If collusion is going to be defined so widely, then the Irish colluded
He cuts through all the legalese and exposes the falseness of the collusion accusation.
This raises interesting questions.
Apply this mile-wide, catchall to the behaviour of the highest level of Republic of Ireland government and An Garda Siochana during the Troubles.
Did it not amount to collusion with the IRA?
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Hide AdIf this does not clearly qualify as what Lowry refers to as most serious form of collusion, and many believe some Garda guilty of that, then very close to it?
“Next most serious – security forces know about an impending murder by another group and do not stop it.”
But I doubt if the RoI establishment that is so concerned with the welfare of the northern population is likely to delve to deeply into that can of worms any time soon.
Despite the fact that the IRA they consistently sheltered accounted for over half of all Troubles deaths including more Catholics than the army and RUC put together.
Davy Wight, Carrickfergus