disaster for the IRA to contend with. The volume of material stolen, and the massive hunt to recover it that followed, turned up all the stolen ammunition and weapons plus more, along with the IRA volunteers attempting to store it. The positive effect on morale that the raid had made evaporated. The day after the raid the Irish Minister for Justice, Gerald Boland, at an emergency session of the Dáil introduced the Emergency Powers bill to reinstate internment, Military Tribunal, and executions for IRA members. It was rushed through and given its third reading the next day creating the Emergency Powers Act. See also The Emergency Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) Sabotage Campaign (IRA) Northern Campaign (IRA) Footnotes Further information/sources Mark M. Hull, Irish Secrets. German Espionage in Wartime Ireland 1939–1945, Dublin:Irish Academic Press, 2003, IRA volunteer Liam Brady's recollection of the Christmas Raid and the part he played in it, available here. Irish Republican Army campaigns History of County Dublin Guerrilla warfare 1939 in Ireland Military raids Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) Battles and conflicts without fatalities Phoenix Park December 1939 events Conflicts in 1939