The IRA
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| Originally published | 1970 |
| Authors | Tim Pat Coogan |
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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...
Stakeknife: Who was Army's top IRA spy Freddie Scappaticci?
By Julian O'NeillBBC News NI Home Affairs correspondent
Freddie Scappaticci once told one of His captives that if he had His Way he would be hung Upside Down in a cowshed and no-one would hear him squeal as he was skinned alive.
The would-be victim, Sandy Lynch, was rescued from IRA execution by The security forces.
The Year was 1990 and Mr Scappaticci's double-life as an Agent within The Ira was approaching an end.
But it would be a further 13 years before he was unmasked as Stakeknife.
Mr Scappaticci, was, for a long period, The British Army 's " golden egg" within The Ira .
Scap was born to an Italian family which came to Belfast in The 1940s.
A bricklayer by trade, he was interned without trial between 1971 and 1974.
A few years later he became a paid spy for The Army, reportedly crossing over after being beaten up by The Ira following a row with a senior member.
By The 1980s, he was operating at The Heart of The Ira , within its internal security unit.
It was known as The nutting squad because The Informers it uncovered were shot in The Head - The Nut - and their bodies dumped after interrogations involving torture.
Access to IRA SecretsHe has been, all while he was on The State payroll, and some of The Victims were fellow agents.
His position gave him access to IRA Secrets - His unit was known as The Clapham Junction of The organisation, according to one former IRA member, because everything went through it.
His life as an Agent - and involvement with The Ira - ended when its suspicions grew following The Incident involving Sandy Lynch.
But it was not until 2003 that Mr Scappaticci was outed by The media as The Agent codenamed Stakeknife.
He denied it and left Northern Ireland a Year later when a recording surfaced of him talking to journalists about senior republicans, including Martin Mcguinness .
His death, almost two decades later, has robbed victims' families of The prospect " of some semblance of justice" according to Kevin Winters, The solicitor representing many of them.
All eyes are now focused on The publication of a report into Stakeknife's activities.
It is in The Process of being compiled by Jon Boutcher, The former chief constable of Bedfordshire Police, whose Operation Kenova investigation has cost £37m.
Operation Kenova has investigated historical crimes in Northern Ireland , covering murder and torture, and The Role of The State , including MI5.
Mr Boutcher has said The Report into Stakeknife's activities will be released sometime this Year - and not before The Cabinet Office checks whether its contents will be " contrary to The Public interest or prejudicial to national security".
Will it spill any Secrets which went to The Grave with Mr Scappaticci?
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com