Loyalist paramilitaries’ increased professionalisation in early 1990s concerned Dublin, State papers reveal
One loyalist aroused suspicion after arriving to an RUC station freshly showered, as he was ‘not known for his regular bathing habits’
Ulster Volunteer Force
‘We live in a messy world’: Harold Good became internationally known as a witness to IRA decommissioning
Former Methodist Church president Harold Good, whose house played a prominent role in in ending The Troubles, opens up about the challenges of peacemakers
Thirty years on from ceasefire, loyalist communities remain ignored, poor and threatened from within
‘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’
These were our killing fields: one parish disfigured by decades of death, destruction and collusion
It is hard to believe this place once hosted vibrant industry and deadly sectarian violence
Dublin-Monaghan bombings: ‘When I looked out into the street, I knew all normality was gone. It was like hell on Earth’
Bernie McNally was one of the hundreds of people who was badly wounded in the bombings which killed 33 people and an unborn baby 50 years ago today
‘We hadn’t heard from Mammy. Where was she? Then all hell broke loose’: The Dublin and Monaghan bombings 50 years on
May-17-74: Anatomy of a Massacre, a new documentary, chronicles the atrocities attributed to the Glenanne gang and hears from victims and their families
Sinn Féin’s Troubles apology may be flawed, but silence from London has been deafening
‘Some were terrible, some were essentially excuses,’ says Prof Kieran McEvoy of the Apologies, Abuses and Dealing with the Past project
Kenova Report: Who is Jon Boutcher in the Stakeknife investigation?
The PSNI chief executive said it was an ‘absolute privilege’ to lead Operation Kenova and he was committed to ensuring victims received the truth
Loyalist killings: ‘If this case had been properly investigated by the RUC at the time, we wouldn’t be where we are now’
Decision not to prosecute ex-RUC officer linked to Glenanne Gang leaves victim’s family still seeking truth almost 50 years later
‘We’re sitting in full view of masked men knowing they’re loyalist paramilitaries’: Murdered Belfast man’s family on recent court ordeal
Northern Ireland’s top judge has ordered an inquiry into how masked men were permitted to sit in the public gallery of a sectarian double murder trial
Greysteel murders 30th anniversary: ‘Dark cloud inflicted on community still hangs over it’
Derry community remembers eight civilians killed in 1993 Rising Sun bar attack
Two Catholic workmen murdered by UVF for ‘pure sectarianism’, loyalist supergrass tells court
Former UVF man Gary Haggarty gave evidence during trial of James Stewart Smyth for murders of Eamon Fox and Gary Convie in 1994
Dirty Linen: The Troubles in My Home Place – This important, humane book will prove to be a classic
Review: Martin Doyle’s personal, intimate history of the Troubles through the microcosm of his home parish is stunning in its sweep and power
Why I wrote Dirty Linen: recording the toll the Troubles took on my parish, the long tail of trauma
The scale of the Northern conflict, more than 3,700 dead over 30 years in a population of just 1.5 million, is impossible to comprehend. I focused on my own parish
Legal challenge lodged in Belfast against Troubles legacy bill
Judicial review proceedings launched on behalf of six bereaved families against contentious legislation
British authorities providing all the files in relation to Dublin-Monaghan bombings, says investigator
Former chief constable Jon Boutcher is investigating atrocities carried out by the loyalist Glenanne Gang
Man welcomes UVF account of the 1974 sectarian murder of his father
Paul Crawford, son of John Crawford, says unprecedented ‘victim-centred’ process gave him answers he had been seeking for almost 50 years
Shooting of PSNI officer John Caldwell is a human rights violation
The frequency of deadly attacks on civilians by paramilitaries far outweighs unambiguous examples of unlawful killings by state forces
Henry McDonald: Leading journalist and author of authoritative books on the Troubles
McDonald grew up as ‘a seasoned war baby’ amid violence of 1970s Northern Ireland and went on to chronicle the conflict for decades
‘Speaking truth to power’: Blood lessons from the Troubles come to London
A play involving victims of the conflict will be seen by officers investigating collusion
Paramilitarism still a ‘clear and present danger’ for Northern Ireland, says monitoring body
Independent Reporting Commission says formal engagement is needed to achieve ‘disbandment’
I expected Canada to be everything Northern Ireland wasn’t. Now I’m not so sure
Patrick McKenna fled the Troubles in the 1970s, but found Canada has its own divisions
Northern Ireland election: This could be the most important in a generation
If the polls are correct, a nationalist could head government in the North for first time
Ukrainians ‘walking through the valley of the shadow of death’, church leaders say
All 3,600 dead of Northern Ireland conflict to be remembered at Good Friday service
The UDR: A potent weapon in Britain’s ‘dirty war’ in Northern Ireland
Declassified files reveal the stunning level of collusion between the regiment and loyalists
Newton Emerson: Loyalist attack on Coveney requires a serious response
Government’s policy means response could include carrot as well as stick
Jeffrey Donaldson condemns Coveney security alert linked to UVF
DUP leader insists he and his party condemned Belfast incident immediately after it happened
‘No surrender’ in the air as unionist leaders thunder their loathing for NI protocol
Ballymoney rally told protocol opens up door to a united Ireland and therefore must go
NI police believe UVF behind hijacking and hoax bomb
Incident disrupted speech by Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney in Belfast
I’m sticking with my face mask. It’s no skin off my nose
Mary Minihan: Masks get a bad press, but I won’t be in any rush to give up mine
Archive covers more than 100 years of the Irish language movement
Exchange of letters among items in new Conradh na Gaeilge archive at NUI Galway
Star turns: The brilliant Belfast boys who defied the sectarian tide
The Star of the Sea were a tight group of young lads before the Troubles tore them apart
Ombudsman report into paramilitary murders avoided term ‘collusion’
North’s police watchdog noted ‘collusive behaviour’ between RUC and loyalist terrorists
‘I was glad to see that it did come out that it was collusion’
Miami Showband massacre survivor Des McAlea hopes last week’s outcome, and the £1.5m damages awarded to survivors and relatives, will set a precedent
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