Irish Republican Army

The gun used to assassinate the Free State minister for justice in 1927 was still in use in the 1970s during the Troubles

Injustice of the Legal Act has been compounded by the knowledge that nine historians will participate in this project, apparently oblivious to the trauma of families

The former prison, which housed 2,000 republicans and loyalists at the height of the Troubles, is now home to stills that can make 610,000 litres of whiskey

Compromise should never be a dirty word in any true democrat's lexicon, says former tánaiste as he unveils plaque to War of Independence hero, Sean O'Donoghue

Man who lost two sons and a brother in loyalist attack achieved own justice ‘by outliving the forces that had sought to destroy him and his family’

Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book

The former priest who played a key role in the peace process reflects on the backchannel that enabled dialogue between the IRA and the UK government

Commemorative and funeral marches by non-State actors wearing uniforms are polarising, ridiculous and ultimately unrepublican

Television: Peaky Blinders creator always had strange ideas about Irish people, and the Irish characters in This Town are no different

Television: US academic gained unprecedented access to leadership of Provisionals in 1972

Mourners who forgot to wear Easter lilies handed replacements as service plays host to who’s who of republican circles

The effects of the Provisional movement’s fundraising campaign are still visible in Irish politics, north and south

An unrepentant idealogue, she said the happiest day of her life was when she took part in an attack on Strabane RUC barracks

McAuley was imprisoned for IRA crimes and domestic violence, though was previously celebrated by Sinn Féin members and TDs

Former IRA prisoner turned artist says of post-conflict Northern Irish society: ‘We’re not normal, but we’re heading towards normality’

‘Some were terrible, some were essentially excuses,’ says Prof Kieran McEvoy of the Apologies, Abuses and Dealing with the Past project

Marjorie Coulson was waiting for her boyfriend to turn up when he was murdered by the Provisional IRA near her home

The British journalist, author and politician on his campaign to help prove the innocence of six Irishmen wrongly imprisoned for bombings – and tracking down the real bombers

Seamus Kearney’s suspicions were confirmed by report’s findings – that his brother’s death could have been prevented

Report shows failings of state agents who put lives at risks and exposes ‘maverick culture’ in British intelligence

Micheál Martin says Kenova report shows PIRA’s campaign of violence ‘essentially an attack on its own community’

Those inside PIRA who gave information ‘significantly degraded and debilitated the effectiveness of terrorist groups’

Long-awaited inquiry into the activities of the British army’s top IRA agent, widely identified as Freddie Scappaticci, has cost €47m

Files seen by North’s DPP showed ‘insufficient evidence’ to press charges over Stakeknife’s operations

Operation Kenova expected to find that interventions could have been made to save multiple lives

Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected

Prosecutors considered six files reported to them as part of investigation into Freddie Scappaticci, alleged to be IRA spy Stakeknife

Judge told James Wauchope (75) suffers from severe PTSD after being locked in truck with bomb by IRA

Darragh Gannon convincingly persuades that Irish nationalism in Britain was far from just a sideshow

Donald Clarke: Reunification will come, but Romulan annexation may come first

Thomas Tucker’s mother was abducted, murdered and ‘disappeared’ by the IRA in 1972

Difference in fuel prices meant terrorists could profit by buying fuel in Republic and bringing it across Border, said Northern Ireland secretary Mandelson

State papers: Justice minister sought ‘pre-emptive round-up’ of 150 dissident republicans

Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace

Teachers, farmers, shop assistants and post office workers were rounded up in what became the greatest mass arrest in the history of Northern Ireland

Television: RTÉ doc does not conclude on a happy note but it does look to future in Niedermayer’s granddaughters

The IRA kidnapping of businessman Don Tidey ended with the killing of two of his rescuers 40 years ago this weekend

The Joint Declaration has often been taken for granted in the 30 years since, but it was arguably more significant than the Belfast Agreement that followed

A new book shares happier memories from a dark period

Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service says there was ‘insufficient evidence’ to pursue convictions