Talk:Irish National Liberation Army

message: Something should be said about the INLA Chiefs of Staff. Here is a incomplete and provisional list. Could anybody complet it? Seamus Costello (1974-1977) Dominic McGlinchey (1982-1984) Hugh Torney(-1995) Gino Gallagher(1995-)
I think you've missed out Eddie John McNichol, he was interviewed (back to camera) on Newsnight in the the 70's, I think he may have taken over in the aftermatch of Costello's assasination. 
Deadly Divisions refers to a guy called Jap (who nobody I know can put a name to) in the mid eighties who was in charge for a bit, but John O'Reilly was OC in the run up to the IPLO fued until Ta Power and him were taken out by their former comrades. I'd be fairly sure that you could put Torney's reign starting at 1987, and, for tragically obvious reasons, Gallagher's as ending in 1996.
Easy to talk about dead former comrades, and it would be wholly inappropriate to discuss people still in the movement, but it's a reasonable assumption that since Gino's death there's been a fairly continual leadership (which tied with the lack of hooding and fueding probably reflects favourably on the movement)
* It would not be 'inappropriate' to name people still in the movement (sic) if their involvement can be verified from appropriate sources. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 21:41, 15 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chiefs of Staff 

message: Bjarnulf, what other 'more powerful' but short-lived groups has their been? 
Also if you are talking about the most powerful Republican paramilitaries why do you mention the two 'protestant' (you mean Loyalist) paramilitaries behind the PIRA. Infact, both the UDA and UVF have more members than the PIRA and INLA combined.
::No tru. By all accounts, the provos have about 1500 members throughout Ireland, the UVF and UDA have about 200 each. The UDA was a mass movement (over 20,000 members) for a short time in the early 70s, but that is a long time ago now.
::Jdorney 23:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confused 

message: Does anyone have information on the INLA's recent activities?It seems this article only goes up to the end of the 20th century.Dermo69
:I've added a bit about them targetting drug dealers in Derry. As far as I can find that's all they've really done. There's a bit of debate as to whether the harrasment of the Short Strand Catholics ended because of the Conto's or the INLA.GiollaUidir 15:38, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent Activities?

message: There are a number of factual inacurracies in the article on the INLA. The most obvious is in relation to the kidnapping of John O'Grady. This operation was carries out by the then self-proclaimed 'Irish Revolutionary Brigade' which was led by Dessie O'Hare. The IRSP released a statement at the time stating that they did not support the IRB and believed that their course of action was counter-productive to the national liberation struggle at the time. I can post up the statement if anyone wants. O'Hare didnt join the INLA until the mid nineties while in prison.
Also there are a number of other small, but annoying inaccuracies that need amending! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 159.134.62.158 (talk) 15:01, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual Inacurracies 

message: Hi all, I'm rather new to the Wiki (just joined up a few days ago), but the whole WikiProject concept seems like an effective tool for gathering a group of people together to work on a specific subject. I'm primarily interested in contributing to areas related to Irish nationalism, and the Irish Republican Army, and I've noticed a few of you have quite a lot of involvement in the same area. So, I wonder if anyone would be interested in forming a WikiProject focusing on Irish Nationalism? Wikipeda:WikiProject Irish Republican Army seems like a good title to me! WP:WPIRA would be a great shortcut! I'm posting this up on many different pages, so I would especially appreciate it if, if you're interested, you would join me at User talk:Johnathan Swift#WikiProject IRA. Erin Go Bragh 06:52, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject IRA? 

message: I was trying to copyedit the lead, and I'm slightly confused. It states:
Sharing a common ideology with the Irish Republican Socialist Movement (a political wing, the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP), was formed the same day).
But the IRSM article states:
The Irish Republican Socialist Movement is an umbrella term for the political-paramilitary grouping of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the Irish National Liberation Army, prisoners who belong to either the IRSP or the INLA, the Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America, and the Republican Socialist Youth Movement.
Did the IRSM pre-date the INLA? One Night In Hackney303 13:45, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sort of. The IRSM article does make it pretty clear that it's an umbrella for the various groups, but the way the lead is worded in this article seemed to contradict that slightly. The way it's worded is that the IRSM already existed, and the INLA and IRSP shared a common ideology and then came under their banner, for want of a better term. So did the IRSM exist prior to December 1974, or was it formed as an umbrella group at the same time? One Night In Hackney303 15:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks, I figured as much just the wording confused me. One Night In Hackney303 17:17, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Lead

message: The INLA have been associating themselves publicly with the words and deeds of the ICA since early 2006. Still not appearing in this article, any particular reason why not ? Fluffy999 20:22, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Please provide references and I am sure we can weive something into the article.--Vintagekits 12:12, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: ICA

message: Not to mention in the opening paragraph of the article that the INLA was riven with feuding and was sectarian,  is indefensible. That was what it did, apart from key political murders like Airey Neave's. Any organisation that could shoot up a mission hall in South Armagh is by definition sectarian. 86.143.63.147 (talk) 10:37, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You have been told before not to add your own unsourced opinions to articles, this is not a Loyalist propaganda website. The mere mention of "ironically" means it is nothing other than your own opinion. O Fenian (talk) 12:15, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

