The Coroner's Court in Northern Ireland ruled on Thursday that the use of lethal force by the British Special Air Service (SAS) in 1992 was 'not justified' when it resulted in the killing of four ...

He hasn't gone away, you know - after becoming an Internet legend, Uncle O'Grimacey is returning for McDonald's Shamrock ...

As an independent investigation into a double agent named ‘Stakeknife’ draws to a close, families seeking answers may soon ...

By the time you read this, the INLA (Irish National Liberation Army) is also likely to have ... In other words, there is real pressure on the IRA and Sinn Fein to seize every opportunity for peace.

The armed campaign of the Irish Republican Army began to incorporate the political strategy of Sinn Féin in the 1980s. The INLA formed in 1974 as a result of a split in the 'Official' IRA.

In statements made by the soldiers at the time, they claimed that the use of lethal force was justified to protect their lives and others from the IRA unit. However, Mr Justice Humphreys said the use ...

Ted Howell, who has died aged 77, was the most self-effacing, yet one of the most influential IRA ... Irish News political commentator Brian Feeney described him as the “most important ...

modern Sinn Féin dates back to 1970 and a split in the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The Official IRA faded into the background while the Provisional IRA carried on a campaign of violence.

A Dublin court heard today that the 1998 mass murder bomb attack on Omagh, Co Tyrone, was carried out jointly by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA Irish Republican ...

A group called “the Real IRA” claimed responsibility for the atrocity ... and specifically that of a former British Army agent who infiltrated republican paramilitaries. This operative took legal ...