Provisional IRA

The Provisional IRA was the most professional, most dangerous in Europe and loyalism withstood it all.

Ireland: UDA questions police effectiveness as loyalists get restless 2010

Although the groups still do not maintain a threat comparable to that of the Provisional IRA, the continuing cycle of death and devastation suggest something else.

Michael Evans: Arrest in Belfast: Will Violence Ever Cease? Michael Evans 2011

McKevitt was the Provisional IRA's so-called 'quartermaster' until the late 1990s during which he was in charge of its guns, explosives and ammunition dumps.

Real IRA founder denies receiving tip off 2011

The group, comprising former members of the Provisional IRA, vowed to embark on a bombing campaign.

New Irish terror groups are threat to UK, warn police 2011

Another prime ministerial file carries details of a message sent in secret on 6 July 1981 via MI6 to the leadership of the Provisional IRA in an attempt to negotiate a deal that would end the hunger strike.

Thatcher cabinet 'wobbled' over IRA hunger strikers 2011

"A few disgruntled members of the Provisional IRA did join the groups during their early days, but the vast majority of volunteers, along with the overwhelming majority of Northern Irish citizens, are simply tired of the violence."

Michael Evans: Arrest in Belfast: Will Violence Ever Cease? Michael Evans 2011

I had decided to go to Belfast at the end of a trip I had made to report on Michael Flannery, the elderly New York-based leader of NORAID, the American branch of the Provisional IRA, who had been named grand marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade in spite of -- or because of -- his acquittal on federal gunrunning charges.

John R. MacArthur: Of the IRA and the Afghan War 2010

The killings became a seismic moment in the history of the Troubles and helped to increase the popularity of the Provisional IRA in the province.

Put McGuinness in dock too, say British officers 2010

The Provisional IRA and Irish National Liberation Army INLA members had launched a hunger strike in the Maze prison with five demands for their political status to be recognised, including the right not to wear a uniform or do prison work.

National Archives: Britain lobbied pope to intervene in IRA hunger strike 2010

I had decided to go to Belfast at the end of a trip I had made to report on Michael Flannery, the elderly New York-based leader of NORAID, the American branch of the Provisional IRA, who had been named grand marshal of the St. Patrick's Day parade in spite of -- or because of -- his acquittal on federal gunrunning charges.

John R. MacArthur: Of the IRA and the Afghan War 2010