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Monday 2 October 2023 Dublin: 14°C

# IRA

This year
2023
# 12 July
Looking back at the Drumcree dispute 25 years on, as the DUP attempts to reignite debate
The Drumcree Dispute brought violence and horror on Northern Ireland for years that ultimately resulted in the death of three young boys.
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Jul 15th 2023, 9:00 PM
# memorial event
Sinn Féin MP tells IRA commemoration that ‘right to remember’ dead must apply to everyone
John Finucane’s solicitor father Pat was gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries inside the family home in 1989.
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Jun 12th 2023, 8:17 AM
# The Troubles
'Absolutely horrendous': Woman who witnessed father being shot by IRA denied Troubles' scheme
Jeanitta McCabe witnessed her father being shot multiple times in her family home in 1990, but this has not been deemed a ‘Troubles-related incident’.
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Jun 5th 2023, 11:17 AM
# columba mcveigh
Ministers visit Co Monaghan bog where search for remains of Columba McVeigh continues
Columba McVeigh was just 19 when he was murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975.
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May 29th 2023, 7:00 PM
# Assassination Plot
FBI files reveal threat to kill Queen Elizabeth during 1983 visit to California
The file states the man claimed he was going to attempt to harm the queen ‘by dropping some object off the Golden Gate Bridge onto the royal yacht Britannia’.
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May 26th 2023, 1:11 PM
# british army
Freddie Scappaticci, alleged to have been IRA 'Stakeknife' informer, has died
In 2003, ‘Stakeknife’ was widely named as Freddie Scappaticci.
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Apr 11th 2023, 8:13 PM
# Gardaí
Gardaí probe 'significant' new leads in relation to murder of prison officer by IRA in 1980s
Stack was a prison officer who was killed by the IRA in 1984.
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Mar 27th 2023, 4:58 PM
# War of Independence
Forgotten 10 member Thomas Bryan honoured with commemerative plaque at Dublin family home
The young IRA volunteer fought in the war of Independence and was hanged this day 102 years ago.
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Mar 14th 2023, 12:32 PM
# Civil War
Micheál Martin says Ballyseedy massacre was 'premeditated murder, nothing less'
The Tánaiste was speaking at an event to commemorate the events at Ballyseedy.
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Mar 4th 2023, 6:35 PM
Last year
2022
# Northern Ireland
Condemnation after woman asks Arlene Foster for selfie before chanting 'Up the Ra'
The IRA tried to kill Foster’s father and blow up her school bus
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Nov 21st 2022, 3:25 PM
# Jerry McCabe
Widow of Garda killed by IRA dismisses Sinn Fein president’s comments
Ann McCabe, whose husband Jerry McCabe was killed in 1996, said that in her view, ‘murder is murder’.
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Nov 7th 2022, 12:20 PM
# hate crime
Desecration of wreaths and tributes at site of Co Down atrocity condemned
18 British soldiers were killed at Narrow Water in an IRA bomb attack in 1979.
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Sep 25th 2022, 4:58 PM
# Belfast
Four men arrested by NI police in connection with investigation into New IRA
The men – aged 27, 30, 51 and 62 – were arrested in Belfast under the Terrorism Act.
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Aug 24th 2022, 1:47 PM
# statement
Larne player leaves the club after controversy over pro-IRA slogan
John Herron has departed ‘by mutual agreement’.
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Aug 22nd 2022, 11:26 PM
# birmingham bombings
Police lose bid for journalist’s Birmingham bombing material
The ruling was handed down at the Old Bailey today.
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Mar 22nd 2022, 11:35 AM
# Limerick
Detective Garda Ben O’Sullivan, who survived 1996 IRA armed robbery laid to rest
Mr O’Sullivan was shot 11 times when an IRA gang opened fire with machine guns – his colleague Jerry McCabe was killed.
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Feb 28th 2022, 8:57 PM
All time
# State Papers
Real IRA not ‘overly active’, Ahern told Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb
The bombing was the single greatest loss of life of the Troubles.
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Dec 30th 2021, 10:36 AM
# The Troubles
Decommissioning demands during first IRA ceasefire ‘were pointless’
Senior security figures told Irish officials two months before the ceasefire ended that the insistence on prior decommissioning was unnecessary.
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Dec 29th 2021, 2:25 PM
# IRA
'The trouble is that Gaddafi is mad': State papers reveal extent of Libya's support for PIRA
Gardai estimated there were six major arms shipments from Libya to the Provisional IRA.
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Dec 28th 2021, 6:30 AM
# Don Tidey
Gardaí involved in rescue of IRA kidnap victim honoured almost 40 years on
Garda Commissioner Drew Harris presented the Scott medal, the force’s highest honour, to 15 deceased and serving members of An Garda Síochána.
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Sep 24th 2021, 3:42 PM
# IRA
Investigation into IRA murder of Tom Oliver uncovers new DNA evidence
The farmer was shot dead in July 1991.
