The Irish National Liberation Army is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 8 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as "the Troubles". The group seeks to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland. With membership estimated at 80–100 at their peak, it is the paramilitary wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP).
An INLA active service unit posing with weapons in South Armagh, 11 November 1986
Divis Flats, Belfast
Maze prison near Belfast, site of the prisoners' protests and hunger strike
A commemoration on the 25th anniversary of the hunger strike
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) following the partition of Ireland. At its peak the force had around 8,500 officers, with a further 4,500 who were members of the RUC Reserve.
Picture showing the fortifications of the RUC station in Dungiven.
An Ógra Shinn Féin propaganda sticker calling for the RUC to be disbanded