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Vetting the Irish Army

01 May 1993

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All soldiers in the Irish Army have been issued with a questionnaire which asks respondents to declare whether they, their friends or family are or have ever been members of the IRA, INLA, IRSP, Sinn Fein, the Communist Party or the Connolly Youth Movement. The Army's union, the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks Representatives Association, has instructed its members not to fill in the questionnaire. The Association's president said, "this circular puts a serious question mark over our loyalty. It means our members are not trusted and it has serious civil liberty and legal implications."

Sunday Life, 23.5.93.

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