Dessie O'Hare - INLA Feud

INLA Feud

Upon his release, O'Hare found that the INLA had split into hostile armed factions, one calling itself the Irish People's Liberation Organisation, the other going by the 'INLA GHQ'. The IPLO assassinated INLA leaders Ta Power and John O'Reilly and in revenge, O'Hare is accused of the killing of Tony McCloskey, an IPLO associate who had allegedly tipped them off as to O'Reilly and Power's whereabouts. McCloskey was abducted from his home in Monaghan on February 6, 1987. His ear and finger were cut off with a bolt cutter before he was eventually shot and his body dumped near Middleton. O'Hare is alleged to have been behind the abduction and killing. Seven INLA members died in the feud.