# Paramilitaries

Last year

2022

Existence of paramilitary groups means 'clear and present danger' remains in Northern Ireland

The Independent Reporting Commission recommended that a formal process of engagement with paramilitary groups in the north take place.

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Dec 7th 2022, 2:01 PM

# Exploitation

Northern Ireland paramilitaries coercing young people into crime

Young people were being ordered to take part in rioting during unrest in 2021, the Children’s Commissioner said.

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Nov 9th 2022, 2:21 PM

Voices

Opinion: Dissident Republican ÓNH issued a warning to Loyalists - what does this mean?

Historian Dieter Reinisch looks at events organised by paramilitary groups over Easter in Northern Ireland and says they illustrate a worrying shift.

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Apr 19th 2022, 7:00 PM

All time

# Paramilitaries

Drugs worth €120,000 seized in operation targeting paramilitaries in Belfast

A 21-year-old man has been arrested.

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Dec 4th 2021, 6:52 PM

Semtex, guns and detonators found as police target 'dissident terrorists' in west Belfast

Two arrests come as the British government announced an assessment of paramilitary activity.

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Sep 18th 2015, 2:52 PM

# Shootings

Paramilitary gun attacks on children 'must end'

Twelve children were shot in Northern Ireland between 2009 and 2014.

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Aug 12th 2015, 6:00 PM

# Brian McIlhagga

Loyalist gangs blamed for murdering father-of-five

The paramilitaries are also in the frame for a series of other “punishment attacks”.

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Mar 26th 2015, 6:11 PM

# Farming

Reward offered in murder case linked to alleged sheep stealing and land disputes

Patrick Devine was shot dead in Tyrone ten years ago.

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Sep 12th 2014, 6:30 AM

# Troubles

Boston College says it will hand back Troubles tapes... to interviewees

After the PSNI gained access to the tapes, leading to arrests, the college says it will return the material to former paramilitaries if they want.

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May 6th 2014, 8:47 AM

# The Troubles

Northern Ireland Attorney General calls for end to Troubles prosecutions

Can a line be drawn under the killings that occurred before the Good Friday Agreement?

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Nov 20th 2013, 7:39 AM

# Press Freedom

Two journalists receive death threats from paramilitaries

There has been condemnation of the threats against the two unidentified journalists who are based in Northern Ireland.

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May 15th 2013, 5:54 PM

Voices

Column: To move on from the Troubles we have to face the past with compassion

Behind each death of the Troubles are real, grieving people – many of whom have been waiting for the truth for far too long, writes David McCann.

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Feb 8th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Northern Ireland

Report on Pat Finucane murder to be published today

The family of the murdered Belfast lawyer want a full public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding his death in 1989.

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Dec 12th 2012, 12:00 PM

# Belfast

Belfast police seek witnesses after 'paramilitary-style' shooting

A man in his 30s was shot in the leg in the west of the city last night.

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Sep 19th 2012, 10:27 AM

# Paramilitaries

Gerry Adams: 'Masquerading' paramilitary groups 'should go away'

The Sinn Féin president has condemned the scenes at the funeral of Real IRA member Alan Ryan in Dublin over a week ago.

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Sep 17th 2012, 9:16 PM

Voices

Column: Parents bringing their children to be kneecapped. Yes, this is Ireland.

Self-styled republican vigilantes are terrorising a city, writes Seamus Breslin – and perceived neglect by authorities is fuelling the fire.

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May 23rd 2012, 7:00 AM

# Disappeared

Victims' remains group not on brink of closure - Oireachtas committee

Current indications are that the commission working to locate bodies of the Disappeared will continue its investigations.

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Feb 17th 2012, 4:21 PM

# Northern Ireland

Family of Pat Finucane begins legal challenge

“Clearly we have a difference of opinion here” – the Taoiseach discussing the possibility of a public inquiry into the murder with the British PM yesterday.

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Jan 13th 2012, 10:34 AM