Talk:Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions

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"Irish Republican Socialist Publicity Bureau, 1989"
Is this a verifiable reference? FDW777 (talk) 15:20, 31 July 2020 (UTC)


 * Since there has been no evidence provided this is verifiable, I have removed it. FDW777 (talk) 18:45, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Hey, FDW777,

The 1989 actions referencing "Irish Republican Socialist Publicity Bureau" are supposedly transcripts of statements issued by the INLA. They were sent to me by an IRSP associate. However I'm still awaiting verification and in the meantime will go ahead and remove those entries outright until that happens.

Yours respectfully, NelsonEdit2 (talk) 20:32, 16 August 2020 (UTC)


 * See Published regarding this, in particular the "Accessible" section. Other editors have to be able to verify the reference, and by that I don't mean contacting your IRSP associate and asking for a copy. While the information is likely to be useful as a starting point for research, it doesn't appear to be acceptable as a reference in my opinion. FDW777 (talk) 21:12, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

1982 Paris arrests
Hey,

Here's an alternative wording for the 28 August 1982 entry that isn't lifted from the source and hopefully shouldn't flag a copyright violation:


 * 28 August: three INLA members were arrested in Paris, allegedly while preparing a bomb for use against a British target in continental Europe. The prosecution tried to tie the INLA members to the French far-left terrorist group Action directe and they were given a prison sentence of five years only to be released in 1983 after discrepancies in the police evidence emerged.

Thoughts, Canterbury Tail?

Yours respectfully, NelsonEdit2 (talk) 20:19, 18 August 2020 (UTC)


 * Well Les Irlandais de Vincennes is most definitely not a reliable source. So that really cannot be used, it's just some person's blog not a news source and very clearly biased. I can't get anything to load on the Google Books reference, so I don't know if that supports it or not. Canterbury Tail talk 20:23, 18 August 2020 (UTC)


 * The book says In August 1982, INLA members were arrested in Paris as they were assembling a bomb intended for use against a British target somewhere in Europe. There's actually an article about the whole saga at Irish of Vincennes, which presumably has references that cover it far better than a one sentence mention in a general book. FDW777 (talk) 20:36, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

Actually appears there's a Wikipedia article (Irish of Vincennes) covering the affair. Here's an excerpt:

''On 28 August, the cell requested the arrest of three activists linked to the Irish nationalist movement via their association with the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP)[3] and its paramilitary wing, the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). The three people—Stephen King, Michael Plunkett and Plunkett's girlfriend, Mary Reid—were arrested in an apartment (inhabited by Plunkett, Reid and their child) on the Rue Diderot in Vincennes, in which three handguns and a small amount of explosive were found.[4] The three suspects were charged on 30 August, and consistently claimed throughout the investigation that they did not possess the arms and explosives seized, and that they had not been present during the search, leading them to suspect that the weapons had been planted by the gendarmes.[5]''

''The three Irish were charged in Créteil and later transferred to the Palais de Justice in Paris. The prosecution attempted to link them with planning an attack in Paris. However, nine months later, in May 1983, they were released on bail when evidence emerged that the police might have planted two of the guns and the explosives found in the apartment and that neither King nor Plunkett were present during the police search.[6]'' NelsonEdit2 (talk) 20:53, 18 August 2020 (UTC)


 * I believe I mentioned the Wikipedia article already ;) And I may have been slightly hasty in my dismissal of the Les Irlandais de Vincennes blog before. It is authored by Isadore Ryan whose area of expertise does seem to be Irish people in France, his blog would probably fail WP:SPS for claims about living people though, as I'm guessing at least one person involved, whether INLA or the police that framed them, is still alive. FDW777 (talk) 22:10, 18 August 2020 (UTC)

1982 attempt on life UUP MP Martin Smyth
The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Féin recounts an unsuccessful INLA assassination attempt targeting Unionist politician Martin Smyth:


 * Page 41 They talked about an INLA shooting attack on Reverend Ian Paisley in the Markets area of Belfast, of attacks on Paisley's deputy and Westminster MP, Peter Robinson, and on Unionist councillors. Specifically, there was a bomb attempt on the life of Reverend Martin Smyth, Grand Master of the Orange Lodge. Smyth had been elected to Westminster in that by-election created by another assassination, this time by the IRA, that of Reverend Robert Bradford in November 1981. The attempt on Martin Smyth was by way of an explosives mix in a plastic bag attached to his front door; but on the day, Reverend Smyth came out the back door with children.

I've been unable to find a corroborating source for this attack (or the mentioned attacks on Peter Robinson MP either), if anyone finds anything that would be greatly appreciated.

NelsonEdit2 (talk) 00:07, 20 November 2020 (UTC)

1984 Shooting of Ruc Reservist
I noticed an entry from the end of January 1984 on the shooting and injuring RUC Reserve officer by the INLA was removed. The video link was dead and not properly archived and Deadly Divisions didn't seem to have anything on it either. This did prompt me to do a bit of digging though. Using the WaybackMachine archive on the dead ITN link retrieved this description of the incident:

A'math of gun attack by 2 youths who opened fire 28.1.84 on a part-time policeman; although wounded the policeman was able to fire back, but it is not known if either of the youths was hit. [Co Down LS Exterior of buildings and cordon along road Kilkeel LMS Road as car along]

I don't have access to many contemporary newspapers from 1984 specifically, but media reports on the background of an IRA man (Colum Marks) shot dead in 1991 produced an interesting lead:

Marks had been previously accused of the attempted murder of a Reserve RUC man in Kilkeel, firearms offences and membership of the INLA in 1984, but charges were withdrawn when witnesses failed to appear.

A biography of Marks in the April 1991 issue of The Irish People describes how in February 1984 he went into hiding after being shot during the attempted INLA ambush of a member of the security forces in Kilkeel, County Down.(https://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/IP/id/21476/rec/17)

I feel to re-add the entry with these sources alone would perhaps be straying too close to the danger zone of original research, your input would be greatly appreciated FDW777

Regards,

--NelsonEdit2 (talk) 03:45, 3 October 2021 (UTC)