Rita O'Hare
Rita O'Hare (née McCulloch; c. 1943[1] – 3 March 2023) was the General Secretary of Sinn Féin, and from 1998 to 2023 the party's representative to the United States.
Rita McCulloch was born and raised in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the daughter of an Irish nationalist mother and a Protestant Socialist father. She had one surviving sibling, a brother, Alan McCulloch.
O'Hare was involved in the civil rights campaign and later became a republican. She was editor of the Irish republican newspaper
O'Hare was arrested in
O'Hare served a three-year sentence in Limerick Prison for smuggling explosives to an IRA member and was released in 1979.[4][5]
Upon her release, her extradition from the Republic of Ireland was blocked as the
Based in Dublin, she was temporarily banned from entering the United States after she traveled to Florida for a meeting (the terms of her special visa require that she first notify authorities before such travel). She was ineligible for a regular visa due to the outstanding warrant.[8]
O’Hare died on 3 March 2023, aged 80.[9][1] She died at her home in Dublin following a long illness.[10]
References
- ^ a b Moriarty, Gerry; Kelleher, Olivia (4 March 2023). "'A sad day for republicans': Sinn Féin activist Rita O'Hare dies aged 80". The Irish Times.
- Washington Times
- ^ Sinn Fein presents expanded list of North fugitives Irish Echo
- ^ About Us An Phoblacht
- Washington Post
- ^ Ms Rita O'Hare House Of Commons Hansard
- ^ Written Answers to Questions, Friday 1 March 1996 House Of Commons Hansard, 1 March 1996 : Column: 727
- ^ Sinn Féin's O'Hare refused US visa RTÉ news
- ^ Fitzmaurice, Maurice (4 March 2023). "Sinn Féin announces death of veteran republican Rita O'Hare". BelfastLive. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Senior republican Rita O'Hare dies aged 80". BBC News. 4 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.