"The Lost Revolution: A History of the OIRA and Workers Party"

[netron]

fascinating interview...

"the officials got arms from Fianna Fail".. ringsend. arms shipment early 70s.

[netron]

infiltration strategy being discussed now. they organised in RTE.
and the trade unions.

[netron]

late late show audiences would have workers party members. picked.

"legacy of bitterness" is that they were "underhand and conspiratorial".

[netron]

RTE branch supported section 31. worked in their favour.

[Fr. Fahey]

fascinating interview...

"the officials got arms from Fianna Fail".. ringsend. arms shipment early 70s.

The fact that the stickies got money and weapons makes a nonsense of the theory that FF set up Provos to destroy the left wing IRA.

[netron]

The fact that the stickies got money and weapons makes a nonsense of the theory that FF set up Provos to destroy the left wing IRA.

Pat Kenny seem to be completely out of his depth.

That little nugget was skipped over. And there was zero mention of the WPs MARXISM (and connections to the Soviet Union)


Deserves a Kevin Myers or Matt Cooper interview. hope the authors go on those shows too.

[Breadan O'Connor]

late late show audiences would have workers party members. picked.

"legacy of bitterness" is that they were "underhand and conspiratorial".

I remember a late late show episode around 1979 with Paddy Lane of the IFA and a businessman called Jim Canning.

Canning had agricultural investments and admitted he had paid no tax the previous year.

At that a number of bearded men in the audience stood up and began berating him.

I remember the look of fear on Paddy Lane's face, I think he was afraid of being lynched.

There was uproar in the audience that night

[netron]

The fact that the stickies got money and weapons makes a nonsense of the theory that FF set up Provos to destroy the left wing IRA.

on that arms shipment - they met "Jock Haughey" - Charlies brother.

[Garibaldy]

The fact that the stickies got money and weapons makes a nonsense of the theory that FF set up Provos to destroy the left wing IRA.

Except there is the Cabinet document from March 1969 that says that they were planning to do just that by fomenting a split, and the other stuff in the book that says offers were being made before the trouble broke out on the grounds that people broke away from the leadership.
In the aftermath of August 1969, there was a decision to get help to the north regardless. And the book does not give the date for that shipment. It might well have been before the split became formalised.

[Fr. Fahey]

Pat Kenny seem to be completely out of his depth.

That little nugget was skipped over. And there was zero mention of the WPs MARXISM (and connections to the Soviet Union)


Deserves a Kevin Myers or Matt Cooper interview. hope the authors go on those shows too.

Kenny should stick to interviewing soap stars. Hasn't a breeze although ironically the stickies in RTE used him when he was in current affairs!