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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.
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
The contrast between Kneecap charges and flag-festooned Northern Ireland is absurd
Complaints of one-sided treatment may often be simplistic or partisan, but that only underscores the corrosive effect of inconsistent application of the law
Human remains discovered at site of previous search for ‘Disappeared’ victim
Joe Lynskey was abducted, shot dead and secretly buried by the IRA in August 1972
‘Nobody knew things were going to get so bad’: Catholic RUC officer’s defaced headstone at centre of Troubles exhibition
Exhibition part of efforts to help people on both sides of the Border who are suffering due to traumatic experiences caused by terrorism
A former British army officer and author on former IRA members opening up to him: ‘Trust is a huge issue’
Jonathan Trigg says it has been slow work getting former IRA members to open up to him, but some have done so, sharing their experiences and thoughts - and asking about British army training
Gerry Adams defamation trial: laughs from the jury, a judge’s intervention and a ‘very fine story’ about a hedgehog
Former Sinn Féin president tells judge the IRA attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher was ‘legitimate’
Gerry Adams tells defamation trial he never joined the IRA
Judge tells jury claims made in documentaries they are being shown may be relevant to the issue of Adams’s reputation
Gerry Adams defamation case: Former Sinn Féin leader ‘not prepared to speculate’ on who was or was not in IRA
Court hears Adams continues to work with families of three men ‘disappeared’ by the IRA during Troubles who have not been found
Journalists pay tribute to late Lyra McKee as her picture is unveiled at Belfast’s Reporters Bar
Accomplished writer and campaigner died after being struck in the head by a bullet in Derry
Good Trouble: The Selma, Alabama and Derry, Northern Ireland Connection 1963-1972 by Forest Issac Jones
A wide-ranging story about connections between the two civil rights movements
Radio review: ‘It sounded like a big mosquito’ - anger over drones fills the airwaves
Radio: RTÉ presenter is a likable substitute for Joe Duffy, while Newstalk’s Kieran Cuddihy launches an unusual free-speech crusade
Kingsmill massacre report: Watchdog identifies series of failings in investigation
Ten Protestant men shot by republican gunmen posing as British soldiers in 1976
The last confession of ‘Disappeared’ IRA man Joe Lynskey – a priest recalls, more than 50 years on
For the first time, an Irish priest tells the story of the confession he heard from Joe Lynskey shortly before he was murdered by the IRA a half-century ago
Memoirs of Dan Mulvihill: Fulfilling the dream of a veteran of the old IRA
A tape recording from 1984 revealed an elderly republican’s ambition to publish his life story - four decades on, it has finally come to pass
Justice for my Father by Austin Stack: An account of 40 years of relentless probing into prison officer’s IRA murder
Story of Brian Stack’s killing and its aftermath is an important and bleak retrospective on Ireland during the Troubles
Joe Lynskey Disappeared case: ‘When he came out of the monastery he came out for the cause. And the cause executed him’
Maria Lynskey had the funeral arrangements in place for her uncle before her family’s hopes of finding his remains were dashed for the second time in a decade
‘They may never get closure’: Annyalla locals on Lynskey family’s search for murdered relative
Co Monaghan village residents fear remains of Joe Lynskey, one of the IRA’s Disappeared, may never be found
Joe Lynskey remains are not those exhumed in Monaghan, tests show
Grave did not contain remains of murdered former IRA member or ‘any of the Disappeared’, says independent commission
Freddie Scappaticci’s final years in a sleepy Surrey town: Neighbours were ‘sickened’ when they found out who he really was
The man known as Stakeknife, a senior British army agent in the IRA, was hidden away in middle-class suburban comfrot in Guildford
Unravelling an Irish-American family mystery: my great-grandfather arrived in the US in 1922, on the run as an IRA man
Delving into her family history led author Ali Watkins to explore one of the least known and most effective gunrunning operations in contemporary American history, and the ways the Irish diaspora view Ireland
Minister for Justice seeks approval to provide Special Criminal Court judgments to UK’s Omagh bomb inquiry
The non-jury SCC lacks power to order transcripts, High Court judge hears
The Sorrow and the Loss by Martin Dillon: Women whose lives were blighted by the Troubles
Too often the reader is left wanting to know more about these women and their lives
