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  Neil Blaney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Blaney was born in Donegal on October 1 1922.
Blaney was the son of a farmer and TD who fought with the IRA in the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
Blaney was expelled from Fianna Fáil in 1971.
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 Neil Blaney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neil Blaney was born in County Donegal on October 1, 1922.
Blaney was the son of a farmer and TD who fought with the IRA in the Anglo-Irish War and took the anti-Treaty side in the Irish Civil War.
Blaney was educated in Tamney, on the Fanad peninsula, and Letterkenny.
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 NEIL BLANEY FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Blaney was born in County_Donegal on October_1 1922.
Blaney was the son of a farmer and TD who fought with the IRA in the Anglo-Irish_War and took the anti-Treaty side in the Irish_Civil_War.
However, Blaney's brother, Harry_Blaney was elected as an Indepenedent Fianna Fáil TD in the 1997 election.
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 Neil Blaney -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Blaney (October 1, 1922 - November 8, 1995), was a senior (The Celtic language of Ireland) Irish politician.
Neil Blaney was born in (Click link for more info and facts about Donegal) Donegal on October 1 1922.
Neil Blaney died on November 8 1995 in (Capital and largest city and major port of the Irish Free State) Dublin.
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 Seanad Éireann - Volume 145 - 08 November, 1995 - Death of Deputy Neil Blaney: Expression of Sympathy.
Neil Blaney had a deep commitment to a united Ireland and it is fitting that one of his last political appearances was at the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation.
Neil Blaney was never a member of this House but he was, as the Cathaoirleach said, the father of Dáil Éireann, where he had 47 years of unbroken service.
Neil Blaney always recognised the injustice that was done to the Border counties, including Donegal, and that was the basis for his strong republican stance.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /S/0145/S.0145.199511080004.html   (2914 words)

  
 Independent Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
His son Neil T. then contested the by-election for his father's seat and was victorious after being asked by his father to do so before he died.
The Arms Trial, which saw Neil T. Blaney arrested in front of his seven children, but not returned for trial, was difficult for the Blaneys and their supporters.
IFF were soon to move into the international scene by electing Neil blaney to the European Parliament in 1979 with 81,500 first preference votes and a quota of 50,000 in Connaught Ulster.
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 1970 in Ireland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 6 - Arms Crisis: The Minister for Finance, Charles Haughey, and the Minister for Agriculture, Neil Blaney, are asked to resign by An Taoiseach Jack Lynch.
May 28 - Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney appear in the Bridewell Court charged, along with Albert Luykx and Capt. Kelly, with conspiracy to import arms.
July 2 - Neil Blaney is cleared of arms conspiracy charges.
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 Neil Blaney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Blaney (October 1, 1922 - November 8, 1995), wasa senior Irish politician.
Blaney served as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1957), Ministerfor Local Government (1957-1966) and Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries (1966-1970).
Blaney was theson of a farmer and TD who fought with the IRA in the War of Independence and the Irish Civil War.
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 Jack Lynch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Upon hearing this Haughey and Blaney, the latter having never really entered the race in the first place, withdrew and announced their support for Lynch.
However, this course of action, which was urged by a number of ministers in the Cabinet such as Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney and Kevin Boland, was dismissed as a non-runner at the very beginning.
As the violence continued the Minister for External Affairs, Patrick Hillery, met with the British Foreign Secretary and also went to the United Nations in a plea to send a peacekeeping force to the North and to highlight the Irish government's case.
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 Charles Haughey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Haughey immediately threw is hat into the ring in a bid to succeed his father-in-law, as well as George Colley and Neil Blaney.
Haughey, along with Kevin Boland and Neil Blaney, made up the "hawks" in Jack Lynch's government.
However, Haughey and Blaney were accused of using the money to import arms for use by the IRA.
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 THE BLANKET * Index: Current Articles
It was claimed that with senior government ministers, Neil Blaney and Charles Haughey, Belfast republican John Kelly and Belgian businessman Albert Luykx, that Captain Kelly arranged to bring arms into Ireland to arm northern nationalists.
Neil Blaney and Charles Haughey were sacked from the Cabinet.
The case against Neil Blaney was not pursued at the Dublin District Court and he was released but the four others were returned for trial.
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 CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1970
Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, both former Irish government ministers, together with two other men James Kelly (Captain), then an Irish Army Intelligence Officer, and John Kelly, a Belfast Republican, were charged in a Dublin court with conspiracy to illegally import arms for use by the Irish Republican Army (IRA).
Blaney was found not guilty on 2 July 1970, Haughey and the others were found not guilty on 23 October 1970.
Neil Blaney was found not guilty of illegal arms importation by a Dublin jury.
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 Neil Blaney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Blaney nació en Donegal de octubre el 1 de 1922.
Blaney era el hijo de un granjero y TD que luchó con el IRA en la guerra la independencia y la guerra civil irlandesa Blaney del era educado en Donegal.
Neil Blaney murió de noviembre el 8 de 1995 en Dublín.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ne/Neil%20Blaney.htm   (334 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Neil Blaney
Donegal North East is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the northern part of County Donegal.
Neil (Niall) Blaney (born 1974) is an Irish Independent Fianna Fáil politician.
The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern.
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 CAIN: People: Biographies of People Prominent During 'the Troubles' - B
Blaney quickly established himself and in 1957 was appointed Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (1957-58), then Minister for Local Government (1958-66) and finally served as Minister of Agriculture (1966-70).
Blaney inherited this Republican tradition and with the outbreak of widespread unrest in Northern Ireland at the end of the 1960s, Blaney expressed strong views concerning the position of Northern nationalists.
As a result in May 1970 Blaney was sacked from the cabinet and later faced criminal charges for his part in these events but it was subsequently decided by the presiding judge that he had no case to answer.
cain.ulst.ac.uk /othelem/people/biography/bpeople.htm   (5343 words)

