The Irish gunrunners of Philadelphia who ferried rifles to the IRA
By 1972, Cahalane was also one of the Irish Republican Army’s most successful international gunrunners, ferrying rifles and ...
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On Guns, Californians Practice ‘Irish Democracy’ and Ignore Bone-Headed Laws
Irish and other Catholics, especially immigrants, and especially especially poor immigrants. The horror at “gun culture” is about the culture — rural, conservative, traditionalist ...
Teenage killer case exposes ‘major system failure’ in gun laws
The Home Secretary has been urged to review firearms regulations after Nicholas Prosper was able to buy a deadly weapon using ...
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Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
Watkins chronicles the stateside effort to smuggle guns to the IRA in "The Next One Is For You," her debut book out Tuesday. While the operation spanned several states with robust Irish American ...
The Americans Who Ran Guns for the I.R.A.
One-party rule by Ulster unionists, Watkins writes, left Catholics with “few jobs, poor housing and threadbare resources.” In ...
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Criminals obtained shotgun after it went missing from ‘skip-like container’ at Garda Headquarters
A pump-action shotgun seized by the Garda made its way back into the hands of serious organised criminals after going missing from what has been described as a poorly secured metal container on ...