In 2005 , Michael McDowell , the Irish Tánaiste , stated McGuinness , along with Gerry Adams and Martin Ferris , were members of the seven-man IRA Army Council . McGuinness denied this , saying he was no longer an IRA member . Experienced Troubles journalist Peter Taylor presented further apparent evidence of McGuinness 's role in the IRA in his documentary '' Age of Terror '' , shown in April 2008 . In his documentary , Taylor alleges that McGuinness was the head of the IRA 's Northern Command and had advance knowledge of the IRA 's 1987 Enniskillen bombing , which left 11 civilians dead
Enniskillen bombing
Remembrance Day bombing
Martin McGuinness