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Jul 19th 2021, 2:40 PM
# Joe McCann
Statements of former paratroopers excluded from murder trial of ex-IRA man
Joe McCann, 24, was shot dead as he ran away from the police and Army in Belfast in April 1972.
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Apr 30th 2021, 1:39 PM
# Gaddafi
Victims of Libyan-sponsored IRA bombings publish own report on compensation bid
The UK government refused to publish a Foreign Office ordered probe into efforts to secure payouts for the injured and bereaved.
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Apr 14th 2021, 7:05 AM
# bobby storey
Bobby Storey funeral: O'Neill will not be prosecuted as Foster calls for PSNI chief to resign
The PPS has said it will not bring any charges after considering evidence on 24 people.
No charges to be brought in relation to the funeral
NI's DPP says Covid-19 regulations at the time of the funeral had become 'inconsistent'
O'Neill apologises for what she said was the hurt caused to families as a result of the incident
Foster has claimed the PSNI 'facilitated a breach of the law'
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Mar 30th 2021, 5:21 PM
# Bobby sands
'It doesn't diminish': The legacy of the 1981 hunger strikes, 40 years on
This Monday will mark 40 years since Bobby Sands went on hunger strike.
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Feb 27th 2021, 12:05 AM
# Report
UK government pressed over victims of IRA attacks linked to Libyan explosives
A report on compensation to UK victims of Gaddafi-sponsored IRA terrorism was delivered to government last year.
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Jan 11th 2021, 7:17 AM
# The Troubles
IRA did not want Sinn Fein to get involved with backchannel peace talks with the British
State papers reveal that IRA chiefs did not like the socialism of Sinn Fein’s “urban-based leadership”.
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Dec 27th 2020, 8:00 AM
# Arlene Foster
Taoiseach to meet NI First Minister over claims of Irish state's collusion in IRA murders
Arlene Foster sought a meeting with the Taoiseach on the issue in a letter.
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Dec 6th 2020, 6:08 PM
# PAC chair
Brian Stanley apologises for IRA tweets: We need to talk about the past in a way that doesn't deepen division
The Sinn Féin TD repeated his apology for a tweet he sent over the weekend about two IRA attacks.
Stanley repeated his apology for his tweet about two IRA attacks on the British Army.
The PAC chairman told his colleagues he was sorry for the position he had put them in.
Ceann Comhairle tells Arlene Foster that Brian Stanley tweet was 'disrespectful' and requires 'credible political response'
McDonald says she won't ask SF TD to step down as chair of PAC following tweet about IRA attacks
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Dec 2nd 2020, 5:06 PM
# Brian Stanley
McDonald says she won't ask SF TD to step down as chair of PAC following tweet about IRA attacks
Brian Stanley has apologised for the tweet about IRA attacks on the British Army.
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Dec 1st 2020, 9:01 AM
# War of Independence
Bloody Sunday: How the senseless attack in Croke Park hastened the end of British rule
We take a look at the events of that day, using newspaper reports and archive material.
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Nov 21st 2020, 6:00 PM
# Public Inquiry
UK Home Secretary to meet with Birmingham pub bombings families amid calls for new inquiry
In April 2019, an inquest jury found a botched IRA warning call led to the deaths of 21 people unlawfully killed in the atrocity in 1974.
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Oct 19th 2020, 7:34 AM
# Special Criminal Court
Man who supplied car in IRA operation to put bomb under PSNI officer's jeep sentenced to three years
Robert O’Leary previously said “never in a million years” would he be involved with the IRA.
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Oct 16th 2020, 2:31 PM
# Dissidents
Three suspected dissident republicans arrested on suspicion of being part of 'unlawful organisation'
Up to 40 gardaí were involved in the operation.
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Sep 30th 2020, 2:58 PM
# Courts
Man who supplied vehicle to place bomb under PSNI officer's car found guilty of IRA membership
Robert O’Leary described himself as a “bit of an Arthur Daley”.
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Sep 7th 2020, 4:20 PM
# Operation Arbacia
Nine people arrested as part of New IRA investigation
Gardaí carried out searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry as part of the operation.
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Aug 19th 2020, 8:58 AM
# Courts
Man denies IRA membership charge relating to bomb placed under PSNI officer's car
The charge relates to the discovery of an explosive device under the officer’s car at Shandon Park Golf Club in east Belfast.
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Jul 15th 2020, 4:55 PM
# Limerick
Man (50s) arrested for 'knowingly assisting the IRA' and firearm possession
Two handguns, documentation and a significant amount of cash were seized by gardaí.
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Jun 26th 2020, 11:00 PM
# fairview park
Dublin statue of IRA leader Sean Russell is cleaned after being painted with rainbow colours
Dublin City Council says it has “a duty of care for all our public sculptures and statues”.
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Jun 23rd 2020, 3:35 PM
# garda commissioner
Drew Harris says he has 'no regrets' over his comments about IRA Army Council and Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said the ‘war is over, the IRA is off the stage’.
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Feb 26th 2020, 6:15 PM
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