Joe O'Connell (Irish republican)

Volunteer
Joe O'Connell
Personal details
Born
Martin Joseph O'Connell

1951 (age 72–73)
Kilkee, Ireland
Political partySinn Féin
OrganisationProvisional IRA
ArrestedDecember 1975
Sentenced12 life sentences
Released1999 under the terms of the Belfast Agreement
Military service
RankVolunteer

Martin Joseph O'Connell (born 1951), better known as Joe, is an Irish republican and a former volunteer in the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). He is most noted for having been a member of the Balcombe Street gang.