30 people - Irish Republicans, British marxists and trade unionists took part in a protest picket outside the Southern Irish Embassy on Sunday, 2nd July to protest the jailing of Joe Dillon, one of the leaders of the left wing of the I.R.A. ; Dillon's appeal was due to be held the next day, Monday 3rd but for some unexplained reason has not been held. Many in the Irish Labour movement believe that the London picketing plus a similar one in Dublin and a promised one in New York, have given the Dublin Government second thoughts ESPECIALLY as the transcript of the Judge's summing-up shows that the Judge - an in-law of President De Valera - told the jury that if they thought that the police had not proved their case "they may well form the opinion that the State had bungled their case." This was clearly meant. as a direction to the jury to find Dillon guilty, even if the police had not proven their case. There remains a great need to pour protests into the office of the Irish Minister of Justice, Mr. Brian Lenihan, Department of Justice, Merrion Street, Dublin 2.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 8, No. 2, c. 13 July 1967
Irish Embassy Picksted
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