Person: Dick Barrett

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Irish Civil War: State executed twice as many republicans as the British had done in 1916-1921

Even after it passed the 'Public Safety Bill', there was no legal standing for the Provisional Government’s killings of a further 81 republican prisoners

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

Intelligence and breakouts further open up history of Spike Island

British intelligence was very good at identifying Republicans who were interned without trial in Spike Island in 1921.

Thu, 25 Apr, 2019

Military records relate to ‘the 90% of people not known at all’

Women and children feature alongside household names in the files of more than 1,500 people whose War of Independence and Civil War roles are disclosed in historic records published today.

Tue, 24 Oct, 2017

Senator has weak hold of moral high ground

I WAS tempted to check the date of your edition that carried the report from Senator Liam Twomey (‘Lenihan slammed as speaker for Collins commemoration, August 12’) objecting to a “Fianna Fáil minister like Brian Lenihan” giving the oration at the Michael Collins commemoration in Béal na mBláth next Sunday.

Tue, 17 Aug, 2010