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Since the early 1970s, extrajudicial punishment attacks have been carried out by Ulster loyalist and Irish republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. Attacks can range from a warning or expulsion from Northern Ireland, backed up by the threat of violence, to severe beatings that leave victims in hospital and shootings in the limbs ...
Jun 8, 2024 · Adam Volle. Irish Republican Army, republican paramilitary organization seeking the establishment of a republic, the end of British rule in Northern Ireland, and the reunification of Ireland. It was created in 1919. Learn more about the IRA, including its history.
May 15, 2019 · The Irish Republican Army, also called the Provisional Irish Republican Army, was a paramilitary organization that used terror tactics, among other methods to halt British rule in Northern...
Mar 27, 2023 · The LVF became the first paramilitary group to decommission any weapons late in 1998. But the guns it handed in for destruction were old, and formed only a small part of its arsenal - the LVF...
Aug 14, 2019 · Fifty years ago, the sparks of sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland ignited the Troubles and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) was born. The organisation killed more than 1,700...
Apr 4, 2023 · Nationalists outpolled unionists for the first time to win last May’s Northern Ireland elections, and Catholics now outnumber Protestants in the region. Smyth says loyalists constantly feel...
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He conducted his own unsuccessful appeal and became the first republican in the history of the state to be extradited to Northern Ireland. In December 1984 he was given a life sentence for the murder of Hester McMullen, but he won an appeal in October 1985 at Belfast appeal court.
