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# Provisional IRA

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# Arrest
UK police arrest man at airport in connection with IRA's 1996 Manchester bomb
Greater Manchester Police have said that the man was arrested yesterday at Birmingham Airport.
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Sep 9th 2022, 11:41 AM
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# The Troubles
Operation Kenova interim report into Troubles era murders to be published
It is reviewing a number of historic offences which occurred during the Troubles including more than 200 murders.
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Sep 30th 2021, 8:18 AM
# 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
# Provisional IRA
Drew Harris says he agrees with PSNI assessment about IRA Army Council and influence on Sinn Féin
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald reacted to Drew Harris’ comments by saying: “The war is over, the IRA is off the stage”.
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Feb 21st 2020, 4:04 PM
# hard brexit
Former Real IRA commander: Even cameras on masts would be seen as 'spy posts' in border regions
John Connolly, the group’s leader in prison in the 2000s, says things would change dramatically in the event of a hard border.
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Feb 18th 2019, 12:05 AM
# sectarian massacre
Explainer: What's happening with the inquest into the Kingsmill massacre?
Barry McElduff’s widely criticised Twitter video put the 1976 IRA massacre back in the headlines.
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Jan 13th 2018, 9:00 PM
# unique role
'As long as there is work to do we'll continue it': The lead detective searching for the remains of The Disappeared
Geoff Knupfer has a unique role. He can’t make arrests, but concentrates solely on finding bodies.
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Dec 29th 2017, 12:05 AM
# Co Monaghan
'The Disappeared' detective hopeful of new search for Columba McVeigh next year
Columba McVeigh was 17 when he was kidnapped and killed in November 1975.
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Nov 23rd 2017, 12:05 AM
# Kingsmill massacre
Over 40 years later, arrest made over sectarian massacre of 10 Protestant workers
One man survived the hail of bullets.
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Aug 5th 2016, 4:35 PM
# keiran conway
Solicitor who claimed he was in IRA to be quizzed over Birmingham pub bombings
The man is now a Dublin-based solicitor.
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Jan 22nd 2016, 6:00 AM
# A good republican
Gerry Adams: People who were involved in the IRA are not criminals
The Sinn Féin leader has been answering questions for a fourth day in a row about Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy’s conviction.
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Dec 22nd 2015, 1:49 PM
# No vacancy right now
Mary Lou's Sinn Féin leadership bid has one very important supporter
The Sinn Féin leader has given his backing to his deputy.
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Oct 29th 2015, 4:44 PM
# Actually have gone away
Mary Lou says Sinn Féin members - and not the IRA - will pick next leader
A weekend newspaper report claimed the IRA has a say in who will succeed Gerry Adams – and does not favour McDonald.
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Oct 27th 2015, 9:30 PM
# Not hacked
Sinn Féin TD defends sarcastic tweets about 'getting instructions from Army Council'
The Meath West deputy said he was “lampooning” other politicians’ criticism of his party.
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Oct 23rd 2015, 1:32 PM
# Tense scenes
Sinn Féin TD calls Micheál Martin the 'prime gurrier' of Leinster House
The status of the Provisional IRA was the subject of a tense and fraught debate in the Dáil earlier.
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Oct 21st 2015, 3:50 PM
# Army Council
'You could do this interview without me': Gerry Adams had a run-in with RTÉ earlier
The Sinn Féin leader and RTÉ presenter Áine Lawlor battled it out.
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Oct 21st 2015, 3:39 PM
# State of the Nation
Who runs Sinn Féin?
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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Oct 21st 2015, 12:00 PM
# tough talking
Mary Lou: Sinn Féin ain't going away, you know
The party’s deputy leader has hit out at attempts to “smear this proud Republican Party and our leader”.
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Aug 27th 2015, 10:45 AM
# correcting the record
The Garda Commissioner has weighed in on the existence of the IRA
Noirin O’Sullivan tonight took the unusual step of intervening in an ongoing row.
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Aug 26th 2015, 11:00 PM
Voices
Gerry Adams: 'Sinn Féin has no special responsibility to respond to allegations about the IRA'
The president of Sinn Féin says the war is over and the IRA is gone and is not coming back.
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Aug 26th 2015, 9:00 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday
A death threat by an AAA councillor, Rosanna Davison’s new book and a destroyed temple in Syria…
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Aug 25th 2015, 10:50 PM
# kevin mcguigan
Sinn Féin says Frances Fitzgerald may have broken rules with 'political smears'
Meanwhile, the Justice Minister has asked the Garda Commissioner to liaise with the PSNI in assessing the current status of the Provisional IRA.
