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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UVF chief-of-staff walks his dog without a care in the world — as his paramilitary empire in east Belfast was on the verge of ...

‘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 ...

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 ...

A huge display honouring an IRA killer by Celtic fans has been condemned ... (which covers both McFarlane’s home district of Ardoyne and the scene of the Shankill slaughter) said: “That ...

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

Born in 1951, Brendan was raised in Ardoyne. He was the Officer Commanding IRA prisoners in Long Kesh during the 1981 hunger-strike when ten republicans died between May and August ­– taking over the ...