S3 Episode 3: Collusion

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

A brutal mass shooting shocks the world. In its wake, leaders vow to find those responsible and bring them to justice. But instead, the investigation goes nowhere. Evidence mysteriously goes missing or is destroyed. Suspects are tipped off before they are questioned. Leads are allowed to go cold. This episode delves into the murky history of collusion in Northern Ireland. We speak to investigative journalist Barry McCaffrey about the damning information he discovered linking the the infamous Loughinisland massacre to the British state’s so-called “Dirty War”. Naomi traces how Brexit has re-politicised Northern Ireland for the British right, and how modest progress in digging up the truth about the path has led to a backlash at the top of Westminster politics. This is the first of a two-part series on the issue of dealing with the past, dedicated to the memory of murdered journalist Lyra McKee. Editing by Alan Meaney http://alanmeaney.ie/ For bonus episodes, support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/theirishpassport. Season 3 of The Irish Passport podcast is made with the kind support of Biddy Murphy, online sellers of genuine Irish goods. Check them out on www.biddymurphy.com. The music you heard in this episode is Night II, by Swelling, and Serial Killer, by John Bartmann. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook: @PassportIrish.

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0:00.0	Season three of the Irish Passport podcast is made with the kind support of biddy murphy.com, the online shop where you can get genuine Irish product made by creators and businesses on the island of Ireland.
0:11.7	Hello.
0:12.3	Welcome to Irish Passport.
0:14.0	Let's do it.
0:14.7	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:16.4	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:17.6	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:18.6	We're friends.
0:19.3	Kayie both to Naomi.
0:20.2	Ano Arf Fat, Tim. This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:24.8	I'm recording. One, two, two, three. Okay. Over 90% of the killings during the troubles were at the hands of terrorists.
0:53.3	Every single one of those was a crime. The fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the killings during the troubles were at the hands of terrorists. Every single one of those was a crime.
0:55.5	The fewer than 10% that were at the hands of the military and police were not crimes.
1:00.9	They were people acting under orders and under instruction and fulfilling their duties in a dignified and appropriate way. We walk. We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We walk out! We want out! We want out! We want out! We want out!
1:35.9	Hello listeners, and welcome back to the Irish Passport Podcast. Hi everyone. Today we'll be looking
1:41.1	at a different sort of history, a history of events that some people
1:44.7	would like very much that we just forgot, events which not only continue to haunt the present,
1:49.5	but may have huge consequences for decades to come. When people talk about the unresolved parts
1:54.7	of Northern Ireland's peace process, three things are usually mentioned. Flags, parades and
2:00.6	dealing with the Past.
2:02.1	This episode will be the first in a two-part series dedicated to that last and most nebulous
2:06.9	question, the past, the consequences it continues to bear over people's lives and the roots
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