Óglaigh na hÉireann (CIRA splinter group)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish for "Warriors of Ireland"; correctly abbreviated as ÓnaÉ, but often incorrectly abbreviated as ONH) is an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that split from the Continuity IRA in 2006.

In February 2006, the Independent Monitoring Commission reported that a new republican group styling itself Óglaigh na hÉireann had been formed, along with another organisation, Saoirse na hÉireann, after a split from the Continuity IRA. (The same name is also claimed by several other Irish republican paramilitary organisations as an Irish-language title, as well as by the Irish Defence Forces, the regular military forces of the Republic of Ireland; see Óglaigh na hÉireann). The report claimed that ÓnaÉ was responsible for an assault, several hoax devices, and robbery of a post office.[1]

The IMC's thirteenth report claimed that ÓnaÉ "has become more dangerously active," citing several pipe bomb attacks, and another larger bombing.[2] These were the first explosive devices ÓnaÉ had deployed. Further to the IMC's eighteenth report, which found that the organisation's criminal and terrorist activity had increased (including a further pipe bomb attack and a murder),[3] the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Shaun Woodward, announced that he would seek in parliament for ÓnaÉ to be specified by order under the terms of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act, 1998.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eighth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, London: The Stationery Office, 1 February 2006, ISBN 978-0-10-293702-2, <http://www.independentmonitoringcommission.org/documents/uploads/8th%20IMC%20Report.pdf>. Retrieved on 14 May 2008 
  2. ^ Thirteenth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, London: The Stationery Office, 30 January 2007, ISBN 978-0-10-294431-0, <http://www.independentmonitoringcommission.org/documents/uploads/Thirteenth%20Report.pdf>. Retrieved on 14 May 2008 
  3. ^ Eighteenth Report of the Independent Monitoring Commission, London: The Stationery Office, 1 May 2008, ISBN 978-0-10-295409-8, <http://www.independentmonitoringcommission.org/documents/uploads/18.%20Eighteenth%20Report.pdf>. Retrieved on 14 May 2008 
  4. ^ Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons, 14 May 2008, column 1370
 This Ireland-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
 This article related to a paramilitary organization or suspected paramilitary organization is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.