But he added: "The provisional IRA army Council is not the military wing of Sinn Fein," he said. "Sinn Fein is the political wing of the provisional IRA Army Council, and that in itself ...

It also covers later paramilitary organisations that split to form contemporary groups, such as the Provisional IRA, Real IRA, and Continuity IRA, which were active during the Troubles in Northern ...

The UK government has not ruled out an inquiry into killings by the Provisional IRA’s internal ... the British army’s top IRA spy during the Troubles, found the British security forces allowed ...