IRELAND SAID ‘NO’ TO PINOCHET

General Pinochet

THE CHILEAN Supreme Court demanded Irish government co-operation in establishing the alleged guilt of the two Shannon sisters, Dubliners Frances and Christine, in a helicopter jail break of four anti-government guerrillas in December 1996. This was allegedly organised by the pair in an IRA gesture of solidarity with the Chilean resistance. It led to diplomatic… Read more »

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