Former IRA commander Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane has died today at the age
of 74.
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Former IRA commander Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane has died today at the age
of 74.
Published February 21, 2025
UDA exploiting talks with Britain - report
The British government has been in fruitless talks for over a year with
UDA gangs about moving away from organised paramilitary activity, it has
beeen reported.
Published February 20, 2025
‘Nothing normal about the PSNI’
A republican policing poster campaign has brought attention to the
absence of support for the PSNI in nationalist areas.
Published February 20, 2025
McGlinchey family ‘fobbed off’ over murders
Relatives of Dominic and Mary McGlinchey have said the 26 County state
authorities have questions to answer over their role in investigating
the separate murders of the high-profile republicans.
Published February 20, 2025
PSNI’s unending secrecy on 1971 massacre
Relatives of people killed in the McGurk’s Bar massacre have accused the
PSNI of continuing to withhold information about the atrocity in
defiance of a key tribunal ruling.
Published February 20, 2025
Loyalists target sporting events
Sectarian signs have appeared describing the GAA sports association as
“the sporting wing of the IRA”.
Published February 20, 2025
Campaign to allow Irish flag on coffins at funeral masses
A life-long republican given just months to live is being discriminated
against by Catholic church authorities who have refused to allow the
tricolour to be placed on his coffin during his funeral mass.
Published February 20, 2025
Shoot-to-kill verdict ‘ridicules British lies’
A landmark inquest has vindicated a Tyrone community and indicted the
British Army and London government over their cowardlyambush of four
young IRA Volunteers in Clonoe in 1992.
Published February 13, 2025
Notorious serial killer was RUC agent
The loyalist paramilitary who shot dead Catholic taxi driver Michael
McGoldrick in 1996 was a Crown Force agent, it has been reported.
Published February 13, 2025
Poll shows demand for unity soaring
The percentage of those in favour of Irish reunification in the Six
Counties has jumped by more than a quarter within the past two years,
according to a survey carried out by the Royal Irish Academy.
Published February 13, 2025
PSNI ordered to reveal source of lies on McGurk’s Bar massacre
The PSNI has been ordered to disclose evidence in police files regarding
the McGurk’s Bar bombing following a Freedom of Information battle that
has lasted over four years.
Published February 13, 2025
Former RUC men working in cover-up roles
Former members of the murderous RUC police are playing a major part in
the ‘truth body’ set up by the British government to help conceal its
legacy of war crimes in the north of Ireland, it has emerged.
Published February 13, 2025
Fear and loathing in Ireland as Trump ‘finds out’
Irish politicians are experiencing uncertainty over their annual St
Patrick’s Day junkets to the US as they face a Trump administration
which shows little appetite for good international relations with
Ireland.
Published February 13, 2025
UDA shoot pensioner in smoke-and-mirrors attack
A disabled pensioner was shot five times in the arms and legs by the UDA
following a police raid at a brothel they operated.
Published February 6, 2025
Veteran republican Martin McCauley has been handed over to British
forces after ending an appeal against his extradition from the 26
Counties.
Published February 6, 2025
Solidarity at the Bloody Sunday march
The 53rd anniversary of the British massacre of Irish civil rights
demonstrators was commemorated in Derry on Sunday with the Bloody Sunday
March for Justice.
Published February 6, 2025
Calls for an end to internment by remand
Republican prisoners at Maghaberry jail have demanded an end to the
ongoing use of internment by remand to incarcerate republicans without
trial.
Published February 6, 2025
Sinn Féin to counter bid to sideline Irish unity
Sinn Féin has warned the 26 County government not to put its head in the
sand on Irish reunification after Tánaiste Simon Harris declared that
Irish unity is not a priority for him.
Published February 6, 2025
Family and friends of Hooded Man Pat Shivers marked the 40th anniversary
of his death this week.
Published February 6, 2025
Attack leaves pensioner clinging to life
The UVF has been blamed for a shocking attack at the home of an elderly
woman in Antrim in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Published January 30, 2025
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