
Bobby Storey: The IRA’s planner and enforcer who stayed in the shadows
Veteran Republican masterminded Northern Bank Robbery and Maze prison escape before playing key role in Sinn Féin’s road to peace Bobby Storey: The IRA’s planner and enforcer who stayed in the shadows Storey, who died on June 21st after an unsuccessful lung transplant in a National Health Service hospital in England, may be the “most famous Provo” that most people, with no connection to republicanism, have never heard about, or know little about him, if they had. However, “Big Bobby”, as his closest friend for decades, former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, generally called him, never wanted to be known … Continue reading Bobby Storey: The IRA’s planner and enforcer who stayed in the shadows