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Aug 25th 2015, 4:30 PM
# kevin mcguigan
Sinn Féin hits back at 'cynical and wholly self-serving' attacks
Sinn Féin and Gerry Adams are coming in for criticism this morning.
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Aug 24th 2015, 4:30 PM
# Provisional IRA
Coveney: Comments about Provisional IRA criminal activity 'of real concern'
The Defence Minister said the Irish government must remain very cautious when responding to the PSNI chief’s comments.
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Aug 23rd 2015, 3:53 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
A plane crash in England, a shooting in Athy and an assault on an Irishman in Sydney had people talking today.
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Aug 22nd 2015, 8:01 PM
# peaceful
The Provisional IRA still exists but it's 'no longer engaged in terrorism'
PSNI Chief George Hamilton said the primary focus of the organisation is now promoting a peaceful, political Republican agenda.
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Aug 22nd 2015, 7:27 PM
# Sinn Féin
Gerry Adams: The IRA had nothing to do with Kevin McGuigan's murder
The Sinn Féin leader said some people are using the killing to “undermine” his party.
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Aug 22nd 2015, 7:45 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Aug 21st 2015, 4:54 PM
# Kieran Conway
Former IRA officer: 'Gardaí colluded with us during the Troubles'
The IRA’s former head of intelligence has made the claims in a new book.
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Dec 4th 2014, 10:25 AM
Voices
Opinion: How many hundreds, or thousands, would have been saved if he had lived?
The senseless death of Gordon Hamilton Fairley, a pioneering cancer specialist who was killed by an IRA bomb, remains a tragedy for us all.
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Oct 23rd 2014, 1:00 PM
Voices
Opinion: Be careful of wishing for a Sinn Féin after Gerry Adams
Adams might be the last roadblock to Sinn Féin managing to uncork its potential to conquer the left wing, working class and republican ground in Irish politics.
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May 3rd 2014, 8:00 AM
# Jean McConville
Families of 'The Disappeared' tell their stories as Adams repeats McConville denial
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is likely to face more questions about his alleged membership of the IRA in the wake of a programme broadcast on RTÉ and the BBC tonight.
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Nov 4th 2013, 11:11 PM
# brian stack
Shatter: IRA needs to cooperate with Garda investigation into prison officer killing
Gerry Adams confirmed earlier today that the IRA was responsible for the shooting dead of Brian Stack thirty years ago.
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Aug 9th 2013, 8:44 PM
# Garda Death
Adams apologises to family of Jerry McCabe and others killed by republicans
The Sinn Féin president says he is “very sorry for the pain and the loss” inflicted on families of those killed by republicans.
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Jan 29th 2013, 5:31 PM
# 1982 State Papers
Fine Gael, Sinn Féin in war of words over Dessie Ellis claims
FG chairman Charlie Flanagan said Dessie Ellis’s refusal to discuss British claims that he was involved in IRA murders were “utterly disgraceful”.
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Dec 29th 2012, 4:03 PM
# State Papers
Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis rejects allegations of involvement in 50 IRA murders
A newly-released British document claims that Ellis was involved in the murder of 50 people by the IRA in the north and south during the Troubles but he has rejected these claims.
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Dec 28th 2012, 12:42 PM
# 1982
1982: Haughey, America and "The Troubles"
Newly released documents show Ireland’s attempts to engage American President Ronald Reagan on Northern Ireland and to counter British propaganda.
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Dec 28th 2012, 7:30 AM
# Northern Ireland
Stormont to debate motion calling for Irish apology for Troubles
The DUP has tabled a motion asking Dublin to apologise for its potential involvement in events such as the killing of RUC officers.
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Sep 17th 2012, 6:45 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Dublin apologise for its role in the Troubles?
The Taoiseach is meeting with the relatives of victims of the Kingsmill Massacre this afternoon, which is expected to lead to renewed calls for an apology from the Irish government for its role in the conflict.
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Sep 13th 2012, 11:40 AM
# The Troubles
Taoiseach to meet families of 1976 Kingsmill Massacre victims
Ten men were killed when they were taken from a minibus and shot in 1976, apparently merely for being Protestant.
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Sep 13th 2012, 11:17 AM
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