The funeral of former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane has been held in Belfast McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of the city, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history ...

Two years ago, the Sunday World interviewed Shankill Road pensioner Jim Verner (68) who on the day of the Shankill bomb ...

‘Bik’, who was from the Ardoyne area, died on Friday at the age of 74 following a short illness. More: Funeral held for former senior IRA man Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane In a tribute to the ...

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has defended attending the funeral of senior IRA figure Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane last week.

Scottish police have been urged to investigate after a banner honouring an IRA bomber was unfurled during a Celtic match.

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, the party’s Donegal TD Pearse Doherty, Cavan-Monaghan TD Matt Carthy were among those who stood on the street outside the prominent republican’s home in Linden ...

Rangers fans have staged their own banner protest slamming Celtic supporters who honoured an IRA bomber. It followed controversy over the Green Brigade’s tribute to Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane this week.

McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, died at the age of 74 after a short illness on Friday. He was best known by many for having taken part in the biggest escape in UK prison ...

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history.

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of the city ... the 1981 hunger strike over conditions in the Maze. He was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the Maze in Co Antrim in September 1983.

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... the 1981 hunger strike over conditions in the Maze. He was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the Maze in Co Antrim in September 1983.