Membership
In 1985, The Sunday Times named Thomas "Slab" Murphy as a prominent IRA member. Although Murphy denied the allegation, in 1998 he lost his resulting libel case against the newspaper.
At the General Army Convention in May 2005, The Sunday Times reported that the following changes were made to the IRA Army Council:
- Bernard Fox replaced Brian Keenan
- Brian Arthurs and Sean Murray were named as possible replacements for Gerry Adams
- Martin "Duckster" Lynch replaced Martin McGuinness
- Martin Ferris was also reported to have stepped down
The Sunday Times reported in July 2005 that security sources believed that the current Army Council consisted of:
- Thomas "Slab" Murphy, chief of staff
- Brian Arthurs, Commander, Provisional IRA East Tyrone Brigade
- Bernard Fox, a former hunger striker (on 24 September 2006, The Sunday Times reported that Fox had resigned from the Army Council)
- Sean "Spike" Murray, from Belfast, OC of Northern Command
- Martin Lynch, Adjutant-general, an Adams supporter from Belfast
- Brian Gillen, from Belfast
- A Dublin man who cannot be named for legal reasons
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