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A cover illustration from The Bottom Dog of Liam Cosgrave, from August 1976.

"There is no repression or police brutality" ... "I must recall the Dáil. I need more ammunition."

The Bottom Dog, subtitled "The working class paper of North Munster", was a Limerick-based left publication in the 1970s.

This issue was published in the wake of a series of instances of Garda brutality, which are detailed in the cover story. Cosgrave's Dáil recall declared a national emergency and introduced the Emergency Powers Bill, which ultimately led to the resignation President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh who had referred the act to the Supreme Court.

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