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Security guarantees needed before Stakeknife is named – Burghart

Pressure is growing on the Government to name Stakeknife after the publication of the final report from Operation Kenova.

No evidence of collusion in UVF bombings of Dublin and Monaghan

The final Operation Kenova report also said there does not appear to be ‘any realistic opportunities’ for a fresh investigation into the atrocities.

Two men fighting extradition linked to RUC murder claim authorities cannot hold cases 'in their back pocket'

They said the British authorities had made decisions against extradition - or had failed to make a decision - on numerous occasions over half a century.

Trio hail quashing of convictions over 1989 attack plot on police football team

1989 police probe into murder of John Devine ‘seriously defective’ – Ombudsman

Two pensioners (70s) granted leave to appeal extradition over RUC officer murder

Watchdog finds ‘no credible evidence’ that shot teenager was trying to surrender

Two men (70s) who escaped from Maze Prison to be extradited over RUC officer murder

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

The extradition warrant was issued four days prior to the commencement of the Legacy Act, which limits criminal investigations and prosecutions related to Troubles era offences.

Ombudman ‘could not establish’ that officers heard claim of Morley murder

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025

Eoin Morley was murdered by the Provisional IRA in Newry in 1990.

‘No justification’ for UK government to withhold files on boy killed in Derry

Thu, 27 Feb, 2025

Lady O’Loan herself survived an IRA bombing at Ulster Polytechnic, Jordanstown, in 1977.

Use of force in killing of four IRA men ‘not justified’ - coroner

Thu, 06 Feb, 2025

Use of lethal force by the SAS soldiers was ‘not reasonable’, Mr Justice Michael Humphreys concluded

Schoolboy ‘likely’ shot by soldier in hospital grounds in 1975, coroner finds

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Patrick Crawford, 15, was struck by a bullet while walking through the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital on August 10 1975.

No evidence of police collusion in 1978 hotel bombing near Belfast, says ombudsman

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

The Police Ombudsman’s report considered the effectiveness of the initial RUC investigation.

Extradition request for 1975 constable murder is 'abuse of process', says barrister

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

John Edward McNicholl (72) of Newmills, Letterkenny, County Donegal and Seamus Christopher O'Kane (73) of Scalestown, Dunshaughlin, County Meath are wanted in the UK.

Man wanted in the North on firearms charges linked to murder of RUC officer appears before court

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

The High Court heard on Wednesday the murdered officer's gun was allegedly recovered from a farmhouse where Seamus Christopher O'Kane and two others were discovered hiding out in 1976.

Three arrested in connection with 1975 murder of RUC officer

Wed, 12 Jun, 2024

Two of the men held in relation to the murder of Constable Robert John McPherson were detained in the Republic of Ireland

50 years of questions go on for families of Dublin and Monaghan bombings

Thu, 16 May, 2024

Sharon Askin was just two years old when her father Paddy was killed in the bomb in Monaghan in 1974.

Plaque stolen from grave of RUC officer returned with inscription reading 'Up the RA'

Mon, 29 Jan, 2024

The plague was taken from the grave of Detective Constable John Doherty in Castlefinn, Co Dongeal

New inquest ordered into murder of Jim Murphy in 1974

Tue, 16 Jan, 2024

Mr Murphy’s niece Joan Corrigan, who believes there was security force collusion in her uncle’s murder, said she was delighted with the decision by the attorney general.

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