Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) security wing of Portlaoise Prison, Ireland, in early 1998. They were presented by Gerry Adams to the 1998 Sinn Féin Ard Fheis as 'our Nelson Mandelas', and were released together with Brendan Dowd and Liam Quinn in 1999 as part of the Belfast Agreement. Joe O'Connell (Irish republican) Martin Joseph O'Connell (born 1951), better known as Joe, is an Irish republican and a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is most noted for having been a member of the Balcombe Street gang. O'Connell was born in Kilkee, in rural County Clare, 'a stronghold of Gaelic-speaking inhabitants
Gary Donnelly (Irish republican) PSNI. No arrests were made. On January 7, 2018, Donnelly was arrested and questioned in connection with the 2006 murder Denis Donaldson, an ex-Sinn Fein member turned British agent. Donnelly was released without charge a day later. On May 24, 2014, Donnelly was elected to the Derry and Strabane District Council. Although a member of the 32CSM, Donnelly ran as an independent and received 1,154 votes. He supported Independents 4 Change candidate Thomas Pringle in the Donegal Constituency election in the Irish general election of 2016. Gary Donnelly (Irish republican) Gary Donnelly is an Irish republican politician, former Real Irish