For the record, Collins was not assassinated

FINE Gael’s recent promotional leaflet, emanating from Cllr Frank Metcalfe, contained the absurd assertion that Michael Collins was assassinated at Béal na Bláth.

Nuttall's Standard Dictionary defines assassination thus: "To attack off guard or unarmed, to murder" thereby implying that the ambush party had a calculated, murderous intent.

Michael Collins was not assassinated at Béal na Bláth, but was shot dead during an engagement in a classic civil war that often follows liberation from a colonial power.