Declan O Donovan

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Stát Rúnaí an Tuaiscirt, Douglas Hurd. Grianghraf: Frank Miller/The Irish Times
Rialtas na hÉireann mí-shásta faoi chinneadh ar mhaoiniú Ghlór na nGael

FOCLÓIR: cinneadh - decision, forálacha - provisions (of an Act) , comhad - file, rúnda - secret, neamhbhalbh - blunt, naíolann - nursery, ásc - insta(...)

A large crater caused by a bomb destroyed part of the main Belfast to Dublin railway line close to Newry on June 30, 2000. The bomb was thought to have been the work of the dissident republican terrorist group the Real IRA. Photograph: AP Photo/Peter Morrison
IRA bomb on Dublin-Belfast line could have been ‘disastrous’

An IRA bomb that exploded on the tracks of the Dublin to Belfast railway could have had “disastrous” consequences if a different train had been in ser(...)

An Phoblacht said an IRA volunteer had been authorised to show the document to an RTÉ journalist prior to Fenn going on holiday. Photograph: Frank Miller
British ambassador sought advice on dealing with leaking of travel plans to IRA

British ambassador to Ireland Nicholas Fenn rang the Department of Justice in August 1987 following media coverage of an alleged leak of a Garda docum(...)