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During conflicts, controlling the flow of information becomes a primary goal for combatants. Ireland, during the War of Independence, was not an exception to that rule. It was a harrowing time for Irish journalists, a time in which newspaper offices were burned down, a time of reprisals, bombs, and the destruction of livelihoods.
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