Fifty years ago, the sparks of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland ignited the Troubles and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) was born. A fierce, new assault against British rule ...

The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has concluded that failings in the RUC investigation into the Kingsmill atrocity, ...

Former Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteer Marian Price has taken initial steps to sue Disney over her portrayal in FX's acclaimed limited series Say Nothing. Price's lawyer Peter Corrigan ...

This topic contains articles relating to the original IRA from the time of the Irish War of Independence ... such as the Provisional IRA, Real IRA, and Continuity IRA, which were active during ...

The Police Ombudsman has found that the RUC were overwhelmed when investigating the 1976 Kingsmills Massacre – but has not ...

Gerry Adams has claimed under oath that a chief of staff of the Provisional IRA was “mistaken” when he stated the former Sinn ...

The ‘Troubles’ saw more than 3,000 people killed in assassinations, ambushes and bombings as the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) waged a guerrilla and terrorist war against the ...

The Irish Republican Army fails to protect Catholics from loyalist attacks in Belfast in 1969. The organisation splits as a result, with the Provisional IRA emerging. At the outset there are two ...

Sinn Fein ("We Ourselves") was founded in 1905 and has historic links with the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), a terrorist organisation, calling for the British withdrawal from Northern ...