The Irish People's Liberation Organisation (IPLO) was a small Irish Republican and Revolutionary Socialist Paramilitary group formed in November 1986 having broke away from the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) before being forcibly disbanded in 1992 by the Provisional IRA. during it's brief existence the IPLO had 150-200 members with 30-40 active members at any one time. it killed 24 people including 6 INLA members 2 members of the UDA 1 member of the Red Hand Commando 1 member of the UVF (who was also a former DUP politician) 1 RUC Constable 1 Royal Navy Reservist 2 of it's members killed in the internal feud that put an end to the group and 10 (mostly Protestant) Civilians. 13 IPLO members were killed during it's existence. the IPLO's Political Wing was the Republican Socialist Collective. some the IPLO's most notable actions were the Rossnaree Hotel Shooting when 2 IPLO gunmen armed with handguns shot dead 2 INLA members and injured 2 others (a former Irish Soldier was allegedly one of the gunmen) the Orange Cross Social Club Shooting when IPLO Belfast Brigade Commander Martin "Rook" O'Prey (who was shot dead by the UVF in 1991) armed with an Uzi shot dead a member of the Red Hand Commando and injured a British Soldier and 4 other Civilians. and the Donegall Arms Shooting when 2 IPLO gunmen armed with a Revolver and Sawn-off shotgun shot dead 2 Protestant Civilians and injured 5 others.
The IPLO essentially took over the role of the INLA up to 1992 when the INLA had a resurgence thanks in part to the influx of IPLO members back into the INLA when the IPLO disbanded
by RentBoyDave March 27, 2021