‘Dissident republicans claiming to possess information from PSNI data breach, says Byrne’ – Irish Times, Aug 10, 2023

Posted on August 10, 2023 | 3 Comments

So, it will all be returned then, probably before the day ends……..

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3 responses to “‘Dissident republicans claiming to possess information from PSNI data breach, says Byrne’ – Irish Times, Aug 10, 2023”

  1. johnbroady's avatar johnbroady | August 18, 2023 at 10:59 pm | Reply

    Mr Moloney, did you see Father Patrick Ryan shared his life story in a book this month? Courtesy of the Irish News:

    A former Catholic priest who acted as a link man between the IRA and the Libyan government has revealed how the republican movement was planning for peace in the early 1980s.

    In the book Mr Ryan, who is now aged 93, talks about parting ways with the Catholic Church and why he started to work with the IRA, although he claims he was never a member of the organisation.

    The former clergyman reveals that during a meeting in 1982 a colleague, known as The Duty Man, told Libyan intelligence officials that the republican movement was moving towards peace.

    The meeting took place a year after the end of the 1981 hunger strike, which claimed the lives of 10 republicans as part of a protest for political status.
    …
    “He came alive, he waxed on, talking about peace, about the war coming to an end and the two Libyans were sitting opposite us, taking it all in,” Mr Ryan revealed.

    “While he was rabbiting on about peace and politics, I sat looking across at the Libyans and I could see their faces turning whiter and whiter.

    “I could see that this was not going down well.

    https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2023/08/17/news/peace-3537664/

    [Maybe this IRA man thought he would somehow impress the Libyans talking about peace, but it seems odd for any member of that organisation to be openly talking about ending the armed campaign in any context in 1982. Heretical even.]

  2. makina88's avatar makina88 | September 14, 2023 at 5:11 pm | Reply

    Hello Ed,

    I trust you are doing well. I am interested very much to speak with your work. Is there way that you could reach out to me so that we might be able to have a more formal discussion?

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