The IRA
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| Originally published | 1970 |
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| Authors | Tim Pat Coogan |
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| ID | 2066434 |
About The IRA
"The Irish Republican Army (IRA) (Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann[1]) was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916. . . .
Army's IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci admitted killing suspected informer
...By Jennifer O LearyBBC Spotlight reporterThe man suspected of being one of the Army s top agents within The Ira admitted in 1990 that he had shot dead a suspected informer...
John Caldwell: Seven men in court over attempted murder of detective
... Mr Carron and Mr Coyle are further accused of belonging to The Ira...
John Caldwell: Seven men charged with attempted murder
... The PSNI say the 38 and 45-year-olds are also charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, namely The Ira...
Rachel Reeves unveils Labour's Joe Biden-inspired economic strategy
... And Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch has written to her US counterpart complaining The Ira package would " harm multiple economies across the world"...
Is the UK too late to beat the US in the global trade war?
... The Ira and other policies are designed to capture the clean energy transition and channel the benefits of these changes to areas that have been left behind...
Stakeknife: Who was Army's top IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci?
... The year was 1990 and Mr Scappaticci s double-life as an agent within The Ira was approaching an end...
Timeline: Why is America so interested in Northern Ireland?
... He suggests any arms deals with the RUC will benefit The Ira as its supporters will stir up publicity for fundraising, in turn deepening the conflict...
Stakeknife: Alleged Army agent in IRA Freddie Scappaticci dies
...By Julian O NeillBBC News NI home affairs correspondentThe man suspected of once being the army s top agent within The Ira, Freddie Scappaticci, has died...
Aidan McAnespie killing: Ex-soldier Holden avoids jail over Troubles shooting
A former soldier has been given a suspended sentence for killing A Man in a shooting at an Army checkpoint in Northern Ireland almost 35 years ago.
David Holden is the.
The Victim of the 1988 shooting was 23-year-old Aidan Mcanespie .
He was killed by a bullet which ricocheted off The Road and hit him in the back at a County Tyrone checkpoint.
Holden was sentenced to three years in prison but The Judge suspended the term for three years.
Mr McAnespie was walking through checkpoint in The Village of Aughnacloy on His Way to attend a Gaelic Football match when the fatal shot was fired.
Holden was found guilty of his manslaughter in November Last Year .
During The Trial , the defendant had claimed The Shooting was an accident and that he did not intend to fire his weapon.
Holden claimed his hands were wet at The Time and his finger slipped on The Trigger of his machine gun, discharging three shots
However, The Judge said that The Accused had given a " deliberately false account" of The Incident which he found " entirely unconvincing".
Convicting him, He Said he considered the defendant " criminally culpable" of gross negligence manslaughter, beyond any Reasonable Doubt .
Holden, who is now in his early 50s, was 18 years old at The Time of The Shooting on 21 February, 1988.
He was a member of the Grenadier Guards and was carrying out his first day of checkpoint duties.
The manslaughter trial heard that Holden did not realise the machine gun was cocked.
The Trial was also told that Mr McAnespie known to security forces as a " person of interest" as he was suspected of being a member of The Ira .
Source of news: bbc.com