Ira

¹

[ahy-ruh]

noun

1. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “watchful.”

IRA

²

Or I.R.A.

1. individual retirement account.

2. Irish Republican Army.

IRA

abbreviation

1. Irish Republican Army

Example Sentences

Shane Laverty, whose brother Robert, an RUC officer, was killed by the IRA in 1972, said he wanted "truth and honesty" from the process.

From BBC

The piece contends that Tesla’s board lacks independence due to personal and financial connections to Musk, including his brother Kimbal Musk as a board member, personal friends James Murdoch and Ira Ehrenpreis, and Chair Robyn Denholm who has described Tesla director earnings as “life-changing”.

From Los Angeles Times

The Royal Exchange's anniversary season will also include the premiere of Even These Things by Rory Mullarkey, set during three periods in Manchester's history, including one of the most dramatic days in the city's and the theatre's history, when it was damaged by an IRA bomb in 1996.

From BBC

There have been people who expressed sympathy for the IRA or the ANC in previous decades.

From Slate

A Presbyterian minister, he resigned his ministry and was elected to Parliament in the 1982 by-election following the assassination of the Rev Robert Bradford MP by the IRA.

From BBC