Northern Ireland murder victim's brother under death threat
Daniel Allen, whose brother Andrew was murdered by republican vigilantes earlier this year, is told his life is also under threatThe brother of a Derry man murdered by republican vigilantes earlier...
View ArticleDavid Black: 'new IRA' group claims it murdered prison officer
Republican terror alliance issues statement linking Black's murder to conditions inside Maghaberry prisonA republican terror alliance styling itself as a new IRA has claimed it murdered Northern...
View ArticleMan, 22, arrested over murder of Catholic police recruit
Counter terror police detain Co Tyrone man and a lorry in Milton Keynes over booby trap bomb death of Ronan KerrDetectives investigating the murder by paramilitaries of a Catholic police recruit in...
View ArticleOmagh bombing retrial begins at Belfast high court
Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly are contesting civil court decision that found them liable for 1998 atrocityTwo men sued by the relatives of those killed in the Omagh bomb massacre, who claimed the pair...
View ArticleOmagh bombing suspects fail to turn up at retrial
Colm Murphy and Seamus Daly, who were found liable for the 1998 atrocity in a civil court, won a retrial but refused to attendThe failure of two men accused of playing a central role in the Real IRA...
View ArticleMassereene barracks murder conviction quashed
Belfast court rules verdict unsafe on Brian Shivers, only man convicted over Real IRA murders of two British soldiers in AntrimThe only man convicted of killing two soldiers at a military base in...
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: trial of suspect Seamus Daly will go ahead
Mobile phone evidence to form centrepiece of evidence against bricklayer, who has denied any involvement in 1998 atrocity that killed 29 peopleA man accused of being involved in the Omagh bombing that...
View ArticleLiam Neeson to produce IRA sniper film
The romantic thriller A Mad and Wonderful Thing will be an adaptation of the story of a Real IRA sniper Liam Neeson is to co-produce A Mad and Wonderful Thing, based on the novel of the same name, and...
View ArticleIrish republican socialists call on Real IRA to end 'armed struggle'
Internal paper from political wing of Irish group that assassinated Airey Neave is made public, calling armed republican actions ‘self-defeating’An internal document from the political wing of the...
View ArticleSix republican dissidents arrested across Ireland before royal couple's tour
Men held in security operations that also uncovers explosive devices and bomb-making equipment as Republic prepares for visit by Prince Charles and his wifeSix republican dissidents from two hardline...
View ArticleDissident republican dies in Dublin gang war
Man named locally as Vinny Ryan dies in hospital after latest shooting, in Finglas area of Irish capital A dissident republican has died after being shot in further gangland warfare in Dublin.Related:...
View ArticleFamily of murdered IRA informer protest against inquest delays
Relatives of Denis Donaldson, who was a Sinn Féin stalwart and MI5 spy, say Irish state’s adjournments are ‘intolerable’The family of a murdered senior IRA and Sinn Féin figure who was also a British...
View ArticleIrish News claims press freedom victory by resisting police injunction
Newspaper’s editor proclaims vindication after fighting ‘vague’ legal actionThe Irish News has won a significant press freedom victory in resisting an attempt by Northern Ireland’s police service...
View ArticleMan arrested in Ireland over murder of British spy Denis Donaldson
Garda Síochána hold man in his 40s for questioning in Co Donegal over killing in April 2006Irish detectives have arrested a man in his 40s in connection with the murder of Denis Donaldson, an MI5 spy...
View ArticleTime to rename Northern Ireland's anti-peace groups as gangsters
Media outlets should take a leaf out of the BBC’s book by refusing to refer to ‘dissident republicans’ - a term that embellishes them with a political veneerDo media outlets bear responsibility for...
View ArticleUndercover British army unit ‘saved life’ of Ulster loyalist leader Johnny Adair
Former soldier’s book reveals how assassination bid was thwarted by ramming a surveillance van into a motorbike used by two UDA hitmenOne of the most secretive and controversial units of the British...
View ArticleBBC programme used anonymous single source to smear Gerry Adams
Spotlight documentary alleged that the Sinn Féin leader ordered a murder but Irish police say Adams ‘does not feature’ in their inquiries into the killingSpotlight, the current affairs strand made by...
View ArticleEuropean court of human rights dismisses Omagh bombing appeal
Strasbourg court rules that civil trial of two men found liable for single worst atrocity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles was not unfairAn attempt by two Irish republicans to overturn a landmark civil...
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