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Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

James Browne: ...the world. This evening Sinn Féin has stood up to state its support for An Garda Síochána. Let us remember the record, and one instance in particular, of Sinn Féin and its sister organisation the IRA in my county of Wexford. Garda Seamus Quaid was murdered by the IRA. His family had to remove his memorial in protest at Sinn Féin holding its Ard-Fheis in...

Seanad: Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (27 Jun 2023)

James Browne: ...raised the threat level to "severe", meaning a terrorist-related attack is highly likely. It is clear that the so-called "dissident republicans", who have their origins in the Provisional IRA and INLA, continue to represent a threat. Images of masked men in paramilitary uniforms on the streets of Derry earlier this year and of youths throwing petrol bombs at police are images we all...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (29 Jun 2022)

James Browne: ...to the Offences against the State Acts to make them more responsive to the threat from certain groups. This robust legislation was enacted by the Oireachtas in the wake of the murder, by the Real IRA, of 29 innocent people in the bombing of Omagh in August 1998. That atrocity demanded a resolute response from the State, and the legislation enacted then was a necessary and proportionate...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

James Browne: ...a force that has provided an unbelievable service to our communities, security for our country and 89 of whose members made the ultimate sacrifice. I particularly remember today garda Seamus Quaid, who was murdered by the IRA on this day in 1980. He was a Limerick man who was killed in the line of duty in the county of Wexford. He also won an all-Ireland for Wexford and was a huge...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Commemorative Events (21 Feb 2019)

James Browne: ...were raids and counter raids. It became quite vicious. Many people in Wexford were imprisoned and often mistreated and tortured. Many escaped from these prisons. After the treaty was signed, the IRA in Wexford was very much split down the middle and Wexford was very heavily involved in the subsequent Civil War. In their book, local historians Nicholas Furlong and John Hayes state the...