Hard questions were not answered

IN his letter on the IRA, headlined ‘Why salute one generation of rebels and condemn another’ (Irish Examiner, May 29), John Fitzgerald offered us a sanitised and airbrushed version of history.

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He made excuses for the 30-year slaughter while at the same time telling us he doesn’t condone violence in any form.

Nowhere did he answer the following hard questions about the so-called ‘freedom fighters:

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