Im afraid that History has shown that Derry people will always vote for IRA murderers over Victims, regardless of how many Human Rights atrocities perpetrated by the IRA. The nine suspected New IRA figures charged with directing terrorism are Kevin Barry Murphy,50, Davy Jordan, 49, Damien McLaughlin, 44, Gary Hayden, 48, Joe Barr, 44, Shea Reynolds , 26, Paddy McDaid, 50, Sharon Jordan, 45, and Mandy Duffy, 49. The violence, sparked by police. Police in the North arrested four men last August in connection with an ongoing investigation into activities of the New IRA. As soon as it became possible to vote for those virile IRA persons who had made their contribution to the IRAs campaign of mass murder of civilians without even counting the number of police or soldiers murdered Derry people gave a handsome electoral reward to the men and women of murder, largely dumping the impotent and pacifist SDLP party that had operated without guns, bombs or murder Thanks for everything, John, but no thanks.. O'Doherty served 15 years in jail for a letter bomb campaign in England in 1976. The IRA intimidated the Derry Peace People leader Margaret Doherty out of her home in the Bogside, The IRA even discussed murdering another Bogside resident, local Member of Parliament and SDLP leader John Hume. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away. There have been a number of other organisations that have used the IRA name, often prompted by ideological differences and groups splintering off. This rhetoric is commonplace online but has also made it onto the streets. Email Explainer: The New IRA and their not-so-new belief in violent republicanism. Pic: AP, A member of the Saoradh Colour Party at a 2022 commemoration of the Easter Rising, Lyra McKee was covering riots in Londonderry when she was shot dead, Children ran in 'sheer terror' as detective was shot, Sinn Fin condemns Omagh shooting 'outright and utterly', claimed to have carried out the bomb attack, bomb was placed near the car of a female police officer. Another bomb attack occurred a few days after the attempted murder of two PSNI officers in November 2022, when a viable device was left outside a police station in Derry. So, dont be surprised that Derry is the incubator of the IRA that murdered a female journalist recently. Oglaigh na hireann was itself a splinter from the Real IRA which was involved in the 1998 Omagh bombing which killed 29 people including a woman heavily pregnant with twin girls. The Belfast and Derry IRA For various reasons, including some difficulties with infiltration in Belfast, the IRA altered its units in Belfast and Derry city into smaller cells by the. This is a list of members of the Irish Republican Army. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, A statement linking dissident republican group the New IRA to the shooting of senior PSNI officer John Caldwell has appeared on a wall in Derry. For an abbreviated list of IRA lies that Derry people love, see here. The two officers were interrogated and released unharmed 18 hours later. The New IRA has purportedly claimed responsibility in a letter posted in Derry for the shooting of off-duty PSNI officer John Caldwell in Omagh, Co Tyrone. 26 June 1970: three members and two young girls (the daughters of one of the volunteers) were killed when an IRA bomb prematurely exploded in a house in Creggan, Derry. The New IRA's power base is generally believed to be in the Creggan area of Derry, where Lyra McKee was murdered, but it reaches further than that and goes out into communities across North and . 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An issue now for law enforcement both North and South of the border is that the Good Friday Agreement and the broader peace process led to a fracturing of armed Republican groups. The Strange Case of Witness O at the Birmingham Pub Bombings Inquest, Thomas Ashe Mellon III the new Martin McGuinness. The New IRA was established in 2012 when members of the Real IRA, Republican Action Against Drugs and a number of independent republicans came together. What is certain is that the New IRA has grown in numbers and armaments despite infiltration of its ranks by suspectedMI5 agent Dennis McFadden. 20 April 1994: an RUC officer was killed when the IRA fired a horizontal mortar at a British Army/RUC mobile patrol in the Waterside area of Derry. PSNI Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in November 2020 New IRA claiming responsibility . Over 5,000 readers like you already have stepped up. There is an old saying often touted at police officers in the North and garda in the South: that IRA activists only need to be lucky once. After Bloody Sunday, it might be imagined that Derry would have forever become a monument to Civil Rights pacifism in honour of the marchers murdered that day, but in fact that was never going to happen. Under McGlinchy's leadership the INLA enjoyed it's most successful military period. Read more:Children ran in 'sheer terror' as detective was shotSinn Fin condemns Omagh shooting 'outright and utterly'. For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can make a difference. Derry had a taste of the IRA way and preferred it. Eamonn Mallie unfairly attacks England bomber Martina Anderson, The National Union of Journalists and the Pat Finucane Centre. The difference between Unionist and Nationalist pales into insignificance when one is faced with this kind of savagery where a man is sent to his death at breakfast by a teenage gunman. Recalling the explosion