Republic worried
NZPA-Reuter Dublinr The Irish Republic fears that the violence expected in Northern Ireland if the Irish Republican Army hunger striker, Bobby Sands, dies, will spill over the border. But politicians throughout the country are more occupied with the coming General Election. Spokesmen for all political parties except Sinn Fein, the political arm of the 1.R.A., gadvocate a compromise between Sands and the British Government. But they have made few official statements on the growing crisis or suggestions of a way out of the impasse. The refusal of the Irish Prime Minister (Mr Charles Haughey) to intervene o» behalf of Sands is an indication of his Government’s attitude towards Sands’s demand for special treatment as a political prisoner. That is a status the Irish Government does not give its I.R.A. prisoners either. The Government obviously does not want to get involved in an issue that many politicians believe could injectconfusion into the campaign, for the Election this month and even force its postponement. .«
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