Brendan Hughes

From Baby Reindeer and The Traitors to Bodkin and The 2 Johnnies Late Night Lock In: The best and worst television of 2024

The glory days of streaming are over, but TV has never been more unpredictable

Fri Dec 13 2024 - 06:00

Sinn Féin’s targeting of voters through social media has paid off

Use of TikTok, Instagram and Facebook linked in part to party’s historic NI election win

Sat May 14 2022 - 05:01

Former Provisional IRA member questions whether armed campaign was worth it

Brendan Hughes says he is in favour of a truth forum to address legacy issues

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 12:00

‘Adams and McGuinness betrayed everyone’: A former IRA prisoner reflects on Troubles

Thomas Elliott believes futile campaign of violence should have been halted in 1987

Sat May 29 2021 - 01:00

Jean McConville’s murder, the Boston tapes, Gerry Adams and the Ivor Bell trial

Long read: Tapes which implicated Gerry Adams deemed inadmissible in Belfast trial

Thu Oct 17 2019 - 15:00

Gerry Adams’s IRA years: An insider’s account

Anthony McIntyre recalls the Sinn Féin leader’s time in the Provisional IRA

Fri Feb 09 2018 - 01:40

The ex-hunger striker making fashion items from a H-Block blanket

Laurence McKeown is using a blanket from the Maze to make a different kind of statement

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 06:00

Boston College subpoenaed for Anthony McIntyre interviews

British government seeks access to taped interview by former IRA prisoner

Mon Apr 25 2016 - 20:19

Rethinking the 1980/1981 hunger strikes

A hunger strike began 35 years ago today which led to many deaths but set Sinn Féin on a path to peace and power-sharing. Academics will explore this legacy in The Irish Times over coming months ahead of a major symposium in London next summer

Fri Dec 18 2015 - 11:46

Prosecution in Jean McConville case to go ahead

Veteran republican Ivor Bell has been charged in connection with murder

Fri Jun 05 2015 - 01:00

Ivor Bell to be prosecuted over Jean McConville murder

Part of the case against Bell based on Boston tape

Thu Jun 04 2015 - 15:25

Adams denies in US interview role in McConville death

SF leader tells ‘60 Minutes’ he never pulled a trigger, set a bomb or ordered a death

Mon Apr 06 2015 - 01:00

Women past and present haunt the men of Sinn Féin

Analysis: A shot to the back of the head ended Jean McConville’s life

Thu Oct 30 2014 - 16:39

Kneecapping, yes, but a victim’s wellbeing wasn’t an IRA priority

The republican group’s policing system was inherently ill-equipped to deal with the rape of a 16-year-old girl such as Maíria Cahill

Sat Oct 25 2014 - 01:00

Historians fear Boston tapes controversy will damage research into the Troubles

College’s decision to return interviews ‘not a good precedent for researchers’

Sat May 10 2014 - 01:00

Gerry Adams complains to PSNI over his arrest

Sinn Féin leader says his rights were ‘contravened on at least two occasions’

Thu May 08 2014 - 15:09

Boston College says it will return interviews about the North

Archive of interviews with paramilitaries linked to arrest of Gerry Adams

Wed May 07 2014 - 08:13

Gilmore and Haass to speak about ‘window’ for NI talks

Adams warned by PSNI of death threat

Mon May 05 2014 - 18:10

Full text of Adams speech following his release

Sinn Féin President criticises the ‘the Dark Side of the British system’

Mon May 05 2014 - 10:58

Referral of case to prosecution service takes heat out of issue

Charging Adams or unconditionally freeing him would have sparked fury

Mon May 05 2014 - 01:00

Sinn Féin claims of ‘political policing’ dismissed

Gerry Adams spends second night in custody in connection with Jean McConville murder

Fri May 02 2014 - 01:00

Assembly supports motion on Disappeared

Sinn Fein refuses to endorse motion because of reference to allegation that Gerry Adams was implicated in murder of Jean McConville

Wed Nov 20 2013 - 01:02

Why disillusioned republicans breached IRA’s code of secrecy

The contradiction that ran through the Provisional movement explains the anger of Gerry Adams’s accusers

Thu Nov 07 2013 - 12:02

Kenny in appeal over those killed by IRA

Adams criticised by Labour TD for failing to help families involved

Wed Nov 06 2013 - 01:08

Adams pressed in documentary over alleged role in McConville death

Sinn Féin president and Louth TD denies involvement in McConville or other killings

Mon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00

PSNI preparing to seek possession of some Boston College tapes

US court rules that only tapes relating to murder of Jean McConville can be released

Mon Jun 03 2013 - 01:00

US court rules McConville tapes must be handed over to PSNI

Journalist and historian claim ‘a mere 13 per cent’ of content originally sought will now be handed over

Sat Jun 01 2013 - 09:42