icanrecall
center."
havinghim in myhouse,and
Other priests,who didnot
Icertainly don'trecall anylun-
wishtobenamed,toldthe
cheswithpriests.Ireallycan't
EHL
“IrishVoice'that Oidfield did
commentonthisexcepttosay
meetCatholicclergyoften on
thatit doesn'tmakesensein
thepretextofhisinterestin
termsofsubstance.It'snotthe
churcharchitecture.But,said
sortofendeavor theU.S.
one:"Idon'tthinkhecould
governmentwouldgetinvolv-
recruit them as agents;they
ed in."
MONDI
SATUF
uriceOldfielddidmeetwithpriests,but;the
REAC
dhelptorecruitinformersisludicrous,says
-MAINE
JohnCurran