The August 1972 murder and secret burial of Joe Lynskey by the IRA made him the first of the “disappeared”, the group of 17 people buried by republican paramilitaries in secret locations.
Twelve people, all Protestants, including three married couples, died when the IRA exploded a firebomb at the hotel on the outskirts of Belfast 46 years ago. The Police Ombudsman delivered a ...
the goods were taken from them and sold on to third parties arranged from the Provos in Belfast. “(IRA chief) Bobby Storey was one of the chief architects of that.” The Irish Government at the ...