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There has been a lack of context applied to the SAS killings at Clonoe. Pictured is the truck with an anti-aircraft gun attached to the rear which the IRA used to attack Coalisland RUC station in 1992

Letter: The IRA itself said in Provo speak- 'live by the sword, die by it'

Letters to editor

Letter: It's simple - no British invasion, no IRA

The scene of the 1992 Clonoe shooting. Most of the 10-man IRA unit escaped, two of whom fled to the Republic while another two got light, suspended sentences. One got £75,000 damages, which was not reduced for culpable negligence. Picture Pacemaker

Jeff Dudgeon: Legal challenge to coroner's flawed Clonoe finding is essential

Morning View

Editorial: Pinch yourself - Sinn Fein is unhappy for once on legacy

Four IRA terrorists – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot dead by soldiers in Clonoe in February 1992, after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station A coroner last month found that the SAS's use of lethal force had been unjustified. Picture Pacemaker

Challenge to verdict against SAS Clonoe killings 'could be legacy turning poimt'

The aftermath of the Clonoe ambush, showing the IRA's heavy machine gun mounted on the lorry

Clonoe appeal vital to push back on one-sided legacy process - Robinson

Lord Rogan

Political opinion: Lord Rogan: Republic of Ireland must pay fair share of Europe...

Former economy minister Conor Murphy has hit out at ‘double standard’ he says he faces when paying tribute to veteran republicans

Ruth Dudley Edwards: We should all keep hounding the unrepentant

The BBC recently scrapped its Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone documentary after it emerged its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official. It said it has 'no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form'

Letter: ​Censorship of war coverage is damaging reputation of BBC

The order of service for the service of thanksgiving for Blair Wallace, held on Friday March 7 2025 at Ballynure Presbyterian church ahead of his cremation

Ben Lowry: We will run an essay by Dean Godson on Blair Wallace, a Troubles hero

Four Provisional IRA members – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot dead by soldiers in Clonoe in February 1992, minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station

Clonoe ambush ruling slammed as being 'based on no evidence whatsoever'

A huge display honouring IRA killer Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane by Celtic fans at a match last week has been condemned by the DUP

Letter: Outrage over IRA celebrations

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, right, walks behind the coffin of Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane as it leaves his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast, on Tuesday

Former IRA man McFarlane was ‘no hero’, Little-Pengelly says

Letters to editor

Jim Allister: Another IRC report that does not examine the status of the IRA

Timothy Gaston of the TUV speaking in the Executive Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly on 26-02-25

Caral Ni Chuilin suggests TUV MLA is 'intimidating' committee witness

Morning View

Editorial: ​IRC should focus on terrorism instead of talking hogwash

News Letter editorial on Wednesday February 26 2022:

Editorial

The funeral of former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane is being held in Belfast. McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history. He died at the age of 74 after a short illness on Friday. Crowds, which included former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, Donegal TD Pearse Doherty, Cavan Monaghan TD Matt Carthy.

Brendan McFarlane: Funeral held today for former senior IRA man

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams (centre) before the coffin of Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane leaves his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast. The former senior IRA man , known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history, died after a short illness on Friday.

Funeral being held for former senior IRA man Brendan McFarlane

The aftermath of the Clonoe ambush, showing the IRA's heavy machine gun mounted on the lorry. Four Provisional IRA member were shot dead by soldiers minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station in February 1992

Letter: ​Republican movement was either in a war or not

GAA President Jarlath Burns

DUP bite back at GAA president's claims over the redevelopment of Casement Park

Is Hilary Benn defending the reputation of the RUC? The police have been hung out to dry by successive UK governments and secretaries of state, writes Ross Hussey

Ross Hussey: Northern Ireland secretaries fail to counter republican lies on RUC

The aftermath of the ambush of an IRA unit at Clonoe in 1992, showing the IRA's truck with a machine gun mounted on it (Pacemaker)

Letter: IRA killers paid ultimate price for their evil deeds

Hilary Benn in the House of Commons on Tuesday during questions about the Clonoe ambush. Once again he in effect cited unionist support for the course that he has taken by citing their joint stand with Sinn Fein against the Legacy Act

Ben Lowry: Benn witnessed anger at SAS ruling yet he wants more such inquests

Four Provisional IRA members were shot dead by soldiers in Clonoe in February 1992, minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station

Kenny Donaldson: Republicans tearing up their own IRA Green Book

Information on police staff was mistakenly published online in August 2023

Pair in court accused of possessing information from PSNI data breach

Dame Arlene Foster

Former Northern Ireland minister calls for judicial review after Clonoe inquest

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn

Hilary Benn: ECHR does not ensure equivalence between IRA and British soldiers

The UK Government has rejected calls to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as it denied the agreement ensures “equivalence” between the IRA and British soldiers.

