Man who lost two sons and a brother in loyalist attack achieved own justice ‘by outliving the forces that had sought to destroy him and his family’
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.
Mistakes in dealing with terrorism in Northern Ireland are being repeated elsewhere, argues Prof Richard English in a new book
The former priest who played a key role in the peace process reflects on the backchannel that enabled dialogue between the IRA and the UK government
Commemorative and funeral marches by non-State actors wearing uniforms are polarising, ridiculous and ultimately unrepublican
Television: Peaky Blinders creator always had strange ideas about Irish people, and the Irish characters in This Town are no different
Television: US academic gained unprecedented access to leadership of Provisionals in 1972
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
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