Daily Mail22d
IRA 'weapons test' puts pressure on peace process
The Northern Ireland peace process remained under pressure today after claims IRA weapons testing in Colombia was sanctioned by two of its most senior members. Three IRA suspects are currently ...
Daily Mail4d
IRA puts more weapons beyond use
A substantial amount of weapons and explosives have been put beyond use in a second act of decommissioning by the IRA, it was announced today. The republican leadership said it agreed to the move ...
Arsenal of weaponry found in south Armagh bunker ‘probably imported on behalf of the Provisional IRA decades ago’, court told
“The origin of these weapons would be indicative of importation for the Provisional IRA back in the 1970s and 1980s,” counsel ...
The Irish News10d
The incredible true story of the Irish Americans who smuggled the first ArmaLites to the IRA
Their caches included scores of the very first ArmaLite assaut rifles to be used by the IRA, plus gas-propelled ... their own names when procuring the weapons. They were confident of an open ...
phillyvoice.com25d
Philly gun smugglers helped the Irish Republican Army during the Troubles. A new book uncovers their operation.
Watkins chronicles the stateside effort to smuggle guns to the IRA in "The Next One Is For You ... But by drawing a direct line from an assault weapon supplied by the "boys from Philly" to ...
The Irish Times21d
Gardaí continue to question two men (40s) as part of inquiry into Real IRA activities
Gardaí believe the unit was preparing an arms dump in the remote forest to store weapons. Garda search teams ... blow to the activities of the Real IRA in Cork. They suspect the group has more ...