Galway Advertiser 1976/1976_07_15/GA_15071976_E1_008.pdf 

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"The Galway Connection'
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Who was the Galwayman who sailed with Columbus to America? Burke County, North Carolina was named after a famous revolutionary patriot born in Tyquin, Co. Galway. Patrick Ford, the fierce campaign ing journalist who founded the New York Newspaper "The Irish World" was born in Suckeen, Woodquay, Galway. William J. MacNcvin, the United Irishman who had a brilliant medi cal career in New York was born in Aughrim, Co. Galway. Fr. Peter Yorke, born in Lonk Walk, Galway, vigorously championed the poor in California.

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CATCH THE BOMBERS ! So the bombers have done their worst in Galway, even after a week's delay. The Salthill attack is, without doubt, part of a planned campaign to do damage to the Southern tourist trade, which, we were told, held hopes of a good recovery this year. It would be wrong however to assume that such an incident spells disaster. The reality of modern living is that bombings and other outrages are part of the risk of daily life in most countries, largely forgotten--except by those involved as victims--within a few days. It is depressing to take up the Irish papers in London and New York last week-end and see "Bombs Damage 4 Hotels Throughout the Republic" as the main headline. But even such publicity is only a passing headline in the reportage of violence of today. In this respect it might be worth remembering that there has been a tendancy in the South in recent years to over-dramaticise such incidents--especially when they take place south of the border. There has been an even more irresponsible attitude by some tourist interests to base their troubles--and in some cases their demands for further aid from public funds--almost entirely on "the troubles in the North," when there was much they should have been doing to improve their own operations. The Salthill episode made screaming headlines on both the Dublin evening papers, which is hardly surprising in a day when there was little real news. Few would have guessed, from the headlines only, that at least two hotels were also blown up in the North the same day. Or that a few people were killed--including parents in the sight of their children--each day last week-end. It is poor consolation to Salthill to realise that, at least, nobody was killed in the explosion. Though it is, or should be, a national news consideration. The whole sad affair only confirms once again that while we cry panic whenever there is an outrage In our own part of the country, we do not give a damn about what goes on in the other part of the country. Which is one of the reasons why the agony continues and there are so few constructive attempts at the foundations of a lasting solution. Other questions too need to he asked. What does the phrase "security is being stepped up" mean in this context? Diverting buses around Salthill after the bombing has taken place? The Salthill target was mentioned a week previously. It now appears the first attempt failed and that the bombers came back the following Friday, re-primed their explosives, and this time succeeded. Surely no other target had such definite warning in good time that they were on the list? What "extra security," if any, was taken during that week? The difficulty of combating determined bombers is fully appreciated. But as Richard Clutterbuck in his Living With Terrorism, and others, have pointed out, such campaigns only go on when there is some form of local co-operation--a factor which is definitely missing in the Salthill situation. The point being that if our extra security measures cannot cope with a named target in an area where the attackers are obviously operating at long distance and in hostile territory, then they need to be looked at again. Gardai are now working on the theory that a select squad of loyalists are operating from a Dublin base. Reports last Saturday added that "detectives believe that they came close to nabbing some members of the cell shortly after the wave of incendiary devices were planted in Dublin city stores in February after the death of Frank Stagg." What, may we ask has been going on since then, if the theory is true? We recall that the entire blame was automatically and conveniently passed on to the Provos when these incidents took place in February. This is not only fashionable politics. It is an excuse for doing little or nothing. Special Branch sources are now quoted as saying that "Tracking down the bombers is difficult because of a shortage of background information on loyalist suspects." Even assuming that the Stormont and the British authori ties are not too interested in that type of cross-border co-operation, more progress should be possible. It is necessary to face this situation in a positive and business-like way. Firstly we must realise that Galway is vulnerable and that further attacks cannot be ruled out. It must also be conceded that there is a limit to what the security forces can do. Defeating the bombers is everybody's business. Each and every person must be on his or her guard, and if not suspicious by nature, must rapidly learn to become so. The difference between the Southern" situation and the Northern one is that there is considerable local support for such campaigns, by respective sides in the North. That, in a nut-shell, is why the violence continues. But there is no such support from any section in the South. Which means that with public co-operation, the bombers can be isolated. That said, we should all get back to normal activity as soon as possible but keep our eyes open and our minds alert.

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