Accusations that Sinn Fin is controlled by the army council surfaced again recently when documents were released during Northern Irelands cash-for-ash inquiry showing one of its ministers in the Northern Executive sought approval for decisions from figures who had been members of the IRA. Publisher: Alpha History In short: Assessment of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. const eventType = event.detail.event_type; It is broken down in sub-lists of various organisations known as the IRA. Mr McGuinness was absent from the chamber for most of the two-hour debate. Box 338, Adelaide Station Most American financial support for the IRA was channeled through seemingly innocuous organisations, like the Northern Aid Committee (NORAID). userID: purchase.granted_by_app_purchase.user_id, In 2005, the Independent Monitoring Commission on Decommissioning said, based on Irish and UK government estimates, the IRA had disposed of all its weapons. The other members are Martin McGuinness, Gerard Adams, Martin Ferris, Patrick Doherty and Brian Gillen," Mr Robinson alleged. Formed in January 1970, the Provisionals were responsible for most of the Republican violence and terrorism carried out between 1971 and 1999. return grantedBy.indexOf(grant) > -1 These contradictions aside, there is one overarching conclusion reached by every report published in the last 15 years the IRAs military campaign is a thing of the past and is highly unlikely to return. The IRA has carried out hundreds of firearm and low-intensity bomb attacks. [1] Maria Gatland (born Maria McGuire 1948, Dublin, Ireland) is a councillor in the London Borough of Croydon for the Conservative Party, who has represented the South . ","articleBody":"THREE prominent Sinn Fein members of the Stormont Assembly, including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, were named in the House of Commons yesterday as members of the IRA\u0026#039;s ruling Army Council. It was alleged that its chief of staff was a Limerick man and that a number of other key members were from that county, until their expulsion. }; , . The IRA is composed of detached cells to protect against infiltration. window.IMP = window.IMP || {}; Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Unlike the Official IRA, the Provos emphasised action rather than strategy. Last modified August, 1996. observer.observe(document, { Campbell, Joseph and Eilan N Chuilleanin. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, The anti-treaty IRA subsequently split in 1969 into the Official IRA and the Provisional IRA, with the Official IRA assuming a primarily Marxist orientation and the Provisional IRA developing a moderate left-wing political agenda. return; Provisional IRA recruitment was cautious and discerning rather than haphazard, as an indiscriminate recruiting policy opened the group up to undisciplined thugs and mindless Brit haters, as well as infiltration from security forces. } bundle: 'none', if (isGrantedBy('corporate_account')) { these men formed their own breakaway leadership group called the Provisional Army Council (December 1969). The Council had seven members, said by the British and Irish governments to have included Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fin. Although Murphy denied the allegation, in 1998 he lost his resulting libel case against the newspaper. It also said that IRA members believe the Army Council oversees both the IRA and Sinn Fin. Commandant. Mankind Is Sleepwalking Into a New and Unpromising Era, Sean Boyne. In a search, they found a sawn-off shotgun loaded with two cartridges, a balaclava and a Halloween mask. [5] The Sunday Times has revealed for the first time the full list of the men who run the IRA. The Real Irish Republican Army (Real IRA, or rIRA) was formed in 1997 as a splinter group of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). userID: purchase.granted_by_corporate_account.user_id, [1] However, the IMC report also says the Army Council still exists and has not dissolved. Is it possible to be in the IRA and have no victims, as Paul OConnorclaims? Change). Profile Last Updated: 1/7/2016, P.O. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. vars.user.gigyaID = gigyaID || ''; The Council had seven members, said by the British and Irish governments to have included Gerry Adams, the president of Sinn Fin. Accessed December 18, 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/org.html, Irish Republican Army. Federation of American Scientists. return { Provo commanders carefully vetted, trained and monitored new recruits, who were required to understand and embrace the groups values and long-term mission. subscriptionFinishDate: '', ","isAccessibleForFree":"True","isPartOf":{"@type":["CreativeWork","Product"],"name":"Independent.ie","productID":"independent.ie:showcase"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Independent.ie","item":"https://m.independent.ie/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Irish News","item":"https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/"}]} The Continuity IRA broke from the Provisional IRA in 1986, with the Real IRA following in 1997. 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What exactly does the latest assessment say? THE MACKENZIE INSTITUTE vars.article.wallVisible = 'false'; In that report, a number of definitive statements were made about the IRA including that its structures remained in a much reduced form, that it is not actively recruiting and that its leadership is committed to achieving a united Ireland through peaceful means. return cookieData; He asked unionists was the debate which he described as an awful racist, sectarian, anti-Catholic bile not about having "an uppity Fenian" about the place? 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Lever met in London with the Irish ambassador Joseph Small, who said he gave the impression he was speaking with a good deal of inside information. 3. The full name for the New IRA is the New Irish Republican Army - although its members describe it as simply the Irish Republican Army. However several later reports said the group continued to hold some arms. He is also close to Brian Keenan and Brian Gillen, whom security sources say are members of the IRA army council along with Mr Adams. Senior members of Sinn Fin have been alleged to sit on the Army Council. The British use of internment and incidents like the Falls curfew (July 1970) and Bloody Sunday (January 1972) inspired hundreds of volunteers. Kenneth Lennon, IRA murder victim His case became a cause clbre in the 1970s with many left-wing groups openly claiming that the Special Branch had shot Lennon. if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { Accessed December 17, 2015. http://fas.org/irp/world/para/ira.htm. } The Provisional IRA argued for a complete abstention from the political process until a unified Ireland was achieved Emerging stronger after the split, the Provisional IRA is the group we now commonly know as the IRA. const isGrantedBy = function (grant) { She added that some individual IRA members remain involved in criminal activity, such as large scale smuggling. The report was compiled by the police and the security service, MI5. The IRA Green Book: the enemy (1977) Frustrated with the IRA's failure to defend Catholic communities, they gathered to form a Provisional Army Council. script.src = flipPayJsUrl; He was one of three senior republicans arrested and later released without charge in connection with the murder of Mr McGuigan. It added: This situation has been brought about by a conscious decision to let it fall into disuse rather than through any other mechanism.. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and British agencies claimed most of these funds were used to purchase weapons for the Provisional IRA. subscriptionStartDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', On 27 July 2005, McDowell expressed his belief that Adams, McGuinness, and Ferris had recently (within the previous few days) left the IRA Army Council. THREE prominent Sinn Fein members of the Stormont Assembly, including Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness, were named in the House of Commons yesterday as members of the IRA's ruling Army Council. 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