Claim: A former active IRA member is now serving as a Conservative party councillor.
Fact-check: It's true that a Conservative councillor in Croydon is a former member of the IRA - Full Fact
Verdict: correct. she defected from the ira in 1972 and became a conservative councillor in 2002.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2019-11-19T00:00:00