Irish justice minister slams Real IRA paramilitary display at funeral

Where is the Church in all of this? In 1920, when the outrageous displays at the funeral masses of assassinated Chicago gangsters made the news, the Cardinal of the Archdiocese of Chicago put his foot down and forbade funeral masses for known gangsters. Neither Al Capone nor Frank Nitti had funeral masses due to this dictum. Thereafter, the Church, at least, could not be accused of aiding and abetting the Mob. Ireland's Church hierarchy should take a cue from this and ban all funerals for Real IRA men and unrepentant active Provos. It wouldn't stop the honor guards, but it would at least show that the Church is not a silent collaborator with this terrorist/gangster agenda.

A statement has been released in reply to the unelected Provisional Sinn Fein member, but I can't post it for some reason.

The Garda Special Branch (in plain clothes) were secretly filming amongst the crowds and despite umbrellas and raised hands caught the "colour party" without their paramilitary coverings and in the church. They also followed them back to their homes and they are now on Garda files. The Ryan family broke their agreement with the Security Forces as to how this funeral should be conducted. I doubt the Irish Ministers are afraid of these fools, the security forces are well versed in survellance of these people when the security of the Irish State is threatened.

Irishstorm: "Shatter and his colleagues have absolutely betrayed the Irish people by selling Ireland off to the Banksters". Quite right, but don't forget Shatter's role in promoting the settlement of Ireland by foreigners. Just a week or so ago there was a Mass Naturalization ceremony in Dublin at which 4000 foreign migrants were given Irish citizenship. If that were just once in a year there'd be no problem, but it was one in a series of mass naturalization ceremonies that are coming every week or two in Ireland. 4000 in one ceremony in Ireland is the equivalent of the USA having a Mass Naturalization ceremony for a quarter of a million immigrants at a time. And that's Shatter's doing. Whatever harm the Real IRA is doing to Ireland, Shatter and his cronies are doing more.

The IRA was always funded through drug-dealing, extortion and the dole. The "Real IRA" just want to keep to the old way of making a living, rather than the "New Sinn Fein" way with Govt funded salaries.

How any Irish Government minister has the audacity to dictate to any Irish citizen about "democracy" is shameless hypocrisy. Shatter and his colleagues have absolutely betrayed the Irish people by selling Ireland off to the Banksters. Ireland's sovereignty has been sold to these gangsters. Now, they are forcing Irish people to pay for water, something completely unthinkable yesterday. Michael Collins will be turning in his grave.

He can slam all he wants. He promised tight police presence and yet when they guys were firing handguns there were no arrests. I think real reason that politicians are easy on these terrorists is that they are afraid they may come knocking on their door.

Gerry: These thugs of the so called Real IRA, are just that criminal thugs drug dealers etc. who cover their activities by claiming they are fighting to free/reuntimte all of Ireland. They are a disgrace, and they play right into the hands of the revisionists who claim that they are the same as the men and women who fought in 1916-22. The Irish government should crush this grrbage once and for all.

What an ignorant plonker you are Gerry Adams, Gun salute for a drug selling thug, I don't think so. What a mockery to my Grandfather and his comrades who fought in 1922, and who when he died in 1969 had earned his right to a gun salute. Real I.R.A. nothing but a bunch of drug-running thugs, and how dare they insult our national flag by drapping it on his coffin, 43 years after my grandfathers funeral I have the flag that drapped his coffin and I treat it with the utmost respect unlike those that placed it on that thugs coffin.