Fianna like 'boy scouts', Saville Inquiry told

A former leader of an organisation, widely regarded as the IRA’s youth wing, today compared it with the boy scout movement.

A former leader of an organisation, widely regarded as the IRA’s youth wing, today compared it with the boy scout movement.

Patsy Moore, who was the co-leader of the Fianna in Derry until the split between the Officials and the Provisionals, denied it was part of the republican movement and insisted youths were not trained in weapons while he was in charge.

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