Release of intelligence year after death ‘casts doubt’ on security service’s previous claims about British spy in IRA accused of murdersThe police chief investigating murders allegedly carried out by Freddie...
Read MoreVictims’ families say Jon Boutcher’s report into British spy proves state and IRA were ‘co-conspirators’ in murderThe police chief who led the inquiry into a murderous British spy in the IRA known as...
Read MoreStakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologiseMore lives were lost than saved because of the activities of a man alleged to have been the...
Read MoreAnnouncement signals widely expected winding down of one of most contentious cases of the Northern Ireland TroublesA seven-year police investigation into murders linked to the British army’s top agent inside the...
Read MoreProsecutors have considered last files from inquiry into army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during TroublesA seven-year police investigation into murders linked to the British army’s top agent inside the...
Read MoreHigh court judge says trio of bomb victims cannot sue Adams as a ‘representative’ of IRA but can make personal claimsVictims of IRA bombings in London and Manchester can sue Gerry Adams in a personal capacity for...
Read MoreDeath of Freddie Scappaticci, who always denied he was mole, puts question mark over inquiry into his alleged crimesThe man said to be the British army’s most important agent inside the Provisional IRA has died, putting a...
Read MoreHeld up as a model for peace, the historic agreement ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland over 58 tense hoursThe historic Good Friday agreement that ended three decades of the Troubles, brought peace to Northern Ireland...
Read MoreWhy did Brighton bomber Patrick Magee risk all by checking into the Grand hotel under the pseudonym of a fellow IRA member?Shortly after noon on 15 September 1984, a young, smartly dressed man walked into the Grand hotel at...
Read MoreSinn Féin leader said he would have faced ‘serious dilemma’ if he knew, according to declassified documentsGerry Adams would not have stopped the IRA bombing of the London Docklands in 1996 if he had known...
Read MoreNotes from 2002 record John Reid saying there was a potential ‘coalition’ trying to frustrate peace process in Northern IrelandThe Northern Ireland secretary in mid-2002 told a cabinet meeting that “elements in...
Read MoreDeclassified documents suggest Johnson believed in 1996 that Britain could crush the IRABoris Johnson urged a “hard egg” approach to the Northern Ireland peace process in 1996 in the belief Britain coueld crush the...
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