in Children of the Troubles (published last year by Joe Duffy and Freya McClements), McCools son, John recalled being in the living room of his home. Henry Hensey McKenna, can be seen in the picture below, grey hair, behind the forward gunman at Jim Lynagh's funeral in 1987 as it passed through Emyvale . ", 8 March 1989: two British soldiers were killed and six others badly wounded when their vehicle struck a massive IRA landmine on the, 28 January 1990: a civilian (Charles Love) was killed when he was hit by debris when an IRA bomb exploded on Derry's walls during a march to commemorate Bloody Sunday. McKearney was a member of the Provisional IRA for 15 years until he left in 1986, choosing to remain independent, and has addressed republican events and commemorations throughout Ireland. Saoradh denies the links with the New IRAs violence but a member of its group was charged with the attempted murder of two police officers in a bomb attack in Strabane last November. Whether the motive was sectarian or just criminal, police say the New IRA is the "primary focus" of their investigation after an off-duty officer was shot in Northern Ireland. The unverified statement, signed 'T O'Neill', a signature that has been used by the 'New IRA' in the past, was posted on a wall in Derry at the weekend. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible Former IRA member Tommy McMahon was imprisoned for life for Dickie's murder, but was released in August 1998 under the Good Friday Agreement. IRA Commemorations & Sinn Fin Cheerleaders, Gerry Adams and GOD Why the IRA hasnt Repented. A 10th suspect, Issam Bassalat, 62, a Palestinian doctor based in Scotland, has also been arrested and stands accused of preparation of terrorist acts. Before it took place, there was in all probability a meeting, a discussion, a decision taken and a man designated to do the deed. Perhaps these deaths may help to unite all people in our community who are prepared to take a public stand for Christian values. The three IRA members were working on an incendiary device at McCools home at Dunree Gardens in the Creggan in June 1970 when it exploded prematurely. Having had the opportunity to speak to thousands of students around Europe in recent years, I find many that many of them can recall Derry/Londonderry as the site of one of the IRAs most infamous attacks the Human Bomb attack involving Patsy Gillespie who was chained to a car bomb and ordered to drive it to an army checkpoint where Derry IRA volunteers including a member of a well-known republican family set off the bomb by remote control, blowing Patsy Gillespie and a number of British soldiers to fragments. The highest position was occupied by the Brigade's officer commanding, the top IRA ranking in the city. The Mid-Ulster MP was to speak in the Bogside before handing herself in to police but was arrested earlier and went on to serve four months in Armagh prison. The NUJ Glasgow branch held a vigil for those wishing to pay their respects for the slain journalist. The New IRA strategy is becoming clear it is focused on PSNI officers. He states that of the IRA and INLA members he knew, almost half were dead or missing by the end of the conflict. Bassalat claims he only made contact with republicans in Northern Ireland because he thought he was going over to speak at a Palestinian solidarity meeting in County Tyrone. His sisters who were in bed upstairs died in the explosion while he survived along with another sister, Sinead (4) and his mother, Josie. "The IRA's mandate for armed struggle derives from Britain's denial of the fundamental right of the Irish people to national self-determination and sovereignty," it said. No injuries were reported, but 30 families were evacuated from the area as army technical experts performed forensic examinations on the abandoned vehicle. In January 2019, police blamed the New IRA after a bomb placed in a van exploded outside the courthouse in Derry. In his homily at the funeral Mass, Bishop Daly said the following: The death we mourn today is not just the act of an individual but of an organisation. The US Navy ran a US naval communications station in Derry until 1977. They were justified in defending themselves and I believe I was justified in assisting their defence. The real antagonism between the IRA leadership and the Civil Rights movement is captured in a Guardian press report from Belfast when IRA members forcefully crashed a Civil Rights platform and took over the meeting. The oldest of the modern-day splinter republican paramilitary groups is the Continuity IRA, which was formed in 1986 following a split with the Provisional IRA. That could be in line with members' concerns around advanced electronic communications tracking systems used by MI5 and other agencies.. unless otherwise stated. Members of Republican Sinn Fin stand on Dublins OConnell Street during their Easter Rising commemoration on Monday. The Town That Loves the IRA So Well The Northern Ireland Troubles. Members of the local age friendly community are being invited to take part in a consultation for an Age-Friendly Strategy and Action Plan 2022-2025 for Derry and Strabane. The New Irish Republican Army, . The political party Saoradh had organised the parade to commemorate hunger strikes. Today, SDU detectives will be chatting to contacts and visiting suspected New IRA members at their homes, while analysts will be going up on phones to listen and monitor dissident activities. 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