The IRA
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| Originally published | 1970 |
| 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. . . .
The Laird of Tomintoul: £5m police fraudster who lorded over village
... He syphoned off money from funds aimed at combating The Ira, according to a source close to the case, as he managed to orchestrate having control of the spending...
The Disappeared: Search for IRA murder victim Columba McVeigh ends
...By Julian O NeillBBC News NI crime and justice correspondentA sixth search for the remains of Columba McVeigh, who was murdered and secretly buried by The Ira almost 50 years ago, has ended in County Monaghan without success...
The Troubles: 'Forgiving my sister's IRA killer healed me'
...By Teresa CraigBBC News NIA woman whose teenage sister was killed by The Ira 50 years ago says she has come to forgive the gunman who shot her...
PSNI: Jon Boutcher appointed as new chief constable
... Mr Boutcher has spent the past five years overseeing an independent investigation into the activities of the Army s top spy within The Ira during the Troubles in Northern Ireland...
Tony Harrison: Family of murdered paratrooper launches legal challenge over legacy act
...By Jayne McCormackBBC News NI political correspondentThe family of an English army paratrooper shot dead by The Ira has launched a legal challenge to the government s controversial legacy act...
The ongoing legacy of 'Red Ken' Livingstone
... " Mr Livingstone revelled in being a bete noire to the right, supporting everyone from striking miners to Sinn Fein s leaders at the height of The Ira s bombing campaign...
Can fire-hit Crooked House rise from the ashes?
... " He has worked on many similar jobs including in Manchester following The Ira bombing in 1996...
Birmingham pub bombings: Relatives angry over no charge decision
... No-one has been criminally convicted for the attacks and no-one has ever admitted responsibility, but it is believed The Ira was behind them...
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