Daniel Cahalane, a father of three with a thick Cork accent and a head of black curls, was well-respected among Philadelphia’s working-class Irish community. A carpenter with his own business in the ...

The conflict in Northern Ireland might have gone very differently had it not been for a small, ragtag band of carpenters, ...

Former IRA leader Brendan Hughes tells the BBC the conflict in NI was "a total waste" of more than 3,500 lives.

Delving into her family history led author Ali Watkins to explore one of the least known and most effective gunrunning ...

Another IRA veteran, Vince Conlon, had been the driving force behind much of the American effort – but anointed Cahalane in his stead after returning to Ireland to continue his efforts on native ...

The Next One Is For You' by Berks County native Ali Watkins traces a conspiracy to send weapons to paramilitaries in Ireland.

Prosecutors should focus on the IRA members involved in a machine gun attack on a Co Tyrone RUC station shortly before an “unjustified” Army operation killed four of the gang, the DUP leader has said.

The man, a son of a senior IRA figure in the area, was later unmasked and allowed to leave Ireland by the republican movement. It is understood he later made his way to America. Mr Dillon said he ...

Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who died after a short illness last week, was remembered for his role in the 1983 Maze Prison escape while on the run with Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly ...

More than two-thirds of parents in Northern Ireland want their children to be educated alongside those from the other ...

A Democratic Unionist Party MP has called on Celtic Football Club to take action against fans who held up a banner commemorating a former IRA man at a match this week. The banner was unfurled at ...