the political groups which supported violence were referred to as "non-constitutional". chief amongst them was provisional sinn féin (now referred to as "sinn féin") – the political arm of the provisional ira. the weekly republican newspaper an phoblacht carried reports highlighting what it saw as naked state oppression. in its editorials an phoblacht referred to the udr as, "not dad's army but a sectarian militia". to help emphasise their message they produced posters which supporters pasted over walls in republican areas such as "the loyalist murderers" and "blood money," referring to the redundancy payments received by former udr soldiers still serving with the royal irish regiment at the end of operation banner (the official army title for operations in northern ireland).