if (vars.article.wallType === 'premium') { This list includes members of the Provisional IRA as well as subsequent splinter groups including the Continuity IRA and the Real IRA. Mr Robinson said a "document" had been delivered to his home naming the present Army Council members of the IRA. const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; 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? }; Read about our approach to external linking. , . subscriptionFinishDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.finish_at, Answer: They go upwards in achievement. [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 . Last modified August, 1996. Kieran Conway Credible Witness at the Birmingham Pub BombingsInquest? 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); DUP leader Peter Robinson will resume his job as Northern Ireland first minister after stepping aside in September. Mr McGuinness was absent from the chamber for most of the two-hour debate. })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-KJF4'); At the General Army Convention in May 2005, The Sunday Times reported that the following changes were made to the IRA Army Council:[6], The Sunday Times reported in July 2005 that security sources believed that the current Army Council consisted of:[7]. 2023 BBC. } }); '&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= if (flipPayJsUrl) { const grantedBy = Object.keys(purchase).filter(function (key) { 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. The IRA refers to several paramilitary factions dedicated to Irish republicanism and independence. The founding members of the Provisional IRA were long-serving Republicans. Under the cover of parliamentary privilege, DUP deputy leader Peter Robinson named 16 men who, he claimed, were the people presently in charge of the Provisional IRA.Mr Robinson\u0026#039;s revelation came during the motion of \u0026#039;no confidence\u0026#039; in Sinn Fein minister of education Martin McGuinness, tabled last week by the DUP after Mr McGuinness admitted being second-in-command of the IRA in Derry at the time of Bloody Sunday.Mr Robinson said a \u0026amp;quot;document\u0026amp;quot; had been delivered to his home naming the present Army Council members of the IRA.\u0026amp;quot;It indicates the Chief of Staff is Thomas Murphy, the Assistant Chief is Brian Keenan. meteredAccess: purchase.metered_paywall, Recruitment was another Provisional IRA objective but this proved less difficult the tensions and violence of the early 1970s drove many young people straight into the ranks of the Provos. Operational decisions are made by a central command cadre of approximately 40 middle-ranking members. [citation needed], On February 20, 2005, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell publicly named Ferris, Gerry Adams, and Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fin's chief negotiator, as members of the Army Council during a radio interview. Publisher: Alpha History Formed in January 1970, the Provisionals were responsible for most of the Republican violence and terrorism carried out between 1971 and 1999. The most significant figure was Sen Mac Stofin, . subscriptionStartDate: purchase.granted_by_purchase.original_start_at, Between 1970 and 1972 the Provisional IRA expanded its numbers to at least 1,000 men. 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Accessed December 18, 2015. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ira/inside/org.html, Irish Republican Army. Federation of American Scientists. One might observe, in parentheses, that the Spectator article headed Cold-Blooded Killer comes at a convenient time for the British government, given the fact that Adams is currently on a high-profile visit to the United States. Profile Last Updated: 1/7/2016, P.O. Other IRA Army Council members have similarly chosen to distance themselves from the IRA armed struggle and its fighters by totally denying membership and leadership of the IRA and in doing so . Mr Robinson said Mr McGuinness was Chief-of-Staff of the IRA between 1978 and 1982 when republicans under his command murdered 327 people. Did a single Sinn Finer - feminist, radical, would-be democrat - oppose Storey's diktat? One was future Sinn Fein leader Martin McGuinness: he mistakenly joined the Official IRA in 1970 only to cross over to the Provisionals shortly after. The Provisional IRA was formed in late 1969 by young militant Republicans. script.type = 'text/javascript'; The IRA Army Council was the decision-making body of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, more commonly known as the IRA, a paramilitary group dedicated to bringing about the end of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Mac Stofin was himself an unlikely Irish Republican. !subscriberCookie.subscriptionStatus ? THE MACKENZIE INSTITUTE 12) Attempt to save face by constantly glorifying past fighters and murderers whose campaign of terror and their own deaths were in the end for nothing. There have been many official reports on the IRA and its army council since decommissioning and they have not always agreed with each other. } 'none' : 'registration'; Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has said the IRA's so-called army council must be disbanded. The Provisional IRA began to take shape in early 1970. The British use of internment and incidents like the Falls curfew (July 1970) and Bloody Sunday (January 1972) inspired hundreds of volunteers. Mankind Is Sleepwalking Into a New and Unpromising Era, Sean Boyne. const selectedRegional = localStorage.getItem('selectedRegionals'); "There are, of course, enormous and urgent issues to be dealt with around the existence of armed groups, paramilitaries and criminality. Mr Robinson described Mr McGuinness as "the Bogside Butcher" and alleged that as a "trigger man" he was responsible for the deaths of 12 soldiers. const subscriberCookieName = 'subscriber'; "We sought an up to date assessment by the PSNI and security services to inform our future decisions. Uncovering the Irish Republican Army. Janes Intelligence Review. Its Northern Ireland carry onmurdering! The most significant figure was Sen Mac Stofin, who became the first Provisional IRA chief of staff, or de facto leader, in December 1969. ","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/"}]} On February 20, 2005, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell publicly named Ferris, Gerry Adams, and Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fin's chief negotiator, as members of the Army Council during a radio interview. [citation needed], On 20 February 2005 during a radio interview, Irish Justice Minister Michael McDowell publicly named Martin Ferris, Gerry Adams, and Martin McGuinness, Sinn Fin's chief negotiator, as members of the Army Council. Daithi OConaill was from Cork in the Republic of Ireland, a lifelong IRA member and its former chief of staff during the 1950s. Paul Lever, a senior diplomat with responsibility for security and intelligence in the Cabinet Office at Downing Street, also said that three of the seven-member army council, particularly Thomas Slab Murphy, expressed reservations about bringing the campaign of violence to a halt. File photograph: Crispin Rodwell. Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers: "The Provisional IRA of The Troubles is well beyond recall". The day-to-day operations of the IRA are conducted by a seven-person Army Council, which includes the chief of staff, the adjutant general, and the quartermaster general. "It indicates the Chief of Staff is Thomas Murphy, the Assistant Chief is Brian Keenan. subscriptionStartDate: '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z', if (event.detail.object.access === true) { The police's belief that current IRA members were involved in the killing led to a political crisis. But there's more: discover your full benefits now. 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