There is one thing that Leo Varadkar can do as Taoiseach that his predecessor could not: he can offer a State apology for the execution without trial of Rory O’Connor, Liam Mellows, Richard Barrett, and Joe McKelvey during the Civil War.
That’s the opinion of Ronan McGreevy Irish Times Journalist, Historian, and Author of the book “Great Hatred: The Assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson MP”
