IRA Activities
O'Hare joined the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA at the age of 16, and was part of a unit that targeted off-duty members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR). His colleagues nicknamed him "The Border Fox" following his escape from a number of shootouts with the Garda Síochána and the RUC. In 1975, he was convicted for the first time for possession of explosives, and received a suspended sentence. In October 1977 O'Hare and his unit killed Margaret Ann Hearst, a part-time UDR member, in front of her three year old daughter. The RUC and Gardaí also linked him to a series of killings and attacks, including the attempted murder of Ulster Unionist Party politician Jim Nicholson. He left the IRA in the late 1970s and joined the Irish National Liberation Army.
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