Martin Mansergh risked career to progress peace process in early stages, funeral hears
‘Unambiguously republican’ politician understood unionist tradition, mourners in Tipperary hear
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.
Irish businessman who smeared Jim Gavin was convicted of violent assault of fisheries officer
Incident off Helvick Head, Co Waterford, in 1993 left fisheries officer badly injured, followed by allegations Kieran Kelly linked to IRA
Who was Martin Mansergh, what role did he play in Fianna Fáil and North’s peace process?
Oxford-educated member of Anglo-Irish family became valued by Charles Haughey and successors
Martin Mansergh, Fianna Fáil adviser and key figure in peace process, dies aged 78
Mansergh entered electoral politics after decades as a backroom figure and served as minister of State
Violence ‘never justified’: Catherine Connolly responds to question on IRA campaign
Presidential candidate denies being ‘equivocal’ on Hamas and condemns genocide in Gaza
Families of Troubles victims killed along Border still await answers from State
Families of victims allege collaboration between gardaí and IRA
New Troubles legacy deal criticised by victims’ group
British-Irish framework should have dealt with ‘lingering issues of concern’, SEFF says
Backing Catherine Connolly suggests Sinn Féin could not come up with better idea
Party’s support may yet prove decisive for Independent TD’s presidential campaign
Grandma’s unlikely tales of being an Irish rebel turned out to be true but Ireland let her down
Investigating Maggie O’Toole’s story would forever change the trajectory of my life, as a research visit to Ireland from my native New York became a permanent move
Rev Martin Smyth obituary: Staunchly anti-agreement former Ulster Unionist MP and Orange Order leader
He tried to implicate Charles Haughey in an IRA gun-running plot during the 1980s
A calculated game: the latest attempt to persuade NI paramilitaries to disband
Amid scepticism and trepidation, the British and Irish governments are about to try again to convince loyalist and dissident republican groups to quit paramilitarism
‘I have nightmares about Bragan’: families of the Disappeared gather for poignant memorial
White crosses placed on bogland to signify IRA victims who were secretly buried
The Deployment of Art by Clare Carolin: A scathing critique of official British versions of the Troubles
The British academic skewers the long campaign by the British army to promote itself ‘as a kindly force of non-partisan peacekeepers’
Irish Nurses in the NHS review: A wave of women who were Ireland’s loss and Britain’s gain
Television: The 30,000 Irish-born nurses that once worked in the NHS have been relatively overlooked
New search in Co Monaghan bog for Disappeared victim Columba McVeigh
Latest dig for teen buried by IRA is continuation of search undertaken two years ago
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
Forensic advances bring chance of new prosecutions for Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings
Some investigations will result in arrests for killings 50 years ago, official says, despite unpopular new legacy regime
New forensic evidence identifies suspects in Guildford and other 1970s IRA bombings
Government to face pressure to offer greater co-operation into legacy investigations
The little-known story of the Trinity student shot during the War of Independence
Hosanna Boulter on a forgotten killing
My Saxophone Saved My Life by Des Lee and The Killing of the Reavey Brothers by Eugene Reavey: Angry accounts of atrocities and the continuing search for answers
British authorities have put up obstacles to both men as they have fought for decades to discover the truth
Victim’s family condemns ‘disgusting’ Féile na Phobail tribute to Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane
Linda Boyle (17) was killed 50 years ago in the Bayardo Bar massacre carried out by McFarlane and two others
Son of Stakeknife victim ‘frustrated’ by UK government silence on name change and will
Freddie Scappaticci’s will was sealed by a British court last week
Brian Rowan: the ‘long and difficult journey’ to decommissioning in the North
Twenty years after the IRA declared its war was over, previously unseen documents from Brian Rowan’s personal archive tell the story of the hard road to peace
Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’
Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’
Whether the abuse happens in Rathfarnham or west Belfast, the story is the same
Máiría Cahill’s isolation was rooted in terror of the tribe. For the Brennan sisters theirs was about protecting reputations
Omagh bombing survivor wants High Court to compel State to hold public inquiry into atrocity
Emmet Tunney says Irish government’s failure to hold such a hearing breaches his rights
Former US ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith turned against Sinn Féin after 9/11, British files claim
She also thought Tony Blair ‘should be much tougher with IRA’, friend told British prime minister’s chief of staff
US government offered to use spy satellites to verify IRA arms dumps were decommissioned
White House official put forward the idea to the British in 2000, documents show
Michael McDowell pushed for British amnesty for IRA members without trial, UK files reveal
Treatment of the so-called ‘on-the-runs’ later became a major controversy
RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history
Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of it
Veteran republican Marian Price issues legal proceedings against Disney over ‘Say Nothing’ series
Suggestion Price involved in murder of Jean McConville not based on a single iota of evidence, High Court defamation action claims
Victim of IRA attack allegedly involving British agent loses legal claim over probe ‘delay’
Desmond McCabe case arose after PSNI decision to prioritise Omagh bombing inquiry over legacy casework
We like to romanticise Ireland’s past, but too much remembering could be bad for us
Unthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribe
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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