LC.R.A. picket on R.LE. continues
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in the death cell in Beggars Bush Barracks a few hours, or days, before he stood unblinded before his execution squad after shaking hands with them.
During the time between the death of Childers junior and his burial one listened in vain for any generous comment, any slightest sign that those working on the obituaries of the younger Erskine believed his word regarding the principle on which he claimed to have mouided his life. The present action of Cosgrave confirms that impression.
The 52nd anniversary of Erskine the I.R.A. man, the Editor, the political leader fell on November 24th, two days after the funeral of his son, and on that same Nov. 21st the the present editor of ‘An Phoblacht’
By another strange coincidence a _ spontaneous public funeral, one of the greatest in Dublin’s history took place fifty years ago, in 1924. By then public opinion had forced the government of Cosgrave senior to yield the bodies of its 77 executed victims. These were excommunicated men, not admitted in any Catholic church. Those transferred from Dublin prisons were waked in Hardwick Hall. The funerals went to different places — Liam Mellows to Castletown. In addition to the illustrious dead from 1916 to 1921 the Republican Plot in Glasnevin holds Rory O’Connor, Joe McKelvey, Erskine Childers, James Fisher, Peter Cassidy, Richard Twohig, into an R.T.E. Official.
aims at PICKET ON RTE CONTINUES The Dublin Committee of ICRA continuing their weekly protest against ‘media muzzling’ at RTE on Sunday — were surprised to see that the Assistant Commissioner of the Special Branch Mr. E. P. Garvey — was one of the many internment. ‘law and order’ men in attendance. Once again the picketers refused to give their names to the Gardai. Before the picket dispersed a letter of protest against /s mise, censorship within the stion, was handed P.R.O.
The text of the letter was as follows: For 3 weeks members of the Dublin Committee of |.C.R.A. have been picketing your studios to highlight the operation of censorship in RTE under Section 31 of the Broadcasting Act. You claim that “men of violénce” only, are subject to this censorship, yet continue to broadcast British Army propaganda and interviews with Loyalists. We call for the repeal of Section 31 and the extension of the right of freedom of expression to all political groups.
/n addition, we support the disciplined staff-members of 7 Days who are now feeling your wrath simply because they broadcast a programme which told the truth about Copies of this letter are being sent to Conor Cruise O’Brien, Minister for Posts & Telegraphs and to the National Press.
(CRA Dublin Committee