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
MacAlasdair which translates into English as "daughter of "Mac Alasdair"". The form of "Mac Alasdair" for married females is "Bean Mhic Alasdair", which translates into English as "wife of "Mac Alasdair""; this surname can also be represented in the contracted form "Mhic Alasdair". A similar Irish surname is "Mac Alastair", which translates into English as "son of "Alastar"". The Irish "Alastar" is an equivalent of the English "Alexander". Like, "Mac Alasdair", this surname no longer refers to the bearer's father, and like "Mac Alasdair" feminine forms of the name include "Nic Alastair", "Bean Mhic Alastair", and "Mhic Alastair". Another form of