Irish People's Liberation Organisation
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The Irish People's Liberation Organisation was a small Irish socialist republican paramilitary organisation formed in 1986 by disaffected and expelled members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), whose factions coalesced in the aftermath of the supergrass trials. It developed a reputation for intra-republican and sectarian violence as well as criminality, before being forcibly disbanded by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1992.
Irish People's Liberation Organisation | |
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Leaders | Jimmy Brown, Gerard Steenson Sammy Ward (IPLOBB Leader), Martin O'Prey |
Dates of operation | 1986 – May 1992 |
Split from | Irish National Liberation Army |
Group(s) | Republican Socialist Collective (political wing) |
Active regions | Ireland |
Ideology | Irish republicanism Left-wing nationalism Revolutionary socialism |
Size | 150–200 |
Opponents | United Kingdom
Ulster loyalist paramilitaries Provisional IRA Irish National Liberation Army |
Battles and wars | The Troubles |
Some of the IPLO's most notable attacks during its short existence were:
- the Orange Cross shooting in which IPLO gunmen killed a member of the Red Hand Commando and injured an Ulster Defence Regiment soldier;
- the 1991 Donegall Arms shooting when they fired indiscriminately on a Protestant-owned pub, killing two Protestant civilians and injuring four others;[1] and
- the assassination of outspoken loyalist politician and Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) member George Seawright in November 1987.[2]
On 1 May 1990 the IPLO became a proscribed organisation by the British government.[3] Although officially disbanded, the IPLO retains that classification under the Terrorism Act 2000.[4][failed verification]