Category: INLA
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Ed Moloney murder plot.
Ed Moloney, who passed away last October, served as Northern editor of The Irish Times, 1981-85. He wrote a weekly column titled ‘Northern notebook’ for the paper. On 21 October 2025, The Irish Times lauded Moloney and quoted a family statement revealing that he ‘was briefly a member of the Official IRA – in its political phase –…
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From the Vaults: ‘The INLA Death Wish’ by Derek Dunne (February 1987).
In 1987 the Army Council of the INLA authorised an interview with investigative journalist Derek Dunne of In Dublin magazine. The full report can be downloaded below.
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Our Man in Dublin. [WebBook]
1. Introduction. There was a deeply clandestine aspect to the Troubles. It involved the manipulation of public opinion via propaganda. All of the parties involved in the conflict participated in the process to one extent or another. Britain’s Foreign Office was by far the most successful. The British Secret Service (MI6) and the Information Research…
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Hidden agendas.
1. The Irish Times gave a platform to the Official IRA during the Troubles. Dick Walsh, the political correspondent of The Irish Times during the Troubles, was an adviser to Cathal Goulding. Cathal Goulding was chief-of-staff of the IRA and, after it split in 1969, he held the same position with the Official IRA. The…
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