The upstairs room of a Dublin bar in 2016 and I’d just taken part in a fiery debate in which I had uncompromisingly denounced terrorism to an audience largely composed of dissident Irish republicans. The organiser approached and said gleefully to me and my friends: ‘That’s Bridget Rose Dugdale over there, sitting beside Liam Sutcliffe, … Read more
Man, 62, is arrested at Heathrow and taken to Belfast as he becomes 10th suspect detained in major campaign against New IRA terror group The man, aged 62, lives in Scotland and has been taken to Belfast for questioning He was arrested by detectives at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act Ten people have been … Read more
New IRA ‘terrorist’ is arrested at Heathrow after swoop on meeting in Northern Ireland and charging of men with conspiracy to possess explosives The man, aged 62, was arrested at Heathrow Airport under the Terrorism Act Arrested as part of Operation Arbacia an investigation into the New IRA Scottish officers are searching a property in … Read more
Seven men and two women are arrested in New IRA probe in Belfast after major cross-border operation Nine people between 26 and 50 are being questioned at a Belfast police station Gardai in Republic of Ireland carried of searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry The searches came as part of an investigation into activities … Read more
Fury as ex-Brexit Party MEP who ‘defended’ the IRA is awarded a peerage in latest criticism of honours system Boris Johnson is facing a growing row over the elevation of 36 peers to the Lords There was also fury at the decision to send Claire Fox as a non-affiliated peer She has been accused of … Read more
New MI6 boss Richard Moore’s grandad was IRA fighter who won medal for fighting against British rule Richard Moore’s grandfather was an IRA fighter between 1916 and 1922 Jack Buckley won a medal from Sinn Fein for fighting against the British rule Mr Moore, 57, is set to take over as head of the Secret … Read more
An elderly man pictured talking to a young activist in a viral image from a Black Lives Matter protest has been unmasked as a notorious IRA sympathiser and conspiracy theorist with links to Holocaust deniers. Jim Curran, 73, an Irish nationalist and 9/11 Truther, was photographed deep in conversation with single mother Rosie Grace Smith … Read more