Northern Bank robbery
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On 20 December 2004, £26.5 million in cash was stolen from the headquarters of Northern Bank on Donegall Square West in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Having taken family members of two bank officials hos
Northern Bank headquarters at Donegall Square, Belfast
Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, accused the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) of organising the robbery.
Sinn Féin lead negotiator Martin McGuinness (seen here on right with Gerry Adams on left) denied that the IRA were behind the heist.
Roger Casement Park in 2007
Sinn Féin
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Sinn Féin is an Irish republican and democratic socialist political party active in Ireland, including both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Northern Bank robbery
…the British government and the Taoiseach all claimed the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) was responsible. This was denied by the IRA and by Sinn Féin. Throughout 2005, the police forces in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland made arrests and carried out house searches. A sum of £2.3 million…
Arthur Griffith is credited as the main founder of the party
The campaign car of Joseph McGuinness, who won the 1917 South Longford by-election whilst imprisoned. He was one of the first Sinn Féin MPs to be elected.
Ruairí Ó Brádaigh (pictured in 2004) was the president of Provisional Sinn Féin from 1970 until 1983.