Edward Parsons is believed to have been executed after admitting to spying for British forces during the Irish Revolution period, write Andy Bielenberg and Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc.

An alleged IRA bomber given a so-called “comfort letter” by the Tony Blair Government, has lost his latest challenge aimed at preventing his extradition to Northern Ireland for the 1972 Enniskillen bombing.

Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles in 2015 has died in prison.

A long-running campaign to get a posthumous medal for an IRA Volunteer has finally come to a successful conclusion.

Kieran Conway from Dublin said the attacks were "not sanctioned" by the IRA and public outrage at the attacks "nearly destroyed" the group.

Joe Murphy was one of three IRA Volunteers who died on hunger strike in jails in 1920.

A major cigarette and counterfeit trafficking gang, run by a well-known convicted dissident republican, has been hit in an operation by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has denied her party covered up the sexual abuse of Mairia Cahill by an alleged provisional IRA member, despite serious concerns over an internal inquiry conducted into what happened.

Rebecca Black A new search for a teenager murdered and secretly buried by the IRA has begun.

A documentary on IRA bomber Dolours Price is based around a revealing interview she gave before her death, writes Esther McCarthy.

NSPCC inspectors claimed to be saviours of the poor. As Boy George discovered recently, they preyed on the working classes and women, writes Sarah-Anne Buckley

A trial at the Special Criminal Court was held up today when a witness could not find a bible to swear on.

The Prince of Wales met Martin Ferris, a Sinn Féin TD at Killarney House.

The Taoiseach is facing criticism as he prepares to attend a Belfast festival which some link to the republican movement.

Two Dublin men accused of IRA membership failed to answer detectives' questions about suspected dissident activity, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

A search for a former monk abducted and killed by the IRA more than 40 years ago has ended without success.

A Cork man has today been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of IRA membership.

The daughter of a man left severely brain damaged in the IRA Docklands bombing choked back tears as she described how the explosion "ruined" her family.

Sinn Féin political manager, Nicky Kehoe, was a senior member of the IRA and he cannot sue for that because it is true, counsel for RTÉ told a High Court jury today.

RTE broadcaster Claire Byrne told the High Court today that she stood by the judgement call she made when she allowed a Sinn Féin representative on a live broadcast to defend a man who had been named as a former chief-of-staff of the IRA rather than shut down the conversation.

A woman whose parents died when the IRA bombed a dog club meeting 40 years ago has said their deaths should not be swept under the carpet for political expediency.