Richard Wheeler, PA Parliamentary Editor

Four Provisional IRA members – Kevin Barry O’Donnell, 21, Sean O’Farrell, 23, Peter Clancy, 19, and Daniel Vincent, 20 – were shot dead by the soldiers minutes after they had carried out a gun attack on Coalisland RUC station

MPs call for changes to coroners’ rules in response to Clonoe inquest

Sir David Davis MP

Clonoe ambush ruling feeds ‘IRA attempt to rewrite history’, says ex-minister

Morning View

Editorial: The deluge of legacy cases against the UK security forces in NI

SAS face prosecution for the ambush which killed four IRA terrorists in Clonoe in 1992. This madness has been brewing a long time - It has been clear for years that inquests would be at the heart of the legacy imbalance. Picture Pacemaker

Ben Lowry: Only ​in UK would we get this contemptible Clonoe ruling against SAS

Morning View

Editorial: ​A rare example of success in a legacy court case

Four Provisional IRA members were killed by soldiers in an ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone on February 16, 1992. Minutes earlier, the gang had fired 30 rounds of armour-piercing tracer ammunition into a Coalisland RUC station, from a Soviet-made heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry

Letter: A ruthless terrorist cannot be an innocent victim

Morning View

Editorial: ​The outrage of hounding SAS and RUC heroes

Four Provisional IRA members were killed by soldiers in an ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone on February 16, 1992. Minutes earlier, the gang had fired 30 rounds of armour-piercing tracer ammunition into a Coalisland RUC station, from a Soviet-made heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry

Letter: Too many people using legacy matters to maintain hatreds

The Omagh bomb inquiry began last week by reflecting on victims of the 1998 crime. Thirty-one lives were lost in the atrocity

Letter: ​Everyone should be equal under the law

Morning View

Editorial: Arlene Foster is right - a PM should not celebrate terrorist bombers

Morning View

Editorial: Omagh was an example of soft UK response to republican mass terror

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order regarding cryptocurrency in the White House on Thursday, like other policy orders he signed on matters such as immigration and DEI (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Ben Lowry: I am not a fan of Trump but at least he isn't weak like us

Ulster Unionist peer Lord Rogan.

​Peer calls for closure of Sinn Fein funding ‘loophole’

Gerry Adams was interned without trial in 1973 at Long Kesh internment camp. Controversy has arisen in the last week about whether Lord Hermer, the UK attorney general, played a role in the decision of the UK government not to appeal a court ruling which opened up the way for Mr Adams and other ex-internees to claim compensation. Outrage has been expressed at the possibility of Mr Adams getting payouts from the UK government over internment. In the House of Commons today, DUP MP Jim Shannon said Mr Adams' hands "are dripping with innocent blood, not least from when he was the commander of the La Mon bombing, which killed and maimed some of my constituents". Mr Adams has been approached for comment. He has always denied being a member of the IRA.

Government under fire over ‘conflict of interest’ concerns for Attorney General

Lord Rogan

UUP peer seeks ban on foreign funding of Northern Ireland political parties

Chief constable Jon Boutcher endorsed demand for a public inquiry in the Sean Brown case. It is not for the chief constable to express views on what are political decisions, writes Jamie Bryson

Letter: ​Information recovery likely to be toothless

19 January 1992: A cross is placed at the site of the IRA's Teebane bombing that destroyed a vehicle full of construction workers

'IRA victims got a pittance but Gerry Adams could get six figures'

Morning View

Editorial: ​Labour buckles again on legacy, now on Adams

The Kingsmill massacre of 1976 remains one of the darkest chapters of Northern Ireland’s troubled past. Ten innocent Protestant workmen were brutally murdered by the IRA in an act of unprovoked sectarian hatred

Letter: ​Hypocrisy must end – time for SF to confront past

First Minister Michelle O’Neill (left) and Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald carry the coffin.  Pic: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

First Minister Michelle O'Neill helps carry coffin at funeral of former IRA man

The event Michelle O’Neill attended recently was at St Trea’s Church in the townland of Newbridge, roughly between Toome and Magherafelt. An image of her speaking at the graveyard was posted online by Sinn Fein councillor Sean Bateson

Letter: Hilary Benn needs to clarify his view on IRA terror memorial

Morning View

Editorial: A first minister of Northern Ireland who commemorates IRA terrorism

Belfast High Court

New IRA threats accused fails in bid for Christmas sleepover bail bid

Morning View

Editorial: Ruling over Sean Brown killing will worsen legacy probe imbalance

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald has urged anyone with information that could lead to the discovery of the remains of any of the Disappeared to bring it forward

Sinn Fein president urges information on Disappeared be reported to commission

Morning View

Editorial: Now the focus should be on catching the barbarians behind La Mon

Ben Habib has long been a supporter of the Union between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. His support and friendship is invaluable and gratefully appreciated, writes Thomas Smyth

Letter: ​Habib is right – there’s only one unionist party in NI

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald celebrates after being elected on the third count at the election count centre at the RDS in Dublin. Photo: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Myth of the inevitable rise of Sinn Fein has been exposed, says Lord Dodds

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