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The late Dolores Price, a convicted IRA car bomber, who recorded interviews with Boston College US Supreme court rejects appeal over secret IRA tapes at Boston College

The United States Supreme Court has denied an appeal that sought to keep interviews with former IRA members being turned over to the Northern Irish police. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 18

Brighton Bomber Patrick Magee IRA man who attempted to blow up Margaret Thatcher stands by his action

The IRA bomber who came within inches of killing Maggie Thatcher in 1984 says he stands by his actions – and the peace process. ...

by PATRICK COUIHAN 62

President Barack Obama Northern Ireland police to deploy 8,000 officers and three drones to protect dignitaries at G-8 Summit - VIDEO

A Northern Irish police official has said that 8,000 officials and three surveillance drones will be brought in to protect President Obama and other visiting dignitaries during the J8 summit in June. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 8

Police caution demonstrators of Margaret Thatcher’s funeral to come forward for protection

In the wake of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s death on Monday, police are asking groups who are planning to demonstrate her funeral to come forward in order to guarantee their rights are protected. ...

by KERRY O’SHEA 20

Murdered David Darcy with his his son David Jnr and Rose Lynch who has been sentenced for his murder (inset) IRA assassin planned five more hits - “deluded” father in court sees Rose Lynch as a hero

Rose Lynch (50), from Limerick, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of David Darcy and membership in an illegal IRA style group. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 2

Irish Republicans in New York, on the whole, are celebrating the former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's death New York activists plan celebration party to mark Margaret Thatcher's passing

New York Irish Republicans are planning a party of their own Saturday with a “celebration” of Thatcher’s death at a Brooklyn Irish bar. ...

by CAHIR O'DOHERTY 98

Rose Lynch (right) admitted to the murder of David Darcy at the Dublin Circuit Court Limerick woman shouts “tiocfaidh ar la,” pleads guilty to IRA murder of father-of-two

A Limerick woman gave a clenched fist salute and exclaimed “Mná na hÉireann, tiocfaidh ár lá” (“Women of Ireland, our day will come”) as she was led away having pleaded guilty to the murder of a father-of-two. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 23

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams claims Margaret Thatcher ‘did great hurt to Irish people'

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said Margaret Thatcher did great hurt to the Irish and British people in her reign as Prime Minister. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 49

Why I will shed no tears now for the late Mrs Margaret Thatcher - Her legacy on Ireland is one of failure and dead hunger strikers

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died of a stroke aged 87 I will shed no tears for Margaret Thatcher, who has died aged 87, nor do I suspect ...

by Niall O'Dowd 80

 The flute band named after Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in Dublin last September, led an Easter republican commemoration in Derry on Monday Band named after slain Real IRA chief Alan Ryan led a republican commemoration in Derry

The flute band named after Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in Dublin last September, led an Easter republican commemoration in Derry on Monday. ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 22

Easter Monday races at Fairyhouse When the Easter Rising happened the British establishment were all at the racetrack - My grandfather, too, attended the Grand National horse race on that historic day

Easter Monday races at FairyhouseFairyhouse, County Meath: Back on April 24th 1916 the British establishment showed up here on Easter Monday for the horse racing highlight of the year in Ireland, the Irish Grand National.Like most ...

by Niall O'Dowd 78

Kieran McManus, 26, originally from the Turf Lodge area in the west of the city, was shot by a lone masked gunman at about 11.20pm on Saturday night Dissident Republicans blamed for West Belfast murder of pizza delivery man

Dissident Republicans have been blamed for the murder of a pizza delivery man in Belfast on Saturday night. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 5

President Barack Obama President Obama marks 15th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement with warning - says ‘urgent work’ needed

US President Barack Obama has warned there is work still to be done as Northern Ireland celebrates the 15th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement. ...

by PATRICK COUNIHAN 7

View from the Lough Erne Lodge the target of a 60kg bomb last weekend and the planned location for this June's G8 Summit Dissident republicans claim responsibility for bomb targeting G8 Summit Fermanagh complex

The dissident republican group Óglaigh na hÉireann (ONH) have confirmed that the target for the bomb discovered in County Fermanagh this weekend was the Lough Erne Resort, the venue set to play host to Barack Obama, David Cameron ...

by IrishCentral Staff Writers 3

Thomas 'Slab' Murphy narrowly dodges major police raid Former IRA leader Thomas 'Slab' Murphy dodges cross-border police swoop

Former IRA chief of staff Thomas “Slab” Murphy was tipped off four hours before he was to be targeted in a major cross-border police swoop. ...

by PADDY CLANCY 199

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