McDonald defends using Provo slogan
from or what political persuasion you may have, this is below poor taste. I mean, does the brewery realise Gerry Adams supported IRA actions that killed many, many innocent people?
“I would hope that good Americans are aware of the full story behind this man and I would call on them to boycott this product, because it is simply shameful.”
Ann Travers was just 14 at the time of her sister’s murder. Her father, the intended target, was a Catholic magistrate and he survived the attack, despite being shot six times.
Ms Travers said she could not believe how those behind Adam’s
Ann Travers, and (below) sister Mary, who was murdered in 1984
Best “would be so callous” as not to think about the hurt it could cause IRA victims before they put the product on the market.
“There are many victims’ families here who have lost loved ones at the hands of the IRA. Many believe Gerry Adams could offer them some information about their family members’ deaths, but he has refused,” she added.
“Even families who, to this day, do not know where their loved ones are buried. How are
they going to feel when they hear about this? I’m simply flabbergasted. It is shocking and I’m just lost for words.” Revolution Brewery did not respond to requests for comment.
Mr Adams has consistently denied ever being an IRA member, however, he has said that he would never “disassociate” himself from the organisation. The IRA was responsible for around 1,700 deaths during the Troubles.
Comment, page 23 MARY Lou McDonald has again defended using the words ‘tiocfaidh ar la’ in her first speech as Sinn Fein leader.
She ended her speech at the party ard fheis last month — where she took over the leadership from Gerry Adams — with the phrase. Long associated with the Provisional IRA, it translates as “Our day will come”.
In an interview with US news station CNN, Ms McDonald said: “I did issue those words, I did say tiocfaidh ar la. That is the Irish for our day will come.”
Ms McDonald said she had talked very directly about the building of a new Ireland.
She added that her speech had been an “ambitious manifesto” for reaching out, healing and change.
“I say that as a republican woman and I reserve the right to use republican language and that slogan is far beyond the reach of any single group,” she said.
She added the phrase was a term commonly used by Irish nationalists and republicans.