CHIEF Constable John Boutcher says he’s talking to the key British government adviser on ‘terrorism’ about the possibility of ...

More info Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty has defended attending the funeral of senior IRA figure Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane last week. McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ...

A BLITZED Shankill bomber Sean Kelly went ballistic this week in a foul-mouthed attack on this reporter. The shocking outburst took place in Belfast’s Ardoyne district just 24 hours after the ...

In paying tribute, senior Sinn Féin and former IRA members majored on the hunger ... McFarlane was born in 1951 and raised in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast. He took his nickname “Bik ...

McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... In 1983, he was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the prison. They used smuggled guns and knives to overpower prison staff before ...

A former senior member of the IRA, Brendan McFarlane was sent to the ... “A proud son of Ardoyne in Belfast, he was part of a generation who rose up against oppression, the British occupation ...

McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... In 1983, he was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the prison. They used smuggled guns and knives to overpower prison staff before ...

McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... In 1983, he was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the facility in Co Antrim. They used smuggled guns and knives to overpower prison ...

Mr McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... In 1983, he was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the facility in Co Antrim. They used smuggled guns and knives to overpower ...

The IRA’s officer commander (OC ... “Bik was, and will always remain, a giant of Irish republicanism. A proud son of Ardoyne in Belfast, he was part of a generation who rose up against ...

The former senior IRA man , known for taking part in the biggest ... And closer to home in Ardoyne and wider north Belfast, loyalist death squads were killing so many people.

McFarlane, originally from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast ... In 1983, he was among 38 IRA inmates who fled the facility in Co Antrim. They used smuggled guns and knives to overpower prison ...