His family, though, “wasn’t Irish republican”. For Crawley, Ireland became “home”. Initially, “starstruck” by McGuinness, Crawley, however, came to doubt his “hero". Crawley eventually moved to a London safe-house, planning an attack should the ceasefire end. He sees it as a betrayal of Irish republican ideals, as there’s still no 32-county Irish Republic.

Source: The Herald October 16, 2022 08:13 UTC