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Ireland’s Wars: The End Of The Border Campaign

Posted on Jan 3, 2023 by NFB

The IRA had committed an enormous amount of its resources, in terms of personnel, guns and explosives, to Operation Harvest. The very earliest stages of this campaign had brought significant success, designating the IRA once again as a major force … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Border Campaign

Posted on Dec 13, 2022 by NFB

In the latter weeks of 1956, buoyed by years of preparation beforehand and pushed by the activities of other groups, the IRA commenced with one of its most ambitious military operations since the Irish revolutionary period came to a close. … Continue reading →

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Kildare North: Réada Cronin (Sinn Fein) (4 Days To Election)

Posted on Feb 22, 2016 by NFB

And so, our last non-TD candidate, and the one trying to do her part for Sinn Fein’s rise in the polls. Réada Cronin is a Kildare councillor, first elected in the Maynooth area in 2014, since when she has operated in … Continue reading →

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Kildare North: The Curious Case Of RTE And The Missing Candidate

Posted on Feb 18, 2016 by NFB

RTE News aired a short piece on Kildare North yesterday, around ten minutes, whizzing through the different candidates and issues, before two separate analysts trotted out the exact same predictions. It was the standard low-intensity affair you’d expect of a … Continue reading →

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Another Kildare North Debate (11 Days To Election)

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 by NFB

Another Kildare North debate took place yesterday, this time on Shane Coleman’s Sunday Show in Newstalk, available here. Present were Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan, Labour’s Emmet Stagg, the Social Democrats’ Catherine Murphy, Fianna Fail’s James Lawless and Sinn Fein’s Reada … Continue reading →

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Kildare North: A (Bad) Debate (14 Days To Election)

Posted on Feb 12, 2016 by NFB

RTE’S Drivetime got five of the Kildare North TD’s in front of a microphone for an all too quick debate on Thursday, that lasted around 15 minutes. Represented were Reada Cronin (Sinn Fein), James Lawless (Fianna Fail), Anthony Lawlor (Fine … Continue reading →

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