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Real IRA plot to blow up London

21.10.11
A real IRA terrorist who plotted to bomb London with a device on a six-hour timer has been jailed after being caught in an MI5 sting... more

Jail demand for 'IRA arms buyer'

08.07.11
Prosecutors in Lithuania demand a 16-year jail sentence for an Irish citizen accused of trying to buy weapons for the Real IRA... more

Two Real IRA suspects win appeal over Omagh bomb

07.07.11
Two suspected Real IRA terrorists were cleared today of being liable for the Omagh bombing... more

A royal visit to give two nations hope

17.05.11
The Queen's historic visit to Ireland this week is as graphic a measure as one could wish of the transformed state of Anglo-Irish relations... more

Thousands march for peace after murder of Catholic police officer

11.04.11
Thousands of people marched for peace in Omagh one week after the murder of constable Ronan Kerr in the Co Tyrone town ... more

Irish terror police find 'Real IRA weapons dump'

12.10.10
Explosives dump and arms cache hidden by dissident republicans is found by Irish anti-terror detectives... more

MI5 chief warns of Irish terror threat to British mainland

17.09.10
Dissident Irish republicans could attempt to mount a new wave of terrorist attacks on the British mainland, the head of MI5 has warned... more

Northern Ireland dissidents ‘are hell-bent on killing’

23.04.10
Dissident republicans are 'hell-bent on killing police', a senior Northern Ireland officer says... more

Real IRA admits car bomb at MI5 Northern Ireland base

12.04.10
Security chiefs in Northern Ireland are braced for the risk of further attacks after the Real IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion outside MI5’s Ulster headquarters... more

MPs want inquiry on GCHQ link to Omagh bombing

16.03.10
New investigation must be set up to examine whether the state withheld vital intelligence from detectives hunting the Omagh bombers, a parliamentary report says... more

Belfast in flames as 21 police hurt

14.07.09
Twenty-one police officers have been injured in Northern Ireland after one of the worst nights of violence for years... more

Nine police officers injured in Belfast street violence

14.07.09
North Belfast was picking up the pieces today after the worst night of violence for years... more

Fighting for an editor facing five years' jail for protecting her sources

10.06.09
Tomorrow a judge will be asked to decide whether the police are right to demand that a journalist hand over her notes, phones and computers in order to discover how she obtains her stories ... more

Omagh bomb families finally win justice and £1.6million

08.06.09
Relatives of the Omagh bomb victims finally won their landmark civil action against Real IRA terrorists... more

The plotter too extreme for the extremists

08.06.09
Michael McKevitt is a founding member of the Real IRA and was once involved in a plot to assassinate Tony Blair... more

Parents' grief for sapper killed in hail of terrorist bullets

20.03.09
The London soldier executed in cold blood by Irish terrorists was praised at his funeral service for his "determination and enthusiasm" to help army colleagues... more

Town comes to a halt for funeral of shot policeman

13.03.09
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the Northern Ireland policeman murdered by dissident Republicans... more

Ulster on alert over dissident IRA bomb plot

12.03.09
British and Irish police were on alert for a Real IRA bomb plot following reports that a large device had been smuggled into Ulster... more

Soldiers' bodies are flown home

12.03.09
The bodies of the two British soldiers shot dead in Northern Ireland by the Real IRA have been flown home for burial... more

Silent vigils as Ulster shows unity against dissident IRA killers

11.03.09
The people of Northern Ireland came together today in unprecedented unity against the men of violence... more

Widow of PC murdered by the IRA pleads: What did he die for?

10.03.09
The killers of a policeman lured to his death in an IRA splinter group trap were condemned as “traitors” to Ireland... more

Penny-pinching at the MoD has stretched our army to breaking point

09.03.09
The shooting of two young soldiers at Massereene Barracks has brought back the spectre of war with IRA - something most of us might have thought long gone... more

Brown: Soldiers' deaths will not shake the peace

09.03.09
Gordon Brown has visited the place where two soldiers were murdered and declared the peace process was "unshakeable"... more

When will Sinn Fein condemn atrocity?

09.03.09
It is 40 years since a young Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness walked out of the old official IRA... more

Soldier killed by IRA was in Spurs trials

09.03.09
A London soldier shot dead by the Real IRA had trials with Tottenham Hotspur, it has been revealed... more

Ring of 200 bollards to save BBC HQ from car bombers

14.01.09
The BBC is planning to put up a "ring of steel" around Broadcasting House, its central London headquarters... more


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