Sinn Féin’s Doherty defends going to funeral of ‘friend’ and ex-IRA man ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Sinn Féin has faced criticism for its tributes to Brendan McFarlane, who died last month
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane obituary: IRA figure linked to kidnapping, killings and prisoner escape
He became a firm supporter of the peace process
UK ‘has not ruled out’ inquiry into killings by Provisional IRA internal security unit
UK government’s argues the issue needs to be revisited after final Operation Kenova report is produced, solicitor representing family of one of the victims says
Michael Lowry’s actions ‘pale into insignificance’ against IRA, says Martin
Tipperary TD seeking to make personal statement to Dáil, Verona Murphy says
Sinn Féin’s Gerry Adams and Pearse Doherty among mourners at funeral of former senior IRA member
Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane led a mass break-out in September 1983
Former justice minister criticises McDonald’s tribute to late IRA figure ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Charlie Flanagan describes tribute as ‘nauseating’
Former senior Provisional IRA figure ‘Bik’ McFarlane dies aged 74
McFarlane was IRA commander in the Maze prison during the 1981 hunger strikes
Inquest findings in SAS shooting of four IRA men referred to prosecutors
Judge says he is obliged to send a report to DPP if evidence indicates criminal offence may have been committed
Kidnapped by the IRA: ‘My abductors say they will not give the government the satisfaction of getting me back alive’
Dutch businessman Tiede Herrema was kidnapped by the IRA 50 years ago and his archive donated to University of Limerick in 2005
The Aga Khan obituary: Spiritual leader with a taste for fast cars and racehorses
The Ismaili Muslim ruler was perhaps best known in Ireland for refusing to pay a ransom for the kidnapped Shergar
Use of force in killing of four IRA men in British military ambush ‘not justified’ – coroner
Claims IRA members opened fire in car park were ‘demonstrably untrue’, inquest found
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader whose riches enabled horse racing glory, dies at 88
Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini’s family’s engagement with Ireland’s equine industry spanned three generations
Omagh bombing inquiry: Woman hopes ‘no other family has to suffer as we did’ after members of three generations killed
Victim’s sister questions whether process will uncover the full truth
Patrick MacEntee obituary: Leading criminal advocate of his generation
No one else represented as many clients in high-profile, difficult and often-unpopular cases in the bright glare of publicity
Ted Howell obituary: Republican figure whose influence was far greater than his profile
Gerry Adams jokingly referred to him as ‘teddy bear’ but Howell was an authoritative presence whose word carried serious weight in the highest echelons of republicanism
‘It’s an ongoing torture for the families,’ says man leading search for North’s Disappeared
Jon Hill reveals investigators were contacted by people affected by Say Nothing, the Disney+ series that includes scenes portraying final hours of Jean McConville and Joe Lynskey
Paddy Hill obituary: One of the Birmingham Six wrongly convicted of IRA bombings
Hill was haunted by the experience and dedicated the rest of his life to campaigning against miscarriages of justice
John Bruton believed nationalists were not properly represented by Sinn Féin or SDLP
New taoiseach caused concern as IRA grappled with ceasefire and decommissioning decisions, papers show
Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned
The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair
Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told
Issue raised over possible elevation of well-regarded lawyer Ronnie Appleton to bench
Government agreed to pay Michael Noonan legal costs for libel case over alleged IRA money
Businessmen sued for defamation over then-minister’s statement, claiming it was for legitimate pork export business
Senior British general ‘furious’ about new Bloody Sunday inquiry he saw as ‘cynical political move’
Department of Foreign Affairs found open criticism of political leaders remarkable
‘This day is a long time in coming’: Memorial to garda and soldier killed during rescue of Don Tidey
Pte Patrick Kelly and Garda recruit Gary Sheehan were shot dead by a Provisional IRA gang 41 years ago
No evidence of police collusion in investigation into 1978 La Mon House Hotel bombing, ombudsman says
Judge at trial said he could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that statements not ‘adduced by torture’
‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’: former RUC officer consigned to a wheelchair by the IRA on serving in the Troubles
Former police officers defend the force they served, but feel increasingly forgotten
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