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As of 2001, the Provisional Irish Republican Army Army Council consisted of:

SEVEN MEMBER IRA ARMY COUNCIL:

Thomas "Slab" Murphy , Chief of Staff; Brian Keenen , Ass. Chief of Staff; Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Féin since 1983, M.P. for West Belfast, member of the IRA since 1965. Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin M.P./M.L.A., head of Londonderry IRA & IRA Northern Command; Pat Doherty, Vice President, Sinn Féin; Martin Ferris , Sinn Féin T.D. for Kerry North, IRA gun-runner; Brian Gillen

NINE MEMBER GENERAL HEADQUARTERS STAFF: Among whom are:

Martin Lynch , Adj-General Bernard Fox, Engineering. Patrick Thompson , Director of Finance. Bobby Story , Director of Intelligence, jailed on arms charges.

As of 2004 the Army Council numbered Adams, Ferris, Gillian, Keenan, McGuinness, Murphy, and 'the man from Monaghan'.



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