Two men have been sentenced to a total of 20 years for helping a criminal gang to murder 25-year-old Vinnie Ryan, a brother of slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan.

Two men have been jailed for a total of 20 years for helping a criminal gang murder Vincent Ryan in Dublin in 2015.

Two men who helped a criminal gang to murder Vinnie Ryan, a brother of slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, have asked a judge for mercy and to leave "light at the end of the tunnel" when handing down sentence.

Two men have pleaded guilty to helping a criminal organisation murder Dublin man Vinnie Ryan, a brother of slain Real IRA leader Alan Ryan.

More than 40 people were detained under emergency anti-terrorism laws in the last year, figures reveal.

The shooting dead of Lyra McKee by the New IRA will not affect their actions “in any way”, a leading historian and republican researcher has said.

The so-called New IRA which admitted killing journalist and activist Lyra McKee during a night of riots in Derry’s Creggan estate may have announced its formation in July 2012, but its origins stretch back five years earlier, writes Dieter Reinisch

Two men have been jailed in connection with the "execution" of Aidan "The Beast" O'Driscoll, who was killed on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit as part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA.

Aidan 'The Beast' O'Driscoll was "executed" on a busy Cork street in a "well-planned" hit that was part of an internal dispute between the Real IRA and the New IRA, the Special Criminal Court has heard.

Even if gardaí can identify where stamps bought a year ago were purchased, the CCTV is ‘long gone’

Last weekend’s car bomb outside Derry’s courthouse raises questions about dissident republicanism and the threat it still poses, writes David Young.

One of the country’s major drug bosses is suspected of being behind one of the largest hauls of ecstasy and ketamine in recent years.

The Good Friday Agreement brought the framework for peace, but it hasn’t been an easy ride. Political Correspondent Fiachra Ó Cionnaith looks back on the key moments of the first 20 years of the peace process.

The criminal justice system must provide three things to keep us safe: Good policing, realistic judicial sentencing, and a robust prison service.

Seamus McGrane was recorded in a pub in Dublin in April, 2015, a month before the prince’s visit to Ireland, say Diarmaid Mac Dermott and Daniel Hickey

A Real IRA leader who plotted an explosion during the State visit of Britain’s Prince Charles two years ago has been found guilty by the Special Criminal Court of directing the activities of a terrorist organisation.

A former chief of staff of the Real IRA and father of two children died of multiple gunshot wounds his inquest has heard.

It’s been four months since dissident republic leader Aidan O’Driscoll was brutally gunned down on a street in Cork. But painstaking detective work has led to the arrests of six people, and more arrests are expected, reports Eoin English

Five people were arrested during early morning raids on houses in Cork yesterday as part of an investigation into the murder of former dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll.

Four men and a woman are being questioned this morning in connection with the murder of Aidan O'Driscoll in Blackpool on December 7.

Don’t be afraid to come forward if you were a witness to the murder of Aidan O’Driscoll in Cork city.

A Dublin man whose DNA was found on a number plate used in a car bomb attack at Newry courthouse in 2010 was jailed for four years yesterday by the Special Criminal Court for membership of a dissident terrorist organisation.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been urged to increase garda numbers in Cork city due to fears that the recent shooting of a senior Real IRA member will set off reprisals.

Former Real IRA leader Aidan O’Driscoll was laid to rest yesterday, with family and friends pledging he would not be forgotten and thanking his heartbroken fiancée for “turning his life around”, writes Noel Baker.

The chief celebrant at the funeral of murdered Aidan O’Driscoll yesterday asked that the father of two be welcomed “onto the shores of eternity”.

Three men were arrested and two firearms were recovered in Cobh on Wednesday night as part of a Garda investigation into dissident republican activity in Cork.

The key to identifying Aidan O’Driscoll’s killers may be stored in cameras of drivers who were in the Blackpool area of Cork City hours before last week’s brutal murder.

Murder squad detectives are trying to find dash cam footage of the scene where a former Real IRA boss was shot dead last week.

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A battle among a new generation of Real IRA members to control its drugs trade, racketeering, and money-laundering operations may have lead to the killing of dissident republican Aidan O’Driscoll, garda sources believe.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Disagreements over the blanking out of documents are adding to the delays in an inquest for a dissident republican murdered six years ago.

Gerry Adams is taking action against the BBC over allegations about the murder of an MI5 spy in the IRA.

A bid by two republicans to overturn a landmark civil ruling that found them responsible for the Omagh bomb has been rejected by the European Court of Human Rights.

A jury has returned a verdict of unlawful killing following an inquest into the death of a man who was gunned down in front of his partner and their two children in a gangland-style shooting in Cork city just over six years ago.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled a civil case brought against two men accused of involvement in the Omagh bombing was conducted fairly.

VIEWED in isolation, the accusations against and attacks on Gerry Adams this week were unfair.