NORAID, officially the Irish Northern Aid Committee, is an Irish American membership organization founded after the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1969. The organization states its mission is to aid in the creation of a United Ireland in the spirit of the 1916 Easter Proclamation and to support the Northern Ireland Peace process.
NORAID, officially the Irish Northern Aid Committee, is an Irish American membership organization founded after the start of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in 1969. The organization states its mission is to aid in the creation of a United Ireland in the spirit of the 1916 Easter Proclamation and to support the Northern Ireland Peace process.
During the Troubles, NORAID was known for raising funds for the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Nationalist relief groups such as Green Cross and An Cumann Cabrach. However, the organization faced a steep decline due to bad publicity from news outlets, the general public, and the U.S., British, and Irish governments as a result of allegations that it was a front organization that used donations to fund the importation of arms for the conflict by the IRA. Although NORAID gained notoriety in the conflict, the IRA also raised a ton of money from criminal activities within Ireland to sustain its campaign.
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