Irish National Liberation Army

Dessie O’Hare, former INLA member and convicted kidnapper, released from prison

‘The Border Fox’ was jailed by the non-jury Special Criminal Court in April 2019 after admitting to a charge of false imprisonment

Thu Jun 27 2024 - 21:06

Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place – This important, humane book will prove to be a classic

Review: Martin Doyle’s personal, intimate history of the Troubles through the microcosm of his home parish is stunning in its sweep and power

Sat Oct 21 2023 - 05:30

Why I wrote Dirty Linen: recording the toll the Troubles took on my parish, the long tail of trauma

The scale of the Northern conflict, more than 3,700 dead over 30 years in a population of just 1.5 million, is impossible to comprehend. I focused on my own parish

Sat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00

Unionists urge police action over INLA ‘show of strength’ in Derry

Two masked men filmed firing shots in front of mural of hunger striker in Galliagh area

Sun Aug 22 2021 - 17:04

Omagh bombing investigations leave trail of questions still unanswered

Twenty-third anniversary of bombing that murdered 29 sees renewed calls for inquiry

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00

The UDA killer nicknamed ‘Top Gun’ behind a dozen sectarian murders

Known to few outside loyalist circles, Stephen McKeag left a trail of death behind him

Sat Jul 24 2021 - 06:00

‘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

Orangeman was asked if he wanted Irish flag removed from Dublin Castle

Biography of Ian Milne also recounts his role in Drumcree march resolution efforts

Tue Nov 24 2020 - 00:01

Submachine gun and assault rifles seized in Derry

PSNI discovers weapons during searches in investigation into INLA criminality

Wed Jun 12 2019 - 06:51

President Trump to allow former INLA prisoner stay in the US

Acting Homeland Secretary intervenes to stop deportation of Malachy McAllister

Mon Apr 29 2019 - 20:32

Police blame Irish National Liberation Army for murder of Jim Donegan

Victim was shot dead as he waited to collect his son from school in west Belfast

Thu Mar 21 2019 - 13:57

Inside dissident republican groups: A new book throws light on their thinking

Paramilitary organisations see opportunity in Brexit – the harder Brexit the better

Sat Jan 26 2019 - 06:00

The shooting sounded ‘like pebbles tinkling off a window pane’

Thirty-five years ago, Republican gunmen massacred worshippers at a church in Darkley, Co Armagh

Sat Nov 24 2018 - 01:00

North divided over Ian Paisley jnr in wake of Sri Lanka scandal

Derided by some as ‘chancer’, DUP man and family legacy likely to survive suspension

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 07:00

Sinn Féin’s US arm raises €265,000 in six months

Filings show the bulk of the money came from annual dinner in New York

Fri Jun 01 2018 - 01:00

Two men arrested over Dessie Fox murder are released

Gardaí will prepare a file for the DPP relating to the 1990 killing

Thu May 31 2018 - 17:10

Seamus Ruddy inquest held 33 years after his murder in France

Family of ‘disappeared’ IRSP man pleads for information on other abductees

Wed May 09 2018 - 16:59

Inquiries, ‘collusion’ and seeking truth in Loughinisland killings

Former RUC officers want report’s findings about 1994 UVF murders to be quashed

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 01:00

A month-by-month look back at 2017 in Ireland

News review of the year: Border issues, the Garda whistleblower scandal, property prices, the Paradise Papers, Storm Ophelia and the Rescue 116 tragedy were some of the big stories of 2017

Wed Dec 27 2017 - 04:13

Memorial to be unveiled to two gardaí shot dead by bank robbers in 1980

Families of John Morley and Henry Byrne to attend ceremony in Co Roscommon

Fri Jul 28 2017 - 14:51

Exhibition of 18 portraits focuses on those affected by Troubles

Colin Davidson’s ‘Silent Testimony’ work captures grief of victims who lost loved ones

Sat Jul 01 2017 - 01:00

Gary Haggarty pleads guilty to 200 UVF crimes, including murders

Life sentence likely to be reduced due to loyalist ex-commander’s ‘supergrass’ role

Fri Jun 23 2017 - 19:57

Seamus Ruddy’s remains to be repatriated from France

‘Disappeared’ victim who went missing in 1985 to be buried alongside parents in Newry

Tue Jun 06 2017 - 00:01

Family relieved body of Séamus Ruddy appears found in France

Victim’s sister urges people with information on three Disappeared to come forward

Sun May 07 2017 - 19:55

New search begins in northern France for one of Disappeared

INLA said it murdered Séamus Ruddy and buried him in a forest near Rouen

Tue May 02 2017 - 00:01

Behind Maghaberry’s walls: the prison left behind by peace

Tensions in the Northern Irish jail are high despite paramilitaries being in the minority

Sat Mar 25 2017 - 01:00

Mitchell Reiss joins North commission to tackle paramilitarism

President Bush’s former special envoy one of four members of monitoring body

Wed Dec 14 2016 - 20:30

Jo Cox is first MP murdered in office since the Troubles

IRA and INLA claimed the lives of a number of MPs up to 1990

Thu Jun 16 2016 - 19:48

Former INLA prisoner McAllister gets deportation reprieve

Belfast man has been engaged in a decades-long fight for full residency

Thu Apr 21 2016 - 22:27

SDLP’S Colum Eastwood ready to reboot ‘most successful party in Irish history’

At 32, Derry-born successor to John Hume and Mark Durkan is charged with his party’s resurrection

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 01:01

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