McAliskey, now an elder stateswoman of anti-establishment politics, reflects on a career driven by a fierce sense of justice – and how that has not been achieved in the North

‘He had great energy. He was a keen cyclist who had completed a 70-mile cycle shortly before his death’

Peruvian judge allows Scottish drug smuggler to return home following prison release

22-year-old was jailed in 2013 along with Irish woman Michaella McCollum for cocaine smuggling

Image shows one of the future leaders of the Easter Rising in the Cape of Good Hope

Thomas J Clarke, whose name appeared first among those of the signatories to the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, was an unbending Fenian – and a mordant, impish wit

Co-defendant’s challenge to being convicted of attempting to murder women attending victim also rejected

John-Pat Cunningham, who had learning difficulties, was shot by British Army patrol

If there are more unionists on the register this could again be very close

Distrust of RUC led to parallel ‘justice’ system by republicans which at times was brutal

The 23-year-old was looking forward to the birth of his first child when he went missing in 1978

Effort to find Brendan Megraw, last seen in April 1978, to focus on Oristown bog

Dungannon woman and Scot Melissa Reid arrested over €1.7m cocaine haul in August

‘Disappeared’ victim vanished in April 1978 and is thought buried near Kells, Co Meath

Women set to be moved to Ancón 2, a minimum security prison an hour north of Lima

Newspaper report says Melissa Reid to seek shortened prison sentence as part of deal

Mother of Melissa Reid wants her to plead guilty to reduce her time in prison

Father of one of two women arrested on suspicion of trying to smuggle cocaine calls on British and Spanish police to investigate

Spanish police cast doubt on Peru pair’s claims of being forced to carry cocaine by armed gang members

Lawyer for Tyrone native Michaella McCollum Connolly says she will deny charges

PSNI investigating violent death in Co Tyrone

In past week more than 1,000 potential new jobs announced for Northern Ireland