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