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In the wake of the Arms Crisis in 1970 O'Malley succeeded Micheál Ó Móráin as Minister for Justice. During his tenure at Justice O'Malley started to tackle the problem of the Irish Republican Army. He wanted to introduce internment without trial for IRA suspects in the Republic but his plans were scrapped due to the controversial nature of this new legislation. Because of his hard-line on the IRA he was the subject of an ongoing assassination threat and was forced to carry a loaded pistol and was frequently moved from house to house.