So, #sinnfein and @mattcarthy want to note that MacElwaine was killed in his own country. So were many others. Sydney Agnew was a Protestant bus conductor from Belfast. His 6 year old son answered a knock on the door. It was the IRA. They shot him dead.

Heidi Hazell was 26 when she was sat in her car in Germany. An IRA man dressed in a British Army uniform shot her. 12 times. She was killed in her own country. Gerry Adams said of this murder that "People join armies to fight". Heidi didn't join any army.

Gillian Johnston was 21 and from Beleek, Co Fermanagh. Gillian worked in a Chemist locally She was sat in a car with her fiance. The IRA shot her. 47 times. She was killed in her own country too.

Mary Travers was a 22 year old teacher. While walking home from mass the IRA shot her dead. They pointed a gun at her mothers head and pulled the trigger twice. The gun jammed. She was from Belfast. She was murdered in Belfast.

Eamon Ryan was 32, a civil servant and married with 2 children. The IRA shot him dead in Tramore while they were robbing the AIB. He was killed in his own country.

Patrick Kelly was a 35 y/o brave Irish soldier trying to rescue Don Tidey from an IRA kidnap. They shot him dead. He was in his own country. The IRA's war wasn't just with the British. They were officially at war with us too.

There's a reason the Chief Justice, Taoiseach, Minister for Justice have armed Garda protection 24x7. It is because of Daniel Kinahan. It is because the IRA considered our elected Government illegitimate. They were at war on both sides of the border.

Billy Fox was a 35 year old FG TD from Monaghan. He was visiting his girlfriends home in Monaghan and was shot dead by the IRA. He died in March. SF didn't remember him last month.

Brian Stack was a prison officer in Portlaoise. The IRA murdered him. Because they were at war here too - their fight wasn't only with the British. It was with the Irish elected government and anyone who worked for them.

Frank Hand was a Garda from a family of 7 from Roscommon. He was protecting a cash delivery and the IRA opened fire on his car & killed him. Garda Frank Hand was just home from his honeymoon and was killed in his own country.

In total the IRA murdered 16 Gardai while at war with our country. They don't remember those they killed. But they celebrate those who killed as heroes.

Gerard Mahon was a 28 year old mechanic from Belfast. His wife, Catherine was 27. Both of them were murdered by the IRA. They were murdered in their own country.

Charles Bennett was a 22 y/o taxi driver from Belfast. He answered a knock on the door. Was kidnapped, bound, beaten and shot in the head. He wasn't recognisable. This happened in 1999.

In 2005 Joseph Rafferty confronted someone who assaulted his sister at a party. He was told by the assailant that he had IRA connections and that they would get him. They did. In Dublin. The IRA waged their war here too. And very recently.

Seamus Quaid was from Limerick and played hurling for Wexford. He was a Garda. The IRA murdered him & shot his colleague. In Wexford. He was also a son, a brother. He was murdered in his own country too.

Jeffery Agate was the Managing Director of the DuPont factory in Derry. He was shot dead by the IRA outside his home. The IRA said: "Those involved in the management of the economy serve British interests". It wasn't hard to be a target of the IRA.

Patrick Burns was a champion kick boxer who, in 2003 had a dispute with a local IRA member. 7 men visited his house to give him a beating. He fought them off and unmasked the local IRA commander. Then they bombed his car and he survived. So they shot him dead.

Every single voter who voted for SF in the 2020 election was alive when they murdered Patrick Burns. There was a war on, apparently. What war were they fighting in 2003 and what made Patrick Burns such a prominent target of this war?

Robert McCartney was soon to be married. He was from Belfast. They slit his throat and took his eye out. His friend survived but needed armed protection while recovering from his wounds - from the IRA. A packed bar yet nobody witnessed this. It happened in 2005.

Gary Sheehan was 23 and also from Co Monaghan. He joined the Gardai 3 months before being murdered by the IRA. He was murdered in his own country. I've no recollection of @mattcarthy celebrating the life of this fellow Monaghan man.

50,000 people lined the streets for the funeral of Garda Jerry McCabe in 1996. The IRA murdered him when they shot him and his colleague 15 times. Those who remember SF will never forget this murder.

The man who murdered Garda Jerry McCabe was collected from prison by SF TD Martin Ferris. Those who murdered Jerry McCabe are heroes to SF. Those they murdered are never remembered.

Andrew Kearney was 33 and his 2 week old baby was asleep on his chest when the IRA paid him a visit. They shot him 3 times in the legs.

His girlfriend rushed to help but the neighbours were too frightened to open their doors. She had to go downstairs. But couldn't - the IRA jammed the lift. He bled to death before she could get him to hospital. This was in 1998.

SF's war wasn't just with Britain: they regarded this State as a legitimate target too. The IRA killed Irish Politicians, Gardai, soldiers, civilians. Every SF voter was alive when some of these murders happened.