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The Lynch Governments
• Government, Economy and Society in
the Republic of Ireland
• 1949-1989
1965 General Election
• 1965 General Election – “Let Lemass Lead
On”
• Fine Gael divided between the
conservative and liberal wings over their
“Just Society” policy
• The Labour Party became more socialist in
outlook
1965 General Election
• Result
• Fianna Fail 72 seats (+2)
• Fine Gael 47 seats (NC)
• Labour 22 seats (+6)
• C. na Pob. 1 seat (NC)
• Independents 2 seats (-4)
1916 Anniversary
• 1966 – 50th
Anniversary of the Easter Rising
• DeValera wins Presidential Election by a
narrow margin
• Lemass has increasing ill-health and resigns
in November 1966
• End of an era – changing of the guard
Lynch Takes over
• Potential for a bitter leadership battle in
Fianna Fail
Lynch Takes over
• Jack Lynch proposed
as a compromise
candidate
• Lynch defeats Colley
by 51 votes to 19 votes
1969 General Election
• Election Campaign dominated by the Labour
Party
• “The Seventies will be Socialist”
• Labour moves significantly to the Left – rule out
coalition with any party
• Many people joined including high-profile
intellectuals like Conor Cruise O’Brien, Justin
Keating, David Thornley.
• Fianna Fail used ‘Red Scare’ tactics – portrayed
Labour as a communist party and claimed that
the LP would take the land off of farmers
1969 General Election
• ‘Red Scare’ works
• Result
• Fianna Fail 75 seats (+3)
• Fine Gael 50 seats (+3)
• Labour 18 seats (-4)
• Independents 1 seat (-1)
• Crisis in the Labour Party – drops some of its
socialist policies and says it will consider
coalition in the future
• Lynch responds to the crisis by making
and address to the nation
• Blames partition as the root cause of the
crisis and criticised the Unionist
Government for discriminating against
Catholics
• ‘cannot stand by’
• British Troops sent to the North
Crisis in Northern Ireland
• Irish government set up a cabinet sub-
committee to organise emergency relief and
assistance for Catholic areas in the North
• Charlie Haughey, Minister for Finance and Neil
Blaney, Minister for Agriculture were members
• £100,000 was put in a relief fund and Haughey
was given control of the money
• Both Haughey and Blaney were critical of the
approach of Jack Lynch and demanded more
action
Arms Crisis
• In October 1969 Capt. James Kelly, an Irish
Army Intelligence Officer, met with IRA leaders
in Co. Cavan
• The meeting was told that £50,000 would be
made available to buy weapons for defence of
Catholic areas against loyalist attack
• Charles Haughey held a meeting with IRA Chief
of Staff, Cathal Goulding
• Blaney and Kelly were alleged to have made
plans to import weapons from Europe to be
given to the IRA
• Haughey provided the money from the relief
fund
Arms Crisis
• In April 1970 the Special Branch reported to
Jack Lynch about the plan to import weapons
• Lynch did nothing until the leader of Fine Gael,
Liam Cosgrave, demanded he take action
• On 6 May 1970 Lynch sacked Haughey and
Blaney as cabinet ministers
• Kevin Boland, Minister for Local Government,
resigned in protest
• Boland claimed that Lynch knew all along about
the plan to import weapons
Arms Crisis
• On 30 May five people were charged with
attempting to import weapons
• Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, Capt. James
Kelly
• John Kelly, Belfast IRA
• Albert Luykx, Belgian businessman
• On 2 July all charges were dropped against Neil
Blaney
• The trial of the other four collapsed after the
judge was accused of bias
Arms Trial
• In October 1970 a second trial took place
• Haughey admitted to arranging customs
clearance for the shipment but claimed he didn’t
know it was weapons
• Jim Gibbons, Minister for Defence claimed
Haughey knew all the details of the conspiracy
• The co-defendants claimed that the Irish
government had sanctioned the import of
weapons
• The judge commented that either Haughey or
Gibbons had committed perjury
• All four defendants were cleared of all charges
Arms Trial
• Major political crisis for the government
• Caused deep divisions within Fianna Fail
• Kevin Boland and Neil Blaney were expelled
from FF in 1971
• Boland formed Aontacht Eireann but lost his
Dail seat in 1973
• Blaney formed Independent Fianna Fail and
was re-elected in subsequent elections
• Ind FF held a number of council seats in
Donegal and elsewhere and Blaney was elected
to the European Parliament in 1979
Impact of Arms Crisis
• Lynch’s control in Fianna Fail was consolidated
• The diary of Secretary of Dept of Justice
released in 1995 claimed that Lynch knew more
about what happened than he stated publicly
• Documents were altered to hide the fact that
Capt James Kelly had kept Defence Minister,
Jim Gibbons informed about what was
happening
Legacy of Arms Crisis

