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There are currently four prisoners in Castlerea prison who are serving sentences in relation to the killing of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in Adare on June 7th 1996. They are:
Kevin Walsh Manslaughter 14 Years
Pearse McCauley Manslaughter 14 Years
Jerry Sheehy Manslaughter 12 Years
Michael O'Neill Manslaughter 11 Years
John Quinn Conspiracy To Rob 6 Years
Pearse McCauley is from Strabane, all the rest are from county Limerick.
So it's OK to shoot an RUC man while robbing a bank but it's not OK to shoot a Garda?While some people might say there is no difference between these people and people who killed RUC men, that got out under the Good Friday agreement, they are completly different.
So it's OK to shoot an RUC man while robbing a bank but it's not OK to shoot a Garda?
As many people didn't care too much when the RUC men were killed, you hopefully will see the difference!
The IRA does not recognise the government of this country as legitimate. They do not recognise this state. As such to them the Gardai must be viewed as an enemy as they "collaborate" with the forces of the crown in attempting to stop their struggle for a united Ireland. That's why the Gardai are "legitimate" targets.People from the Republic or people who agree with their ideals should feel like they are exempt from their voilence. The Gardai should feel especially safe as we can all see what happened when they killed one of our own.
Sorry if I'm sounding thick, but could you explain where your coming from a little more.
Are you saying there Is a difference between the RUC and the Gardai, because the RUC knew that getting killed in the line of duty was an occupational hazzard, whereas the Gardai wouldn't have been expected to get killed and so it's more henious to kill one of them.
Again, I am totally against any violence, but I do see their point when they say that Army/RUC are legitimet targets, but I can never see how they could claim the Gardai are the same "legitimate target".
You can't be against violence, but understand how a group can be singled out as legitimate targets.
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