Family of murdered Real IRA man receives 'substantial' payout
Victims of Real IRA criticise decision to award compensation to family of Kieran Doherty, who died in Derry in 2010Victims of the Real IRA have expressed outrage after revelations that the family of a...
View ArticleNew Omagh bombing inquiry ruled out by government
Northern Ireland secretary says fresh investigation unlikely to reveal anything more over 1998 Real IRA attack that killed 29There will be no public inquiry into the Omagh bombing by the Real IRA that...
View ArticleOmagh victims' families to take legal action after inquiry is ruled out
Campaigners promise to take government to court as Northern Ireland secretary says further investigation is not justifiedFamilies of the victims of the Omagh bomb in 1998 have vowed to take the...
View ArticleIrishman accused of buying arms for Real IRA has conviction overturned
Lithuanian court frees Michael Campbell after ruling that prosecutors failed to prove he had ties with groupAn Irishman accused of buying arms for the Real IRA in an MI5 sting operation has had his...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland bomb alert closes Belfast motorway
Police in Ireland still hunting for chief suspect in Derry murder after bout of dissident republican activityThe main motorway linking Belfast to Dublin has been reopened after a bomb alert temporarily...
View ArticleMarian McGlinchey avoids jail for supplying phone to soldiers' killers
Phone was used by Real IRA to admit responsibility for killings of two soldiers outside Massereene barracks in 2009Unionists have questioned the suspended sentence handed down to the Old Bailey bomber...
View ArticleCross-border co-operation in Northern Ireland 'is saving lives'
Theresa Villiers says working together has helped counter threat from dissident republicans ahead of Anglo-Irish meetingCross-border security co-operation is saving lives in the face of an upsurge in...
View ArticleTwo found liable for Omagh bombing
Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly were retried after they and two others were held liable in civil actionTwo Irish republicans have been found liable for the 1998 Omagh bombing in a civil action against the...
View ArticleOmagh bombing suspect Seamus Daly remanded in custody
Accused faces 29 counts of murder over 1998 Real IRA attack in Northern Ireland that tried to derail peace processA man accused of carrying out the single biggest atrocity of the Troubles in Northern...
View ArticleMartin McGuinness criticised by republican dissidents for toast to Queen
Former Real IRA prisoner denounces Irish deputy first minister's attendance at Windsor Castle banquetRepublican dissidents have launched a bitter attack on Martin McGuinness after he toasted the Queen...
View ArticleOmagh bombing activist to advise Jean McConville's family over Gerry Adams
Michael Gallagher, who sued alleged members of Real IRA, to advise family of McConville, who was murdered by IRA in 1972An anti-paramilitary activist who successfully sued alleged members of the Real...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland's new chief constable under pressure over police shortfall
Federation calls on George Hamilton and ministers to tackle 1,000 officer shortage before difficult marching seasonNorthern Ireland's new chief constable has to tackle a 1,000 shortfall in police...
View ArticleLarge haul of explosives recovered from farm near Northern Ireland border
Police claim discovery has prevented dissident republicans opposed to the peace process from causing severe harmIrish republican dissidents appear to have been dealt a blow with the discovery of a...
View ArticleHow the republican dissidents delivered their statement of unity
Real IRA and other groups went to extraordinary lengths to deliver a statement about a new development in their campaignIn the dark isolation of a dirt track just across the border in the Irish...
View ArticleNew IRA: full statement by the dissident 'Army Council'
Organisation claims Irish people 'have been sold a phoney peace, rubber-stamped by a token legislature in Stormont'This is the full statement released by the new dissident republican group in Northern...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland: keep focused | Editorial
Despite the handshake between Martin McGuinness and the Queen, the peace process is still in need of nurturingFirst the good news: our report of the amalgamation of a disparate group of republican...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland judges use powers to ban naming of alleged drug dealers
One embargo already imposed amid fears the accused could become targets of republican vigilante campaignJudges in Northern Ireland have banned the identification of alleged drug dealers because of...
View Article500 at Dublin funeral of murdered Real IRA man
Paramilitaries turn out for burial of Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in Dublin on MondayAlan Ryan, a murdered member of the Real IRA, was buried in Dublin on Saturday afternoon amid a heavy armed police...
View Article'New IRA' sets two bombs in Derry in attempt to kill security forces
Newly merged republican terrorist group leaves booby-trapped bicycle and pipe bomb in grounds of council officesDissident republicans have left a booby-trap bomb on a bicycle in an attempt to kill...
View ArticleIrish gun thefts spark fears of new Ulster sniper campaign
Security forces trying to trace up to 30 high-powered rifles with telescopic sights stolen from shop by Republican dissidentsAnti-ceasefire republicans have stolen up to 30 high-powered rifles with...
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