The Arms Crisis or Arms Trial (Irish: Géarchéim na nArm or Triail na nArm) was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970, when two cabinet ministers — Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney — were removed from office for allegedly attempting to illegally import arms for the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland.
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