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Fury as BBC calls dead IRA terrorist a ‘veteran’: Bosses apologise to families of Troubles murder victims over blunder during funeral news report Relatives of those killed in the troubles were angered by a BBC report yesterday Online report called Eamon ‘Peggy’ McCourt – a former IRA member – a ‘veteran’ Families said it suggested he was … Read more
On August 15, 1998, Northern Ireland’s fragile peace was shattered when a dissident republican car bomb ripped through the Co Tyrone market town of Omagh. The attack, which came four months after the signing of the historic Good Friday Agreement, was the single deadliest atrocity in the history of the Troubles. This is a timeline … Read more
Relatives of soldiers killed by an IRA bomb that was the responsibility of terrorist John Downey could learn today how much money he will pay them after last year’s civil action win against him. Last year the High Court ruled that he was involved in the 1982 Hyde Park car bombing that murdered four servicemen … Read more
Widow, 74, of British soldier killed by same IRA bomb that injured Extinction Rebellion activist says she’d like to give him a ‘mouthful of abuse’ for desecrating Cenotaph Dianne Rose, 74, said she would give veteran Donald Bell a ‘mouthful of abuse’ Added that she would give Extinction Rebellion protestors a ‘punch on the nose’ … Read more
Four people, including two former MI5 officers and a former prosecutor, will not face criminal proceedings as part of a major investigation into a top British spy within the IRA’s notorious ‘nutting squad’. Prosecutors in Northern Ireland said that the fourth person, understood to be Stakeknife – the high-ranking Army agent within the IRA – … Read more
IRA threat to Brexit border posts in Ulster: Checkpoints in Northern Ireland could become targets for dissident republicans after we leave EU, MPs warn MPs fear political violence could increase on the border as a result of Brexit The New IRA are also recruiting significant numbers of young people, they warn MI5 also raised fears … Read more
The upstairs room of a Dublin bar in 2016 and I’d just taken part in a fiery debate in which I had uncompromisingly denounced terrorism to an audience largely composed of dissident Irish republicans. The organiser approached and said gleefully to me and my friends: ‘That’s Bridget Rose Dugdale over there, sitting beside Liam Sutcliffe, … Read more
Man, 62, is arrested at Heathrow and taken to Belfast as he becomes 10th suspect detained in major campaign against New IRA terror group The man, aged 62, lives in Scotland and has been taken to Belfast for questioning He was arrested by detectives at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act Ten people have been … Read more
New IRA ‘terrorist’ is arrested at Heathrow after swoop on meeting in Northern Ireland and charging of men with conspiracy to possess explosives The man, aged 62, was arrested at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act Arrested as part of Operation Arbacia an investigation into the New IRA Scottish officers are searching a property in … Read more
Seven men and two women are arrested in New IRA probe in Belfast after major cross-border operation Nine people between 26 and 50 are being questioned at a Belfast police station Gardai in Republic of Ireland carried of searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry The searches came as part of an investigation into activities … Read more