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Organisation: Provisional Army Council

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

McDonald: 'The war is over, I run the party'

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McDonald: 'The war is over, I run the party'

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald insists 'the war is over' despite Garda Commissioner Drew Harris’s comments linking the party to the Provisional Army Council.

Varadkar calls on McDonald to disband IRA Provisional Army Council

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Varadkar calls on McDonald to disband IRA Provisional Army Council
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Sinn Féin are too hot to handle for potential coalition partners seeking power
Report on North’s terror groups - Another test for Sinn Féin credibility
Northern Crisis: PIRA members involved in crime but not terrorism

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Northern Crisis: PIRA members involved in crime but not terrorism
Northern Crisis: Peter Robinson resumes Stormont duties

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Northern Crisis: Peter Robinson resumes Stormont duties
DUP: IRA ruling council must disband

The DUP today demanded a clear end to the IRA’s ruling army council after senior police warned judging its disbandment may be difficult.

Sun, 10 Aug, 2008

No plans to take IRA off banned list - Brown

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today said he had "no plans" to make the IRA legal amid calls for the status of some paramilitary groups to be reviewed.

Wed, 25 Jun, 2008

A blast from the past ... the IRA father figure overtaken by history

IN THE foreword to Joe Cahill: A Life in the IRA (O’Brien Press, 25), Brendan Anderson explains that Cahill, a former chief of staff of the Provisional IRA, spoke to him “frankly about those things that he is free to speak about”.

Sat, 23 Nov, 2002

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