Jack Lynch: John Mary Lynch, Ireland's exasperating leader, died on October 20th, aged 82.(Brief Article)(Obituary)

The Economist (US) | October 30, 1999 | Copyright

IN AUGUST 1969, Jack Lynch, the Irish prime minister, said, "It is clear that the Irish government can no longer stand by and see innocent people injured and perhaps worse." What did he mean, "no longer stand by"? Was he going to send the Irish army across the border into Northern Ireland to fight the British?

Some northern nationalists thought so. They came to Dublin to demand guns to join the fight. Meanwhile, their comrades in Belfast and Londonderry, the scene of street battles that had so alarmed Mr Lynch, waited hopefully for their liberators from the south. ...

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