text: I did not call you a loyalist. I said your edit was loyalist propaganda, but if the cap fits.. Please stop adding your own unsourced opinion to this, or any other, article. O Fenian (talk) 09:48, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Opening Paragraph 

message: I have added the Republic of Ireland (which bans the INLA) as an opponent as well as the LVF, as the murder/assassination/hit on Billy Wright. V. Joe (talk) 20:54, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: * Simply because they didnt view them as opponants. Can you please provide a source which outlines that they did?--Vintagekits (talk) 12:43, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: * INLA/IRSP believes in the creation of an Irish Workers' Republic in the 32 counties of Ireland. They are ideologically opposed to the Republic of Ireland as currently constituted and have carried out acts of violence in the Republic of Ireland in which members of the Gardaí  were killed. In terms of the European Union, INLA/IRSP "is totally opposed to membership of the European community" which they say "is a political structure created by the capitalists of Europe, initially at the behest of U.S. imperialism, to strengthen their hold over the European working class". I'd suggest that in its current form the 'opponents' section of the info box is pretty meaningless and should perhaps be replaced with a 'status' section as per the ETA article. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 13:15, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed various. See Talk:Provisional Irish Republican Army#Opponents (this includes CIRA, INLA and any other articles people try it with) for a centralised discussion on this. 2 lines of K303 13:37, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Removed opponents (in good faith). I think this is a satisfactory compromise. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 14:10, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: So we're not even allowed to say who the INLA were opposed to? Not likely. 2 lines of K303 14:11, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It would seem to make the most sense if this is to be a limited list taken from a non-NPOV and which excludes those who were opposed to INLA. 80.176.88.21 (talk) 14:17, 16 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Added opponents

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message: This article is badly in need of a cleanup. For example, the INLA-IPLO feud is recounted no less than 3 times:
In 1987 the INLA came under attack from the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO), a group made up of expelled or disaffected members of the INLA. This feud resulted in the death of 16 INLA and IPLO members. The feud mainly took place in cities, most notably in Belfast, Derry, and Dublin, but also took place in many other areas of Ireland. The feud ended in 1992 with the INLA surviving just barely, with the Provisional IRA stepping in and wiping out the main Belfast leadership of the IPLO because they were openly involved in drug dealing, while letting the rest of the organization dissolve outside of Belfast.[citation needed]
and
The distrust and division that had been sowed was the last straw in splitting former comrades into warring factions and leading to the formation of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation by Jimmy Brown and Gerard Steenson, both of whom had been convicted under the supergrass scheme. This led to that organisation's feud with the INLA, in which 16 people were killed.[citation needed]
and 
In 1987, the INLA and its political wing, the IRSP came under attack from the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO), an organisation founded by people who had resigned or been expelled from the INLA. The IPLO's initial aim was to destroy the INLA and replace it with their organisation. Five members of the INLA were killed by the IPLO, including leaders Ta Power and John O'Reilly. The INLA retaliated with several killings of their own. After the INLA killed the IPLO's leader, Gerard Steenson in 1987, a truce was reached. Although severely damaged by the IPLO's attacks, the INLA continued to exist. The IPLO, which was heavily involved in drug dealing, was put out of existence by the Provisional IRA in a large scale operation in 1992.[citation needed]
None of them have citations either. A re-formatting and expansion taking inspiration from the Provisional Irish Republican Army article would be a good idea, although obviously less expansive considering the INLA's smaller size and less significant role in The Troubles. NelsonEdit2 (talk) 16:22, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd say it's misleading to list them alongside actual opponents, so remove away. The article is a bit of a mess. That the updated version of Deadly Divisions doesn't have an index has been the main barrier to me doing much work on this article, and related ones. FDW777 (talk) 18:26, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup Needed 

message: The infobox claimed . This was added by an editor known to embellish, or completely fabricate, information. I can find no trace of the claim on page 6 of Deadly Divisions as was claimed. FDW777 (talk) 22:44, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious claims removed 

message: This section of the info box seems unnecessary. Two of the actions listed (Central Bar bombing 1975, Darkley Killings 1983) were carried out by individual INLA members without authorisation from organisation itself. Also, Wiki pages for other paramilitary organisations that participated in The Troubles don't have this section.
If nobody has any objections I'll go ahead and remove it. NelsonEdit2 (talk) 19:35, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Just remove them all now, and if anyone does object they can always revert. I don't think they should be included in the infobox, and they don't really suit a "Battles and war(s)" field. FDW777 (talk) 19:39, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Battles and war(s) 

message: While that might have been true at the INLA's foundation, even from the early years of the organisation there was tension between Belfast and the supposed Dublin leadership. The actual "Headquarters" of the INLA has varied since; Dominic McGlinchey was based just south of the border in the Dundalk area, John O'Reilly in Belfast (?), then definitely by the 1990s the organisation was centred on Belfast. Nowadays the INLA is split into several virtually autonomous units/crime gangs. 
Basically what I'm saying is whatever the precise history of the INLA's HQ it's way too muddled to definitively say Dublin, especially if this is supposed to describe the INLA as it is today. I'll remove "Headquarters" if nobody has anything else to add. NelsonEdit2 (talk) 19:46, 31 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Headquarters, Dublin" 

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