Ivor Bell | |
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| Born | 1936/1937 (age 86–88) Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Allegiance | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
| Years of service | 1956–1962 1970–1985 |
| Rank | Volunteer Adjutant Chief of Staff |
| Unit | Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade C-Company 2nd Battalion |
| Conflict | The Troubles |
Ivor Malachy Bell (born 1936/1937) is an Irish republican, and a former volunteer in the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) who later became Chief of Staff on the Army Council.[1]
Bell was the IRA's representative to Libya in the late 1970s and early 1980s. An opponent of the turn towards electoral politics spearheaded by Gerry Adams, he was forced out of the organization in 1985.
In 2014 Bell was arrested in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville. He was acquitted in 2019.