Republican prisoners

Martin Mines: From Silver bridge, Mines was sentenced to 50 years for conspiracy to murder and possession of weapons

Martin Mines: From Silver bridge, Mines was sentenced to 50 years for conspiracy to murder and possession of weapons. He laughed as he left the court in March 1999, saying: "See you in 18 months."

David Adams: A cousin of the Sinn Fein president, Mr Gerry Adams, he was sentenced to 25 years in 1995 for conspiracy to murder and for possession of explosives and ammunition. When he was arrested he said he was a loyalist. He was awarded £30,000 against the RUC in 1998 for injuries he received when assaulted by officers.

James Canning: Jailed in London in 1993 for 30 years for conspiracy to cause explosions and for possession of enough Semtex to make 80 bombs. In April 1992 Canning, from London, was found not guilty of causing an explosion in Soho.

Michael Caraher: Caraher (32), from Cullyhanna, Co Armagh, is believed to have killed at least seven members of the security forces using the Barrett Light 50 rifle. He was jailed for a total of 105 years and formed part of an IRA sniper team.

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Cormac Conlon: From Armagh, Conlon was caught with a loaded gun along with two other people behind a premises in Lurgan as £20,000 was being counted inside. He was sentenced in 1997 to 14 years.

Tarlac Connolly: Was convicted in 1992 of the murder of three RUC officers and a nun, who were killed when a 2,000lb bomb exploded in 1990. During his sentencing the judge recommended that he should serve at least 20 years. From Armagh, Connolly's appeal against his conviction was turned down in 1994.

Robert Crawford: Sentenced to 25 years in 1995 with David Adams after a hijacked van was found with two loaded rifles, a loaded pistol and a coffee-jar bomb. Crawford, from Belfast, was released on licence in 1990 after serving 15 years for murder.

Robert Davidson: Convicted along with Cormac Conlon for possession of ammunition in 1997. From Armagh, Davidson was sentenced to 14 years.

Liam Dougan: Sentenced to two life sentences in 1994 for a bomb attack on Musgrave Park Hospital in Belfast in 1991 which killed two soldiers. Dougan was a porter at the hospital.

Michael Duffy: Sentenced in 1993 to three life sentences for the murder of six people. His crimes were described by the judge when sentencing as "ruthless and vicious activities".

Noel McKay: Sentenced along with Michael Duffy in 1993 for the murder of six people. He was given six life sentences.

Robert Duffy: Jailed in 1996 for the murder of John Gibson, a company director, in the driveway of his home in October 1993. Duffy was convicted by DNA profiling after blood was found at the scene. His trial in 1996 was one of the first in Northern Ireland at which DNA evidence was presented.

Robert Fryers: Sentenced to 25 years in 1995 for plotting bomb attacks in England. The Belfast building worker was transferred to Northern Ireland later that year.

Liam Heffernan: INLA member sentenced in 1993 for plotting a bombing campaign. The plan was detected by MI5 and Heffernan, from Belfast, was jailed 23 years.

Sean Kelly: Sentenced to nine life terms for the murder of nine people in an explosion in a fish shop on the Shankill Road in October 1993. Kelly was injured in the blast and another bomber, Thomas Begley, was among the dead. The judge, when sentencing, described Kelly's crime as an "outrageous atrocity".

Patrick Martin: One of six men convicted in 1997 for plotting to bomb electricity sub-stations and cripple power supplies in London and the south-east of England. Martin, from Belfast, was jailed for 35 years and was moved from England to Northern Ireland in 1997.

Ciaran Morrison: Brother of the former Sinn Fein vice-president, Danny Morrison, he was jailed in 1994 for 25 years. Morrison was caught with two bombs in a car in 1992 on the way to Belfast City Airport.

Patrick Murray: Sentenced to 25 years in 1994 for possessing two bombs allegedly meant to blow up Belfast City Airport. Murray was convicted along with Ciaran Morrison and both men laughed and joked in the dock when their sentences were handed down.

Brendan McAnoy: From Belfast, McAnoy was jailed for 25 years in 1994 for attempting to murder a soldier in the Lower Falls area of Belfast. The soldier was shot in the head, but survived, as his helmet took the full impact of the shot.

Bernard McGinn: McGinn (42), from Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, was involved in the 1997 murder of Lance-Bombardier Stephen Restorick, the last British soldier to be killed in the North. He was also convicted of the Baltic Exchange bombing in London, which killed three people in 1992, and of the Canary Wharf bombing, in which two newsagents died in 1997. He was sentenced to three life terms.

James McArdle: McArdle (31), from Crossmaglen, was convicted of the Canary Wharf bombing in London and was jailed for 25 years. He was also a member of the IRA team which killed Lance-Bombardier Stephen Restorick.

Kevin McAlorum: INLA member jailed in 1997 for 16 years for possessing a loaded gun when stopped in Armagh. McAlorum was arrested less than a week after his nine-year-old sister was accidentally shot dead in an attack arising from an INLA feud. When he left the court he said: "There is no justice in this country for an Irishman."

Martin McMonagle: From Limerick, McMonagle was convicted along with Liam Heffernan of planning a bombing campaign uncovered by MI5. Jailed for 25 years in 1993, he was a member of the INLA.

Kevin McCann: Jailed along with Brendan McAnoy for the attempted murder of a soldier in the Lower Falls area of Belfast. He was sentenced to 25 years in 1994.

Rory McCallan: Was sentenced to 27 years in 1993 for the attempted murder of a workman. The 22-year-old victim was shot in the head in York Street, Belfast.

Brian McHugh: Was found with more than six tonnes of homemade explosives in a hotel in west London in 1997. He was jailed for 25 years for plotting a huge bombing campaign.

Noel McHugh: From Co Fermanagh, McHugh was among four people jailed for killing Constable Douglas Carruthers in May 1991. He was also convicted of the attempted murder of a policewoman in 1988.

Sean McNulty: Jailed for 25 years for involvement in bombing oil and gas facilities on Tyneside in 1994. McNulty was a construction worker.

Thomas McWilliams: Jailed for the murder of a north Belfast shopkeeper in March 1993. The shopkeeper was serving a 12-year-old boy at the time. McWilliams, from Ardoyne, was given a life sentence. He was cleared of shooting Stephen Walker, a Royal Irish Regiment soldier, in 1994.

Feilim O'Hadhmaill: O'Hadhmaill was a college lecturer when he was caught in possession of 17kg of Semtex. Born in England, he was jailed for 25 years in 1994.

Michael O'Hara: Was jailed for 14 years along with Cormac Conlon and Robert Davidson for possession of ammunition in 1997.

Paul Stitt: Jailed with David Adams and Robert Crawford for the possession of rifles, a pistol and a coffee-jar bomb in a hijacked van. Stitt had no previous terrorist convictions and was jailed for 22 years.

Brian Arthurs: Sentenced in 1995 on charges relating to explosives. The jury at his trial heard that he was found unconscious in a taxi heading towards the Border after an explosion in Donaghmore.