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Fresh security guidance issued to public figures in 1991 after PIRA attacks

Fresh guidance on security measures at the homes of public figures was agreed in 1991 after a spate of Provisional IRA (PIRA) attacks in Great Britain. The year 1990 saw a number of bomb attacks in England, including an attack on the Carlton Club in ...

28 Dec 2023 at 09:00

Northern Ireland

Act of remembrance marks 35th anniversary of Poppy Day bomb in Enniskillen

An act of remembrance has taken place in Co Fermanagh to mark the 35th anniversary of the Poppy Day bomb. Enniskillen was devastated on November 8 1987 when a Provisional IRA bomb attack turned the annual Remembrance Sunday event into an atrocity. ...

08 Nov 2022 at 20:29

Northern Ireland

Prosecutors continue to consider Stakeknife files for other suspects

Prosecutors are continuing to consider a number of files around crimes associated with the former British Army agent known as Stakeknife for other suspects. The Public Prosecution Service (PPS) made the statement after the death of west Belfast ...

13 Apr 2023 at 13:43

Northern Ireland

Stakeknife report a ‘damning indictment’ of role of state in NI Troubles

A major investigation into the operation of the British Army’s top agent inside the IRA is a “damning indictment” of the actions of the state during the Troubles, a lawyer representing victims has said. The interim findings of Operation Kenova ...

08 Mar 2024 at 18:05

Northern Ireland

Belfast man alleged to have been British Army’s IRA mole Stakeknife dies

A west Belfast man who was alleged to have been the British Army’s top mole in the Provisional IRA has died. Freddie Scappaticci, who was aged in his 70s, always denied that he was the agent Stakeknife. He died several days ago and was buried ...

11 Apr 2023 at 19:23

Local News

Stakeknife report a ‘step closer’ to publication after passing security checks

A report on the British Army’s top agent within the Provisional IRA has passed national security checks with no changes or redactions, the former police chief who led the probe has said. Former Bedfordshire chief constable Jon Boutcher, head ...

24 Aug 2023 at 10:59

Northern Ireland

Progress continues towards inquest into death of ex-IRA commander, coroner told

Progress towards starting an inquest to examine the death of a former Provisional IRA commander is continuing but it is still too early to set a hearing date, a coroner has been told. During a brief preliminary hearing in the case of Gerard ...

22 Nov 2023 at 15:01

Northern Ireland

Bomb victims cannot sue Provisional IRA but Gerry Adams legal action continues

The Provisional IRA (PIRA) cannot be sued for compensation by bombing victims, but legal action against former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will continue, a High Court judge has said. Three men injured by UK mainland bombings in the ...

19 Jan 2024 at 16:49

Northern Ireland

Challenge to Clonoe ruling is ‘disgraceful’, Sinn Fein says

Moves by the Government to challenge a ruling that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush are “disgraceful”, according to Sinn Fein. Last month, coroner Mr Justice Michael Humphreys found that the ...

22 Mar 2025 at 22:17

Northern Ireland

Government to challenge Clonoe ruling

The Government intends to challenge a ruling that SAS soldiers were not justified in killing four IRA members in a 1992 ambush in Co Tyrone, according to an MP. Last month, coroner Mr Justice Michael Humphreys found that the soldiers ...

22 Mar 2025 at 18:52

Northern Ireland

Stakeknife report a ‘step closer’ to publication after passing security checks

24 Aug 2023 at 08:48

Northern Ireland

Watchdog identifies series of failings in investigation of Kingsmill Massacre

A watchdog report into the Kingsmill Massacre has identified a series of failings in the original police investigation of the IRA atrocity, including a “wholly insufficient” deployment of resources to catch the killers. Ten ...

29 Apr 2025 at 20:02

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