Irish Republican Media - Tommy McKearney

Former Hunger Striker and East Tyrone IRA Leader, Tommy McKearney, speaks on the current RIRA and CIRA campaigns

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[toughload]

the i.r.a killed only 20 children in 30 years the brits murdered thousands of children in just a few months in iraq ,and they done it from the skies ,who are the bigger cowards and child murdering scum the BRITS

[32PONeill]

Bollocks. The IRA (real IRA) are the remainder of the IRA who realise that administering British rule is akin to being a traitor.

All the people stating that they will fail, they have no support etc. are just re-runs of the same mouths that have said it sne day one. Yous are the reason t wont work.

As for Provisional Sinn Féin, as far as I'm concerned the're traitors and should take it down from the mast.

IRA

[LOYALISTMUSIC1]

Bring on the next phase of the troubles you scumbag bastards, my gun is getting a bit rusty.

[VolKevinBarry]

@32PONeill

The RIRA are a bunch of scumbags.

The Provos are the IRA.

RIRA are nothing but a brit-run counter gang.

[Riiye]

@32PONeill Listen to what the man is saying. The RIRA and CIRA are going to get nowhere and are going to hurt the very cause they fight for. The PIRA put down the gun because there was now an open door to pursue their goals peacefully. If you actually want to see Ireland united then the people in the south need convincing as much as northerners do - they aren't going to accept the north if bombs are still going off and the economy is weakened further do to even more conflict.

[BlockedParty]

@Doniedaff

Im not, I know Tommy has lashed out at SF for selling out.

[Doniedaff]

@BlockedParty

Tommy McKearney is not endorisng the provisional movement here. He is merely stating that these groups will achieve nothing. How you could take his statement as being supportive of SF is beyond me.

[jaikba]

I'm a loyalist and believe me this man talks sense. I don't agree with is political views but he doesn't agree with mine but what an articulate, intelligent man. For all that has happened in his life never once has he tried to exploit it for his own personal gain, how he doesn't command a higher position in todays Republican movement I'll never know maybe it's because of those at the top fear him as an opponent.

[Freshhhhh1982]

@jakeyparkourfreerun Of course you're home. You can even claim to be British, but this isnt Britain. I honestly try and see it from a unionists perspective. Unionists seem incapable of seeing things from a nationalists perspective. You have much more in common with us than you do with your "brethren" in Britain.

[breda83]

@jakeyparkourfreerun grow up paddy

[AlJalandhari]

his point seems to be that engaging in armed action makes it harder for non-armed opposition to the state to function but the IRA's ceasefire led to hundereds of radical community groups and newspapers such as the anderstown news being co-opted into the state. His brother Patrick died trying to create a zone of liberation in North East Armagh precisely because he believed that once such a zone was created it would be easier to build popular opposition to the British State. Tom M is anti-PSF btw