{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/6425a97093caf0001275619a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"GEAROID O FAOLEAN: A BROAD CHURCH","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b74e13c77fb70012df9539/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Prominent members of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael harbouring escaped IRA men, kidnappings replacing armed robberies, gardai saluting IRA funerals, agricultural grants used to build sheds for storing bombs, a plan to flood the economy with counterfeit £10 notes. Those were just some of the incidents and activities in the Republic of Ireland in the 1980s while a violent conflict was taking place just north of the border. So how much support was there for the Provos in the south and what form did it take. Gearoid O Faolean has written a new book about what exactly went on and some of the revelations are surprising, with one of two jaw dropping. He is this week’s guest on the podcast.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Irish Examiner"}