EOGHAN HARRIS relies on two sources for his attempted rebuttal in the Sunday Independent of Michael Heney’s ground-breaking book, The Arms Crisis of 1970. Heney’s book demolishes the myth that then taoiseach Jack Lynch confronted errant ministers Neil Blaney and Charles Haughey, who were trying to send arms to northern Catholics facing a possible second… Read more »
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