Word: irelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...possibility of an IRA connection stems from several findings: 1) Both Lynch and Byrne were born in Ireland; 2) Lynch had made several trips to England and Ireland in the past year, according to his passport; 3) Byrne spoke to friends about making a "big score" to help "the cause"; 4) the odd ransom sums, first $4.6 million, then $2.3 million, convert roughly into 2 million and 1 million English pounds...
...federal extortion charges and held on bail totaling $700,000. They are also expected to be indicted on New York State kidnaping charges, which carry a minimum no-parole 15-year prison sentence. The bail was set so high because the prosecution claimed that either might flee to Ireland. Both have dual citizenship and the U.S. has no mutual extradition treaty with Ireland...
Reliving the past, often its worst chapters, seems to be a specialty of Northern Ireland. Six years ago this month, a company of British soldiers was rushed into Londonderry to put down bloody riots that raged out of control after Protestant Ulstermen had staged their traditional Apprentice Boys of Deny Parade; the occasion commemorates a group of young apprentices who, on Aug. 12, 1689, closed the city gates and prevented Londonderry's fall to the troops of the exiled Catholic King James II. During the 1969 march, taunts were traded with Catholics from the Bogside area that adjoins...
Face-Saving Formula. Only last year politicians had literally spat in each other's faces. This time, perhaps because they realize that time may be running out, the atmosphere was better: Catholic Politician Paddy Devlin was even seen walking with his arm on the shoulder of Northern Ireland's most vociferous apostle of Protestant supremacy, the Rev. Ian Paisley. But atmosphere is one thing, and substance another. The Protestant Loyalists offered to let Catholics serve as chairmen of several key legislative committees, but they maintained that Catholics could not rightly lay claim to any Cabinet posts. The largely...
Authorities were checking out these claims by the charged men. There was no indication that they had any previous arrest records. Since Lynch was from Ireland and both men spoke with brogues, investigators also were exploring the possibility of any connection with Irish Republican Army terrorists. Some I.R.A. literature was found in Lynch's apartment...