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 Torcaill various Anglicised forms. "Mac Torcaill" translates into English as "son of "Torcall"". Variant forms of the surname include "Mac Thorcaill", and "Mac Thurcaill". These surnames originated as patronyms, however they no longer refer to the actual name of the bearer's father. The name "Torcall" is a Gaelic derivative of the Old Norse personal name "Þórkell", which is a shortened form of "Þorketill". "Mac Torcaill", "Mac Thorcaill", and "Mac Thurcaill" are masculine surnames. The form of "Mac Torcaill" and "Mac Thorcaill" for unmarried females is "Nic Thorcaill", whereas the feminine form of "Mac Thurcaill" is "Nic Thurcaill"; these names translate into