IRA veteran arrested after Irish wife stabbed
SHAWN POGATCHNIK, Associated Press

DUBLIN (AP) — Detectives interrogated a prominent Irish Republican Army veteran Friday on suspicion of stabbing his wife several times on Christmas Eve, an attack condemned by the IRA-linked Sinn Fein party.

Police said Pearse McCauley tried to flee after they arrived at his family's rural home in County Cavan, northwest of Dublin, on Wednesday to find his wife bleeding from a deep chest wound and the couple's two young children nearby.

Pauline Tully McCauley was reported in stable condition after treatment for a collapsed lung. The high school teacher, who served as a Sinn Fein politician on Cavan's council from 1999 to 2012, married McCauley in 2003 months after meeting him while he was still imprisoned. Irish authorities permitted him a brief furlough for their wedding.

Pearse McCauley twice has featured in front-page news for IRA actions. In 1991, he and a comrade, Nessan Quinlivan, were imprisoned in London while awaiting trial for possessing explosives and conspiring to kill a top British brewing magnate. He and Quinlivan escaped by shooting their way past guards using a smuggled handgun that had been hidden in a sports shoe.

McCauley fled to Ireland and in 1996 was part of an IRA unit that ambushed a cash-filled van in County Limerick, southwest Ireland. IRA members shot both police escorts at close range, killing one and critically wounding the other.

McCauley and three other IRA men were charged with murder and faced potential life sentences, but witnesses withdrew testimony citing fear of IRA attack. The four men instead pleaded guilty to manslaughter in 1999.

Sinn Fein spent a decade lobbying the Irish government for accelerated paroles for the four men. McCauley walked free in 2009 after serving 10 years of a 14-year sentence. Britain dropped extradition demands for his 1991 escape and related charges as part of wider peacemaking efforts following the IRA's 2005 decision to disarm and renounce violence.

Sinn Fein's parliamentary member in Cavan, Caoimhghin O Caolain, condemned the attack.

"The horror of the ordeal that Pauline and her children faced on Christmas Eve is beyond comprehension," O Caolain said.

-- (c) Associated Press 2014-12-27

Charming gentleman!

IRA veteran?? Makes him sound legitimate. He's a cold blooded killer and nothing more than sewerage.

Britain dropped extradition demands for his 1991 escape and related charges as part of wider peacemaking efforts

Hope whoever decided to let a known murderer walk free can sleep at night.........I know I couldn't

Allowing them to plea bargain was a joke, The sentence was a joke, The lobbying for earlier parole a joke and the decision to let them out was a joke.

Now he as nearly killed again........this is why people like George W Bush are adamant We don't negotiate with terrorists

Doing so is like sticking your head in a crocks mouth to see if it bites

Edited December 27, 201411 yr by Tanlic

Sounds like a nice piece of work

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Britain dropped extradition demands for his 1991 escape and related charges as part of wider peacemaking efforts



Hope whoever decided to let a known murderer walk free can sleep at night.........I know I couldn't

Allowing them to plea bargain was a joke, The sentence was a joke, The lobbying for earlier parole a joke and the decision to let them out was a joke.


Now he as nearly killed again........this is why people like George W Bush are adamant We don't negotiate with terrorists

Doing so is like sticking your head in a crocks mouth to see if it bites

If you want any kind of peace in the world you have to negotiate with the moderates in that particular organisation.

early release of prisoners was a big part of NI peace deal,

Tanlic...whoever set him free...thats laughable.

The good friday agreement set him free.

A referendum in Northen Ireland,The Republic of Ireland and an Agreement betweeen the British and Irish governments..I doubt very much you know anything about this judging by your comment.Some would say Gawge W is the biggest terrorist of them all.

Edited December 27, 201411 yr by insiket

Britain dropped extradition demands for his 1991 escape and related charges as part of wider peacemaking efforts

Hope whoever decided to let a known murderer walk free can sleep at night.........I know I couldn't

Allowing them to plea bargain was a joke, The sentence was a joke, The lobbying for earlier parole a joke and the decision to let them out was a joke.

Now he as nearly killed again........this is why people like George W Bush are adamant We don't negotiate with terrorists

Doing so is like sticking your head in a crocks mouth to see if it bites

"We don't negotiate with terrorists"

No, you just let them march in New York parades and hold fundraisers.

Just goes to show that the IRA cowardly killer instinct is always with them. It is something that once they have embraced, they cannot give up, they just love it. This is why knowing persons are afraid to give any evidence against them. May they all eventually rot in hell for their filthy cowardly misdeeds.

Just goes to show that the IRA cowardly killer instinct is always with them. It is something that once they have embraced, they cannot give up, they just love it. This is why knowing persons are afraid to give any evidence against them. May they all eventually rot in hell for their filthy cowardly misdeeds.

Ever heard of cause and effect. Try studying history.

An inflammatory post has been removed. Please stay on topic and refrain from baiting other members in to senseless arguments.

Britain dropped extradition demands for his 1991 escape and related charges as part of wider peacemaking efforts

Hope whoever decided to let a known murderer walk free can sleep at night.........I know I couldn't

Allowing them to plea bargain was a joke, The sentence was a joke, The lobbying for earlier parole a joke and the decision to let them out was a joke.

Now he as nearly killed again........this is why people like George W Bush are adamant We don't negotiate with terrorists

Doing so is like sticking your head in a crocks mouth to see if it bites

Thanks to the Good Friday peace agreement their are many people still alive today who otherwise would not be...

The down side is there are many Catholic and Protestant thugs walking free.

Off-topic post and reply removed.