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
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