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The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe.
This is a list of members of the Irish Republican Army. It is broken down in sub-lists of various organisations known as the IRA Irish War of Independence: 1917-1922
Oct 18, 2019 · The former Sinn Féin president, who is now a member of the Dáil (Irish parliament), has always denied being in the IRA. Although interned twice in the 1970s, Mr Adams has never been found guilty...
Jun 9, 2015 · A BRITISH army undercover unit is believed to have been involved in the killing of a west Belfast women in a gun attack previously blamed on the IRA. Jean Smyth-Campbell was gunned down in...
Jan 19, 2024 · A compensation case taken by Troubles victims against the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) has been thrown out, but legal action against former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams will ...
May 14, 2020 · Now-deceased former IRA leader Brendan 'The Dark' Hughes (right) with Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams when they were imprisoned in Long Kesh in the 1970s. The UUP has said the time is right for an...
May 13, 2020 · Gerry Adams, after his convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze or Long Kesh prison camp in 1973 and 1974 were quashed by the London Supreme Court, said that the matter of seeking...
