Eddie Copeland
Eddie Copeland is a prominent Irish republican from Belfast, Northern Ireland.[1]
He joined the Provisional Irish Republican Army after the fatal shooting of his father by the British Army. John Copeland died on 31 October 1971, two days after being shot near his home in Strathroy Park in Ardoyne. John Copeland was not known to be affiliated with any paramilitary group.[2]
Copeland has been the target of loyalist paramilitaries. In December 1996 he was seriously injured in an Ulster Defence Association car bomb attack at his home.[3] He suffered leg and arm injuries but escaped with his life when loyalist paramilitaries planted a booby-trap beneath his car.[4] The bomb had been made by Frankie Curry, who had been a leading figure in the Red Hand Commandos before becoming an independent dissident.[5] Copeland later received £60,000 in compensation for the injuries he received.[6]
On 8 February 1995, Andrew Clarke (27), a private in the British Army, was sentenced at Belfast Crown Court to ten years' imprisonment for the attempted murder of Copeland when he opened fire on mourners outside the home of deceased IRA Volunteer Thomas Begley in Belfast in October 1993.[7]
On 19 May 1999, the Ministry of Defence was found guilty of negligence at Belfast High Court and Copeland was awarded £27,500 compensation for the injuries he received.[8]
In 2001, Copeland was refused bail at Belfast High Court on charges of kidnapping, false imprisonment, assault and threatening to kill another person. The charges arose from the abduction of a man from a betting shop in Ardoyne. Copeland denied all charges.[1] The charges were withdrawn in August 2002.[9]
References
- ^ a b "Prominent Republican denied bail". RTÉ News. 31 August 2001. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ John Copeland profile, CAIN.ulst.ac.uk; accessed 28 June 2017.
- ^ "North Belfast woman on UDA hit list". An Phoblacht/Republican News. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ "A series of articles from the Irish News marking the fourth anniversary of the murder of Rosemary Nelson". Irish News. March 2003. Archived from the original on 7 June 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ Henry McDonald & Jim Cusack, UDA – Inside the Heart of Loyalist Terror, Dublin: Penguin Ireland, 2004, pp. 287-88
- ^ "Senior Republican figure charged with kidnap". RTÉ News. 24 August 2001. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ "Draft Chronology of the Conflict - 1995". CAIN. 8 February 1995. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ Padraig MacDabhaid (27 May 1999). "British held liable for soldier attack". An Phoblacht/Republican News. Retrieved 19 July 2007.
- ^ "IRA bosses force out godfather of terror". Sunday People. 22 June 2003. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- v
- t
- e
- Anti-Treaty IRA
- Sinn Féin
- Republican News
- An Phoblacht
- The Green Book
- The Troubles (Timeline)
- Haughey arms crisis
- IRA campaign
- Chronology of Provisional IRA actions
- Arms importation
- Weaponry
- Barrack buster
- Improvised tactical vehicles
- Mountjoy Prison helicopter escape
- Blanket protest
- Dirty protest
- HM Prison Maze
- Anti H-Block
- 1981 Irish hunger strike
- Maze Prison escape
- Armalite and ballot box strategy
- Punishment attacks
- Disappeared
- Smithwick Tribunal
- Northern Ireland peace process
- Good Friday Agreement
(Volunteers)
- Paddy Agnew
- Martina Anderson
- Declan Arthurs
- Thomas Begley
- Ivor Bell
- Patricia Black
- Charles Breslin
- Edward Butler
- Paul Butler
- Joe Cahill
- Liam Campbell
- Fergal Caraher
- Malachy Carey
- Owen Carron
- Gerard Casey
- Carál Ní Chuilín
- Gabriel Cleary
- Peter Cleary
- Kevin Coen
- Eamon Collins
- Eddie Copeland
- Marion Coyle
- Gerard Davison
- Matt Devlin
- Hugh Doherty
- Joe Doherty
- Kieran Doherty
- Martin Doherty
- Pat Doherty
- Colin Duffy
- Rose Dugdale
- Dessie Ellis
- Mairéad Farrell
- William Fleming
- Kieran Fleming
- Bernard Fox
- Angelo Fusco
- Michael Gaughan
- John Francis Green
- Dessie Grew
- George Harrison
- Brendan Hughes
- Francis Hughes
- Martin Hurson
- Pearse Jordan
- Brian Keenan
- Gerry Kelly
- John Kelly
- Patrick Joseph Kelly
- Sean Kelly
- Jim Lynagh
- Proinsias Mac Airt
- Breandán Mac Cionnaith
- Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde
- Joseph MacManus
- Seán Mac Stíofáin
- Patrick Magee
- Paul Magee
- Donna Maguire
- Larry Marley
- Paul Marlowe
- Leo Martin
- Alex Maskey
- Pearse McAuley
- Daniel McCann
- Fra McCann
- Jennifer McCann
- Raymond McCartney
- Martin McCaughey
- Raymond McCreesh
- Joe McDonnell
- Séamus McElwaine
- Thomas McElwee
- Brendan McFarlane
- Tom McFeely
- Gerry McGeough
- Pat McGeown
- John Joe McGirl
- Martin McGuinness
- Pádraig McKearney
- Tommy McKearney
- Billy McKee
- Kevin McKenna
- Laurence McKeown
- Michael McKevitt
- Thomas McMahon
- Jackie McMullan
- Martin Meehan
- Ian Milne
- Arthur Morgan
- Danny Morrison
- Conor Murphy
- Thomas "Slab" Murphy
- Kieran Nugent
- Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
- Ed O'Brien
- Dáithí Ó Conaill
- Éamonn O'Doherty
- Joe B. O'Hagan
- Siobhán O'Hanlon
- Rita O'Hare
- Diarmuid O'Neill
- Dolours Price
- Marian Price
- Liam Quinn
- Paddy Quinn
- Billy Reid
- Bobby Sands
- Seán Savage
- Pat Sheehan
- Frank Stagg
- Jimmy Steele
- Bobby Storey
- Gerard Tuite
- Seamus Twomey
- Roy Walsh
- Séanna Walsh
Supergrasses
killings
- Jeffery Stanford Agate
- Johnathan Ball
- Anthony Berry
- Robert Bradford
- Joe Bratty
- Matthew Burns
- Martin Cahill
- Eamon Collins
- Raymond Elder
- Gerard Evans
- Christopher Ewart-Biggs
- Joseph Fenton
- Billy Fox
- Maurice Gibson
- Ian Gow
- Heidi Hazell
- Donald Kaberry
- Andrew Kearney
- Baroness Brabourne
- William "Frenchie" Marchant
- Martin McBirney
- Jerry McCabe
- Robert McConnell
- Jean McConville
- Columba McVeigh
- Ross McWhirter
- Stephen Melrose
- Lord Mountbatten
- Lenny Murphy
- Robert Nairac
- Thomas Oliver
- Tim Parry
- Paul Quinn
- Robert Seymour
- Robert McCartney (allegedly)
- Joseph Rafferty (allegedly)
- Ray Smallwoods
- Sammy Smyth
- Nick Spanos
- James Stronge
- Norman Stronge
- Richard Sykes
- Stephen Tibble
- Sammy Ward
- Michael Willetts