Real IRA

Article image
Green light for Omagh bombing inquiry is belated win in long campaign for truth
No one ever convicted of deadliest atrocity of Troubles, but injured and bereaved may be closer to knowing full story

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

02, Feb, 2023 @6:48 PM

Article image
Omagh bombing: independent inquiry announced into 1998 attack
Car bomb killed 29 people in deadliest atrocity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

02, Feb, 2023 @1:13 PM

Article image
Lyra McKee: man jailed for possessing gun used to kill journalist
Niall Sheerin from Derry sentenced to seven years in prison, but not in connection with murder itself

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

14, Sep, 2022 @1:32 PM

Article image
Omagh bomb suspect Liam Campbell extradited to Lithuania
Man held liable for the Omagh bombing, is due to face charges related to weapons smuggling for the Real IRA

Nadeem Badshah

17, May, 2022 @10:46 PM

Article image
Lyra McKee’s sister says Sinn Féin letter leak exploits her murder for politics
Nichola McKee Corner brands leaking of exchange, allegedly between Sinn Féin and Saoradh, an exploitation of Lyra’s murder

Gemma McSherry

02, May, 2022 @8:20 PM

Article image
‘While there’s British interference, there’s going to be action’: why a hardcore of dissident Irish republicans are not giving up
In the face of scorn and contempt from former IRA members, a small number of dissident groups remain committed to armed action. What do they think they can achieve?

Marisa McGlinchey

22, Jul, 2021 @5:00 AM

Article image
British and Irish journalists mark a year since Lyra McKee murder
NUJ members celebrate the ‘fearlessly questioning’ legacy of reporter shot dead during violent clashes in Derry

Vanessa Thorpe

19, Apr, 2020 @8:19 AM

Article image
Real IRA founder who plotted bombing while Prince Charles was in Ireland dies in prison
Seamus McGrane died from a suspected heart attack while serving an 11½-year sentence for directing terrorism

Pádraig Collins

26, May, 2019 @2:37 AM

Article image
Lyra McKee funeral: politicians urged to seize the moment
Clerics and relatives hope politicians present will convert shock into moment of change for Northern Ireland

Rory Carroll in Belfast

24, Apr, 2019 @4:22 PM

Article image
Brexit is a 'huge help' to Irish republicanism, says dissident leader
Saoradh party’s chair believes exit from EU will fuel violent resistance to British rule

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

06, Mar, 2019 @7:41 PM

Article image
Real IRA founder guilty of bomb plan during Prince Charles visit
‘Arsenal of weapons and explosives’ was found at home of Seamus McGrane before Prince Charles’s 2015 visit to Ireland

Henry McDonald Ireland correspondent

31, Oct, 2017 @7:38 PM

Article image
European court of human rights dismisses Omagh bombing appeal
Strasbourg court rules that civil trial of two men found liable for single worst atrocity of Northern Ireland’s Troubles was not unfair

Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent

29, Sep, 2016 @9:53 AM

1 / 31 pages