Sinn Féin for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Michael McDowell publicly accused three of the Sinn Féin leadership, Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Martin Ferris (TD for Kerry North) of being on the seven-man IRA Army Council; they later denied this. On 27 February 2005, a demonstration against the murder of Robert McCartney on 30 January 2005 was held in east Belfast. Alex Maskey, a former Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast, was told by relatives of McCartney to "hand over the 12" IRA members involved. The McCartney family, although formerly Sinn Féin voters themselves, urged witnesses to the crime to contact
Mac Ospaic the Old Norse personal name "Óspakr". "Mac Ospaic" is a masculine surname. The form of this surname for unmarried females is Nic Ospaic; this name translates into English as "daughter of the son of "Ospac". The form of this surname for married females is Bean Mhic Ospaic, or simply Mhic Ospaic; these surnames translate to "wife of the son of "Ospac". The surname has historically been Anglicised as "MacCosbey". Mac Ospaic Mac Ospaic is masculine surname in the Irish language. The name translates into English as "son of "Ospac"". The surname originated as a patronym, however it no longer refers