  
 The Ultimate Arms Crisis - American History Information Guide and Reference
Charles Haughey, Minister for Finance and Neil Blaney, Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries were sacked by the Taoiseach Jack Lynch on May 6 1970, over these allegations of illegal arms smuggling.
On 28 May 1970, Haughey and Blaney went on trial in Dublin, together with an Irish Army intelligence captain named James Kelly, a Belfast republican named John Kelly and Belgian businessman Albert Luykx.
Blaney was found not guilty on July 2 1970, and the other four defendants were cleared on October 23.
www.historymania.com /american_history/Arms_Crisis   (177 words)

  
 Seanad Debates Official Report - 14-10-98
He was a life long friend of the late Neil Blaney, TD, and directed every election on his behalf since the early seventies.
His loyalty to Neil Blaney was total and he was a very effective member of his electoral team over a long period.
He departed with Neil Blaney to establish Independent Fianna Fáil and was clearly a man of ability, public service and integrity.
www.irlgov.ie /debates-98/s14oct98/sect1.htm   (5386 words)

  
 Articles - George Colley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was considered to be in the same mould as the party founders, concerned with such issues as the peaceful re-unification of the country and the Irish language cause.
A third candidate, Neil Blaney, also indicated his wishes to run for the leadership if a suitable candidate couldn't be found.
Four ministers, Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney, Kevin Boland and Micheál Ó Moráin, were either sacked, resigned or simply retired from the government due to the scandal that was about to place.
www.lastring.com /articles/George_Colley?mySession=6bc6dc82c251e12491ec8f2b43354a5b   (1226 words)

  
 Dáil Debates Official Report - 16-6-98
To many of us in politics he is to be envied for having topped the poll in all elections up to 1969 and would have to be considered a colossus in political terms on that great achievement.
Blaney: I offer in a special way my condolences and that of the Blaney families, the people of Donegal and the constituency of Connacht-Ulster, with whom he was very much associated, on the death of a friend and colleague, Paudge Brennan.
He was re-elected in 1981 and 1982 and served for a further five years and retired in 1987.
www.irlgov.ie /debates/16jun98/sect3.htm   (5590 words)

  
 Grass is greener on the other side
Blaney explained that Heritage No. 1 was a poor design in among the trees that kept the green shaded from the sunlight.
Blaney said the three projects were problem holes that needed to be improved and player input was also taken into consideration during the planning stages.
Blaney said they will continue to rotate the three courses for the next several weeks and open all 27 holes at the end of May.
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 Jack Lynch biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When Sean Lemass retired unexpectedly in 1966, the leadership race (the first contested race in the history of the party) was expected to involve Charles J. Haughey, Neil Blaney, George Colley and possibly others.
He had to find a balance between the hawks, such as Charles Haughey, Neil Blaney and Kevin Boland and the doves, scuch as George Colley, Patrick Hillery and Brian Lenihan, in his government.
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries: Neil Blaney (1966-1970), Jim Gibbons (1970-1973)
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 wiki/Neil H. McElroy Definition / wiki/Neil H. McElroy Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Neil Hosler McElroy (30 OctoberOctober 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining.
On 4 October 1957, just four days before Wilson left office, the Soviet Union launched into orbit the world's first satellite (Sputnik I), suggesting that the Soviets were ahead of the United States in missile development.
This event, which raised important questions about the U.S. defense program, served as a backdrop to the swearing in, on 9 October 1957, of Neil H. McElroy as secretary of defense.
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 The Examiner - News From Ireland - 17, November, 1999
Gardaí believed his suspected murderer was helped to escape by Neil Blaney, then Minister for Agriculture in Jack Lynch’s Government.
Nobody has the right to assume that he was involved, but it is a fact that some gardaí believed that he did help the murderer and the word spread within the force.
The case against Blaney was thrown out for lack of evidence and Haughey was returned for trial, but a couple of weeks before the trial began, there was the extraordinary situation of a private meeting to discuss the case between Haughey and the Minister for Justice, Des O’Malley.
archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/1999/11/17/ipage_1.htm   (1079 words)

  
 The Kingdom - 2003/03/12: Kerry retain crown against the royals
On May 6 that year, Taoiseach Jack Lynch dramatically dismissed Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney, who were Ministers for Finance and Agriculture respectively, from his government and both were charged with conspiracy to import arms into the country.
Haughey and Blaney were subsequently charged with the arms smuggling attempt.
Blaney and Kevin Boland would go on to form their own political parties, Independent Fianna Fail and Aontacht Eireann, while Haughey remained in the party fold and, by the end of the seventies, he would be party leader.
archives.tcm.ie /thekingdom/2003/03/12/story8538.asp   (1493 words)

  
 Neil Blaney Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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