Irish Republican Army

This topic contains articles relating to the original IRA from the time of the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921). It also covers later paramilitary organisations that split to form contemporary groups, such as the Provisional IRA, Real IRA, and Continuity IRA, which were active during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and beyond.

Martin Mansergh risked career to progress peace process in early stages, funeral hears

‘Unambiguously republican’ politician understood unionist tradition, mourners in Tipperary hear

Irish businessman who smeared Jim Gavin was convicted of violent assault of fisheries officer

Incident off Helvick Head, Co Waterford, in 1993 left fisheries officer badly injured, followed by allegations Kieran Kelly linked to IRA

Who was Martin Mansergh, what role did he play in Fianna Fáil and North’s peace process?

Oxford-educated member of Anglo-Irish family became valued by Charles Haughey and successors

Martin Mansergh, Fianna Fáil adviser and key figure in peace process, dies aged 78

Mansergh entered electoral politics after decades as a backroom figure and served as minister of State

Violence ‘never justified’: Catherine Connolly responds to question on IRA campaign

Presidential candidate denies being ‘equivocal’ on Hamas and condemns genocide in Gaza

Families of Troubles victims killed along Border still await answers from State

Families of victims allege collaboration between gardaí and IRA

New Troubles legacy deal criticised by victims’ group

British-Irish framework should have dealt with ‘lingering issues of concern’, SEFF says

Backing Catherine Connolly suggests Sinn Féin could not come up with better idea

Party’s support may yet prove decisive for Independent TD’s presidential campaign

Grandma’s unlikely tales of being an Irish rebel turned out to be true but Ireland let her down

Investigating Maggie O’Toole’s story would forever change the trajectory of my life, as a research visit to Ireland from my native New York became a permanent move

Rev Martin Smyth obituary: Staunchly anti-agreement former Ulster Unionist MP and Orange Order leader

He tried to implicate Charles Haughey in an IRA gun-running plot during the 1980s

A calculated game: the latest attempt to persuade NI paramilitaries to disband

Amid scepticism and trepidation, the British and Irish governments are about to try again to convince loyalist and dissident republican groups to quit paramilitarism

‘I have nightmares about Bragan’: families of the Disappeared gather for poignant memorial

White crosses placed on bogland to signify IRA victims who were secretly buried

The Deployment of Art by Clare Carolin: A scathing critique of official British versions of the Troubles

The British academic skewers the long campaign by the British army to promote itself ‘as a kindly force of non-partisan peacekeepers’

Irish Nurses in the NHS review: A wave of women who were Ireland’s loss and Britain’s gain

Television: The 30,000 Irish-born nurses that once worked in the NHS have been relatively overlooked

New search in Co Monaghan bog for Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh

Latest dig for teen buried by IRA is continuation of search undertaken two years ago

The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’

This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’

Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings

Some investigations will result in arrests for killings 50 years ago, official says, despite unpopular new legacy regime

New forensic evidence identifies suspects in Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings

Government to face pressure to offer greater co-operation into legacy investigations

The little-known story of the Trinity student shot during the War of Independence

Hosanna Boulter on a forgotten killing

My Saxophone Saved My Life by Des Lee and The Killing of the Reavey Brothers by Eugene Reavey: Angry accounts of atrocities and the continuing search for answers

British authorities have put up obstacles to both men as they have fought for decades to discover the truth

Victim’s family condemns ‘disgusting’ Féile na Phobail tribute to Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane

Linda Boyle (17) was killed 50 years ago in the Bayardo Bar massacre carried out by McFarlane and two others

Son of Stakeknife victim ‘frustrated’ by UK government silence on name change and will

Freddie Scappaticci’s will was sealed by a British court last week

Brian Rowan: the ‘long and difficult journey’ to decommissioning in the North

Twenty years after the IRA declared its war was over, previously unseen documents from Brian Rowan’s personal archive tell the story of the hard road to peace

Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’

Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’

Whether the abuse happens in Rathfarnham or west Belfast, the story is the same

Máiría Cahill’s isolation was rooted in terror of the tribe. For the Brennan sisters theirs was about protecting reputations

Omagh bombing survivor wants High Court to compel State to hold public inquiry into atrocity

Emmet Tunney says Irish government’s failure to hold such a hearing breaches his rights

Former US ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith turned against Sinn Féin after 9/11, British files claim

She also thought Tony Blair ‘should be much tougher with IRA’, friend told British prime minister’s chief of staff

US government offered to use spy satellites to verify IRA arms dumps were decommissioned

White House official put forward the idea to the British in 2000, documents show

Michael McDowell pushed for British amnesty for IRA members without trial, UK files reveal

Treatment of the so-called ‘on-the-runs’ later became a major controversy

RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history

Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of it

Veteran republican Marian Price issues legal proceedings against Disney over ‘Say Nothing’ series

Suggestion Price involved in murder of Jean McConville not based on a single iota of evidence, High Court defamation action claims

Victim of IRA attack allegedly involving British agent loses legal claim over probe ‘delay’

Desmond McCabe case arose after PSNI decision to prioritise Omagh bombing inquiry over legacy casework

We like to romanticise Ireland’s past, but too much remembering could be bad for us

Unthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribe

Timothy O’Grady: ‘You feel miserable most of the time when you’re writing’

O’Grady discusses his fourth book, Monaghan, working on Stephen Rea’s memoir and the current political climate in the US

Republican priest Fr Patrick Ryan dies aged 95

First Catholic cleric to contest an election was accused of involvement in IRA activity

Tributes paid after death of former NI Civil Service chief Kenneth Bloomfield

Sir Kenneth began his career in public service in the 1950s and survived an IRA bomb attack on his home in 1988

‘Tháinig ár lá’: Lawyers agree €100,000 damages award is undeniable win for Gerry Adams and republicanism generally

Dublin jury found BBC Northern Ireland programme Spotlight defamed former Sinn Féin leader in 2016

BBC faces legal costs bill of more than €3m after jury finds it defamed Gerry Adams

Former Sinn Féin president said he took case to ‘put manners on British Broadcasting Corporation’

Awarding €100,000 to Gerry Adams is like spitting on the graves of those killed by IRA, says Austin Stack

Austin Stack (56) was a teenager in 1983 when his father, Brian, was shot by the IRA

Gerry Adams v BBC libel case: What the jury didn’t hear

Mr Justice Owens ruled that evidence of Denis Donaldson’s daughter was not relevant to questions to be decided by jury

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