The idea of a first minister who supports closer ties to the Republic of Ireland — let alone one from Sinn Fein, a party with historic ties to the Irish Republican Army — was once unthinkable.

Sir Keir Starmer’s powerful chief of staff Sue Gray was last night facing questions over her connections with senior Sinn Fein politicians, including a former IRA terrorist who has boasted that ...

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When Kevin Barry ‘gave his young life for the cause of liberty’ on November 1, 1920, Michael Collins awaited news in Devlin’s ...

My stomach turns too much as I see him rewarding Sinn Fein/IRA,' he said. 'Terrorists the world over can take comfort from what he has done today.' Shadow Commons leader Eric Forth asked if the ...

Sinn Fein, once the political arm of the IRA, and the party that has historically called for uniting the North with the Republic of Ireland, gained 39 seats, for a total of 144 council members ...

SINN FEIN has countered unionist calls for a suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly over claims that the IRA is still active. Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness hit back at the latest ...

A unionist negotiator at the 2004 talks which promised a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane says the behaviour of ...

Stood down, but neither questioned nor executed. When he was publicly unmasked in newspapers as Stakeknife about 13 years later, the IRA and Sinn Féin went along with his denial. "He was too big ...

Rita O'Hare, her life, her work, her memories, will be toasted this Friday evening in Manhattan during the launch of her memoir. The book, "Rita A ...