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The IRA wanted to freeze Sinn Fein out of backchannel talks with Brits about ending the Troubles, state papers reveal
David Young
Updated: 27 Dec 2020, 18:42
THE IRA wanted to freeze Sinn Fein out of proposed backchannel talks with the Brits about ending the Troubles, it can now be revealed.
An internal Irish government communique reported that the IRA Army Council informed two prison chaplains in spring 1990 that it was prepared to enter exploratory discussions with the UK.
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Reverend Monsignor John Murphy
But the newly released paper said the IRA leadership’s least favoured approach to talks was to involve Sinn Fein figures.