Duddy was the first outsider ever to meet the IRA’s Army Council

Death of Louth TD draws veil over era of political sensibility once to fore in public life

Sinn Féin leader insists he does not know who the suspects of the 1983 killing might be

Presence at commemoration would have earned unionists island-wide and international kudos with no electoral cost

Ireland has paid a high price for their hesitation to separate Jesus and Patrick Pearse

In this Inside Belfast column Fionnuala O Connor recorded the first deaths of another new year of the Troubles in Northern Ireland

After accusations of ill-treatment in prisons, ‘Irish Times’ editor Douglas Gageby wrote an open letter to the minister for justice, to close a series on what he saw on visits to Irish jails

‘The unconditional release of Bobby Storey will lend itself to the Sinn Féin narrative that the crisis itself has been contrived’

Criminal gangs operating out of south Armagh and along Border difficult to tackle

Witness tells how he feared for his life after gardai threatened him with the Provos

Distrust of RUC led to parallel ‘justice’ system by republicans which at times was brutal

Irish groups are ‘criminal co-operatives’ rather than organised gangs, meeting hears

Murder, allegation and denial have filled the 24 year period since the Jonesborough killings

Opinion: waving a flag or backing the Provos’ war is not the only possible identity marker

The west Belfast Feile, which has been running since the height of the Troubles 25 years ago, has served as a model for the East Belfast Arts Festival, now in its second year

Despised for being Irish, the Kennedys overcame the snooty Yankee ruling class to claim the highest office in the land