Time for Sinn Féin to recognise there is only one ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’ – Heydon 9th May 2021 - Martin Heydon TD It is well beyond time Sinn Féin TDs stopped referring to terrorists and the Provisional IRA as ‘Óglaigh na hÉireann’, a Fine Gael Minister has said.
Minister Martin Heydon said there is only one Óglaigh na hÉireann in this country – the Irish Defence Forces.
The Fine Gael Kildare Minister was responding after Deputy Aengus O’Snodaigh referred to the Provisional IRA as Óglaigh na hÉireann in an interview on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta last Thursday on Tús Áite.