Defence Minister Micheal Martin confirmed a new Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023 has been drafted to make it illegal for anyone other than the Irish Defence Forces to use the name
The words means Irish Republican Army translated into English.
READ MORE - Father of IRA bombing victim begged council to keep his son’s name on peace centre set up in memoryThe only legal IRA - Irish Republican Army - is the defence force of the state which uses the phrase Oglaigh Na hEireann all the time. He said: “It is intended that this Bill will provide for various amendments to be made to the Defence Acts 1954 to 2015, one of which will be to provide for the protection of the term Oglaigh na hEireann.
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