A CONVICTED IRA killer has won his legal battle to avoid extradition to the north, we can reveal. Robert Duffy, 52, is ...

A jailed New IRA killer considered one of the most influential figures in the terror gang supports it calling a ceasefire.

But in January 1972, a group of IRA prisoners decided to make an escape ... an ice-cold Belfast Lough in a bid to escape the floating prison. The near naked men then hijacked a double-decker ...

Convicted IRA man Bobby Sands – who was elected as an MP during his incarceration – died in the prison after refusing food in a bid to secure political status. The Executive Office said that ...

The Irish Prison Service is considering closing down the Portlaoise Prison landing that has traditionally held IRA prisoners, the Irish Independent understands. The reduced threat level and waning ...

Thirty-four years ago, a team of IRA inmates escaped from what was supposed to be the most secure prison in Europe. It was, and remains, the biggest jailbreak in UK history. Despite being on the ...

A letter has emerged which the late Prince Philip wrote to his friend in the aftermath of the brutal murder of Lord ...

Forgotten victims’ say repealing Troubles legislation would be ‘perverse’ and ‘destabilise reconciliation within the legacy’ ...

THE self-styled New IRA claimed responsibility yesterday for Friday’s bomb attack on a prison officer in Belfast. In a statement to the BBC, the dissident republican group reportedly said the officer ...