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Irish National Liberation Army (INLA)
After the cease-fire declared by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (pIRA) in 1974 the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) , initially named People's Liberation Army (PLA), was established. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) was founded as the army of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and operated and evolved completely independent from the Provisional Irish Republican Army (pIRA).
Modern Starry Plough
The aim of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) and the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) is a 32-county socialist republic, free and independent from British control, and run by the Irish working class.
The founders, Séamus The Boy General Costello and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, experienced a lack of social radicalism in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (pIRA).
Perhaps to emphasise its socialist ideals the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) use a modern version of the Starry Plough.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) soon became an assembly point for youngsters refused by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (pIRA). Due to the high degree of ruthlessness of their operations and their notorious tit for tat murders members of the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) became known as mad dogs.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) operates sometimes under cover names such as People's Republican Army (PRA) and Catholic Reaction Force (CRF).
Despite internal feuding and penetration by British agents the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) still exists and is particularly active in North Belfast. The organisation is under cease-fire since 1998, but refuse to disarm.
The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) is involved in drug trafficking and in several indefinite activities. Both the organisation as its members are considered dangerous, perhaps not so much for their Republican ideals but for their criminal activities.
Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO)
Internal feud triggered the founding of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO). The sole purpose of the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) was to destroy the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) and the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA). Soon the Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) entangled in an internal feud between the Army Council and a group named the Belfast Brigade. Within a few weeks the two groups, and therewith Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO), were abolished.