MacBride went on to become an international statesman. He was a joint founder of Amnesty International in 1961, United ...

Sinn Féin leaders, such as Michael ... IRA was divided both over the merits of the Treaty, and the necessity for military action. While the core of IRA GHQ went pro-Treaty, forming the leadership ...

Parties involved in present government formation talks owe debt of gratitude to former FG leader, says Prof Diarmaid Ferriter ...

What is less less known is his role in the Civil War of 1922-23, in which he ended up being forced to resign from the IRA for advocating their surrender ... "Military dictatorship" As in the military ...

leader of the Irgun, another Zionist paramilitary organisation, received training and weaponry from the IRA. Shamir’s nom de guerre was Michael after the Irish revolutionary Michael Collins. Both ...

The War of Independence and Civil War leaders, such as de Valera, Collins ... An IRA Revolutionary at War, he has not been given the recognition he deserves for his leadership, effectiveness ...

No one has ever been convicted for the bombing; however, Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was found responsible in a 2009 civil case. Three other men, Liam Campbell, Colm Murphy, and Seamus Daly ...

President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans push ahead on signature campaign promises with a flurry of actions on ...

Real IRA leader Michael McKevitt was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment today for directing the organisation behind the Omagh bomb atrocity. McKevitt, 53, was also given six years for membership ...