Give us the truth, not folklore

I refer to recent two-part TV3 documentary, In the Name of the Republic, presented by Professor Eunan O’Halpin of Trinity College Dublin.

The series was presented in a very dramatic way claiming in Part 1 that two civilians abducted by Tipperary IRA were buried in a Laois field. Department of Justice files showed these men had survived the conflict.

Part 2 depicted IRA volunteers involved in the alleged killing of informers in the Knockraha area of Co Cork without proof that such killings took place.