Ex-IRA man names top Provos in inquiry

A former IRA man who claimed Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was involved in supplying detonators for nail bombs on Bloody Sunday today named the top Provisionals in Derry at the time.

Ex-IRA man names top Provos in inquiry
Tue, 21 Oct, 2003 - 13:57

A former IRA man who claimed Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness was involved in supplying detonators for nail bombs on Bloody Sunday today named the top Provisionals in Derry at the time.

Paddy Ward, who claims he was the leader of the Fianna – the youth wing of the IRA in January 1972 - provided the names confidentially to the Saville Inquiry.

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CourtsSaville InquiryPlace: DerryPerson: Martin McGuinnessPerson: Paddy WardPerson: WardPerson: McGuinnessPerson: Sean KeenanPerson: KeenanPerson: ColmPerson: Gerry O’HaraPerson: Gerard DonaghyPerson: DonaghyPerson: Lord SavillePerson: ClarkePerson: Christopher ClarkePerson: Gerard DohertyPerson: Eddie DobbinsPerson: Michael ClarkePerson: Patsy MoorePerson: O’HaraEvent: Bloody SundayEvent: BloodyEvent: civil rights marchOrganisation: IRAOrganisation: Sinn FéinOrganisation: FiannaOrganisation: Creggan FiannaOrganisation: Provisional IRA
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