It is an absurdity that Winston Irvine missed his graduation from Maynooth with a masters in “international peacebuilding” because of a court appearance connected to the UVF bomb hoax on Simon Coveney
‘People try to make distinctions between a good paramilitary and a bad paramilitary. A good paramilitary might be somebody who sells coke on a Saturday night. A bad paramilitary would be somebody who’s dealing heroin’
The wife of Pat Finucane has always been intensely private. At 74, she reflects on life as she and her family prepare for a public inquiry into his murder
Solicitor was shot dead in Belfast home in February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries in attack found to have involved state collusion
Timeline: From Belfast solicitor’s earliest days in public eye to his death at hands of UDA - and his family’s decades-long search for justice
False narratives are rife as big problems such as lack of social housing are unfairly pinned on tiny migrant communities
The former prison, which housed 2,000 republicans and loyalists at the height of the Troubles, is now home to stills that can make 610,000 litres of whiskey
Sisters recall murder of father Terry McDaid in their home in Belfast in 1988. His case is one of 36 inquests halted by UK government’s controversial Legacy Act
‘Some were terrible, some were essentially excuses,’ says Prof Kieran McEvoy of the Apologies, Abuses and Dealing with the Past project
North’s attorney general orders fresh inquests due to ‘deficiencies’ in the original hearings and investigation
Television: Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland gives a voice to those who lived through the bombings and the shootings of the Troubles
Sharp exchanges in Assembly between DUP First Minister and senior Sinn Féin politician
Vested interests in suppressing truth in British intelligence and Provisional IRA says Martin
Stone had been returned to jail following attempt to kill Sinn Féin leaders at Stormont
Northern Secretary expected to make statement in House of Commons on Monday
Dissident republicans and Ulster Defence Association members made threats recently
Sources say threats to Assembly members issued by elements of UDA in east Antrim
John Boreland shot as he got out of his car in Belfast in 2016
Belfast Agreement 20 years on: Bill Clinton warns ‘paralysis’ cannot go on indefinitely without endangering agreement
‘It will last for centuries and be as meaningful in 500 years time as when it was built’
Former UDA leader ‘did what he did because he believed it was the right thing to do’
Paddy Harte jnr says the project ‘was a gamechanger’ for British-Irish relations
The son of a victim of sectarian violence needed help to recover from the trauma
Group with backing of UVF, UDA and Red Hand Commando warns unionists against voting for Alliance
Victim shot up to six times in supermarket car park seconds after his son (3) in his arms
Two men to appear in court in Belfast charged in connection with fatal shooting
Executive determined to ‘rid Northern Ireland of the scourge of paramilitarism’
Soldier questioned on suspicion of preparation for acts of terrorism in Northern Ireland
Prominent UDA figure John Boreland was warned he was under loyalist death threat
NI Police Ombudsman to consider whether 1993 bombing could have been prevented
Complainant asks if RUC had intelligence that could have prevented the 1993 bombing
The seven-page assessment was based on information from the MI5, PSNI and An Garda Síochána
Initiative comes amid concern about ‘drift’ in loyalism and a risk of return to fighting
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