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  • 1. The Lynch Governments • Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland • 1949-1989
  • 2. 1965 General Election • 1965 General Election – “Let Lemass Lead On” • Fine Gael divided between the conservative and liberal wings over their “Just Society” policy • The Labour Party became more socialist in outlook
  • 3. 1965 General Election • Result • Fianna Fail 72 seats (+2) • Fine Gael 47 seats (NC) • Labour 22 seats (+6) • C. na Pob. 1 seat (NC) • Independents 2 seats (-4)
  • 4. 1916 Anniversary • 1966 – 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rising • DeValera wins Presidential Election by a narrow margin • Lemass has increasing ill-health and resigns in November 1966 • End of an era – changing of the guard
  • 5. Lynch Takes over • Potential for a bitter leadership battle in Fianna Fail
  • 6. Lynch Takes over • Jack Lynch proposed as a compromise candidate • Lynch defeats Colley by 51 votes to 19 votes
  • 7. 1969 General Election • Election Campaign dominated by the Labour Party • “The Seventies will be Socialist” • Labour moves significantly to the Left – rule out coalition with any party • Many people joined including high-profile intellectuals like Conor Cruise O’Brien, Justin Keating, David Thornley. • Fianna Fail used ‘Red Scare’ tactics – portrayed Labour as a communist party and claimed that the LP would take the land off of farmers
  • 8. 1969 General Election • ‘Red Scare’ works • Result • Fianna Fail 75 seats (+3) • Fine Gael 50 seats (+3) • Labour 18 seats (-4) • Independents 1 seat (-1) • Crisis in the Labour Party – drops some of its socialist policies and says it will consider coalition in the future
  • 9. • Lynch responds to the crisis by making and address to the nation • Blames partition as the root cause of the crisis and criticised the Unionist Government for discriminating against Catholics • ‘cannot stand by’ • British Troops sent to the North Crisis in Northern Ireland
  • 10. • Irish government set up a cabinet sub- committee to organise emergency relief and assistance for Catholic areas in the North • Charlie Haughey, Minister for Finance and Neil Blaney, Minister for Agriculture were members • £100,000 was put in a relief fund and Haughey was given control of the money • Both Haughey and Blaney were critical of the approach of Jack Lynch and demanded more action Arms Crisis
  • 11. • In October 1969 Capt. James Kelly, an Irish Army Intelligence Officer, met with IRA leaders in Co. Cavan • The meeting was told that £50,000 would be made available to buy weapons for defence of Catholic areas against loyalist attack • Charles Haughey held a meeting with IRA Chief of Staff, Cathal Goulding • Blaney and Kelly were alleged to have made plans to import weapons from Europe to be given to the IRA • Haughey provided the money from the relief fund Arms Crisis
  • 12. • In April 1970 the Special Branch reported to Jack Lynch about the plan to import weapons • Lynch did nothing until the leader of Fine Gael, Liam Cosgrave, demanded he take action • On 6 May 1970 Lynch sacked Haughey and Blaney as cabinet ministers • Kevin Boland, Minister for Local Government, resigned in protest • Boland claimed that Lynch knew all along about the plan to import weapons Arms Crisis
  • 13. • On 30 May five people were charged with attempting to import weapons • Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, Capt. James Kelly • John Kelly, Belfast IRA • Albert Luykx, Belgian businessman • On 2 July all charges were dropped against Neil Blaney • The trial of the other four collapsed after the judge was accused of bias Arms Trial
  • 14. • In October 1970 a second trial took place • Haughey admitted to arranging customs clearance for the shipment but claimed he didn’t know it was weapons • Jim Gibbons, Minister for Defence claimed Haughey knew all the details of the conspiracy • The co-defendants claimed that the Irish government had sanctioned the import of weapons • The judge commented that either Haughey or Gibbons had committed perjury • All four defendants were cleared of all charges Arms Trial
  • 15. • Major political crisis for the government • Caused deep divisions within Fianna Fail • Kevin Boland and Neil Blaney were expelled from FF in 1971 • Boland formed Aontacht Eireann but lost his Dail seat in 1973 • Blaney formed Independent Fianna Fail and was re-elected in subsequent elections • Ind FF held a number of council seats in Donegal and elsewhere and Blaney was elected to the European Parliament in 1979 Impact of Arms Crisis
  • 16. • Lynch’s control in Fianna Fail was consolidated • The diary of Secretary of Dept of Justice released in 1995 claimed that Lynch knew more about what happened than he stated publicly • Documents were altered to hide the fact that Capt James Kelly had kept Defence Minister, Jim Gibbons informed about what was happening Legacy of Arms Crisis