[Happygal]

There are still 'charities' in the US that channel money to build bombs for the IRA, just as there are those that fund Bin Laden and his brand of terror.

YOU think the Irish populice aren't pissed off at idiot Americans funding Sinn Fein?

HELL YES we are!!!

Not only that, but the Irish Republic population are revolted that Sinn Fein are trying to gain credibility by standing in every single election SOUTH of the border.

The GOOD, ordinary, decent people of Ireland have NO TIME for terrorists. Whether they are nationalists (Sinn Fein, Real IRA, etc)..or unionists (PUP, Red Hand Defenders et al). I am blessed to live in this beautiful country (aside from the horrible taxation)..and I will tell you NOW...not one person I know (and I know many) supports terrorism financial. I can't vouch for the bar-rooms of Boston, where people are more uninformed.

[norton]

I've read that if it were not for New York and Boston there would be no IRA.

My two encounters were a guy trying to trade a not-quite-classic car for 'clothing and any old firearms' I might have laying round the house, and being bumped from a job for suggesting that it was time to quit blowing up horses and commuters and get on with life.