.  `."System- "System gl -"System--@Times New Roman--- 2 x`cThe  J2 x*cKilling of Joseph Howley and the Igoe Gang            2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- ;2 ` cIRA leader Joseph Howley from Or        52 ncanmore, Co. Galway ((See Aug         2 ^c- 2 dc21   2 xc- 2 ~ c20/3) is    m2 `Acshot as he alights from a train in Broadstone Station in Dublin.                      2 Vc  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- 2 `NcMcNamara says that, as he got off the train, Howley was approached by several                        R2 &`/cmen in plain clothes and shot. OHalpin and               42 &cCorrin say two detectives         M2 ;`,cchallenged Howley as he left the train. The             2 ;c  2 ; cdetectives   2 ;cclaim   2 ;(c  (2 ;-cthat they told him         2 Q`Ncto put his hands up and only shot him when they thought that he was going for                        (2 f`chis gun. However,     "2 fcOHalpin and      2 f~cCorrin     2 fc  52 fcgo on to say that a man who          42 |`caccompanied Howley (called         U2 |F1cPJ Mullins) gave a very different version of the               12 `cevent. He said that they         2 c  2 cwere  2 ?c  G2 B(cshot at by four or five men from behind             2 y cand that    2 ` cone shot   2 chit  )2 cHowley in the head.         2 dc   2 `McHenry gives three alternative possible accounts of how Howley met his death.                       +2 `cAlong with two versio      ^2  7cns given by OHalpin and Corrin, Henry also gives a                     |2 `Kcversion where Howley and Paddy Mullins had left the train station and were                  2 `Mcheading to the city centre when they were shot at by a number of men who ran                       U2 `1caway. Howley was hit and soon after an ambulance               2 c  42 carrived but, as Howley was          2 .`Ncbeing taken to hospital, a number of BA soldiers arrived in an armoured car.                          w2 C`HcThey surrounded the ambulance and placed Howley in the armoured car and                        2 Y`Nctook him to Dublin Castle. Eventually, he was taken to hospital and died ther                       2 Yce   2 n`Ncof gunshot wounds to the head and body. (Henry includes the report issued by                     2 `OcDublin Castle on the killing of Howley.) Molyneux and Kellys version includes                      z2 `Jcthe detail that, after Howley and Mullins were seen entering Galway train                    .2 `cstation, RIC Sergeant H        ^2 7cealy was ordered to get on the train and follow them.                   2 `NcThey say that it was Healy who identified Howley to his killers at Broadstone                      2 `cstation.    2 c  @"Calibri---  2 `c  --- t2 `FcThe IRA believed that Howley had been identified by an RIC man called                       L2 $`+cEugene Igoe (who was from Mayo but who had           :2 $cserved in Galway). Igoe and a           |2 9`Kcnumber of other RIC men had been brought from around the country by Winter                       z2 O`Jcto identify IRA men who had left their own area and were now operating in                      }2 d`LcDublin. This group of RIC men had considerable success and, in early Januar                    2 dcy,   z2 z`JcIgoe was promoted to sergeant by Colonel Winter and put in charge of this                       }2 `Lcgroup. Given their success, the IRA were very anxious to eliminate Igoe.                 y2 `IcThomas Sweeney Newell was brought to Dublin from Galway to identify Igoe                     2 c-  2 c  ------ 2 `cSee Jan    2 c- 2 c07   2 c- 2 c21/3.  ---  2 c    2 `c  --- c2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa