Moira O'Neal

Moira O'Neal was one of the highest-ranking women in the Irish Republican Army in the late 1990s.

O'Neal was the architect of numerous terrorist activities in the UK and was connected to many of their transactions, buying and selling weapons on the black market. Among her known associations were IRA hitman Tim McGinnis, and businessman and IRA supporter Michael Donovan. While working with Donovan, O'Neal hid a copy of his entire database within his own library as insurance for herself.

One day, Moira O'Neal found out something terrible and had an "awakening," suddenly becoming sick of all the killing she'd lived with her whole life. Walking into CTU's Division Command, O'Neal turned herself in, wanting to do the "right thing."

"One Shot"
Fearing that some of her former associates would try to kill her before she could talk, CTU transferred O'Neal to a safehouse in the Arizona desert until the CIA could debrief her. CTU used this time to debrief O'Neal themselves, since they suspected the CIA wouldn't share their full report with them. Agent Jack Bauer, on his first mission with CTU, headed the operation with Division-assigned agents Dillon, Solof, Taylor and Landon.

Michael Donovan, working upon information secretly feeded to him by double-agent Nina Myers, dispatched Tim McGinnis and his crew of assassins to eliminate O'Neal at the safehouse. Agent Bauer was able to escape with O'Neal as the safehouse, and later a gas station, were destroyed by a missile launcher. After a chase across the desert, McGinnis caught up with the two, only to be killed by Bauer.

Moira O'Neal provided CTU with the location of Donovan's hidden database, making it the biggest thing the organization had cracked since its inception in 1993.

Appearances

 * 24: One Shot