Ahern urged Blair to clarify speculation around Casement ‘black diaries’
by By Grinne N. Aodha
Dec 28, 2023
2 minutes
Taoiseach Bertie Ahern urged UK prime minister Tony Blair to clarify speculation around Roger Casement’s “black diaries” in an effort to close “an unhappy period in Anglo-Irish relations”.
Casement was one of the nationalists executed for his attempt to import ammunition through Ireland’s south coast ahead of the 1916 Rising.
He was also renowned for his inquiries into slave trades in and the Congo during his work as a British Foreign Office official.
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