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Similar to the funeral of Bobby Storey last June, the family had been in prior contact with police. District Commander Superintendent Mike Baird said at the time that the McNally family had assured police that only family members would be in attendance and that local people could “pay their respects as the funeral cortege passed, by coming out into their gardens or the front of their homes”. Brian Arthurs, a former IRA commander, was sentenced to 25 years in jail in 1995 on explosives charges and released in 2000 under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. His brother Declan died, along...

The blood-soaked journey of R18837: How powerful gun smuggled into north by loyalists has been linked to up to 12 murders A VZ58 assault rifle, with the serial number R18837, is believed to have been used by loyalists to kill 12 people Connla Young Graphic by Roisin Bonner  A powerful gun smuggled into the north by loyalists during the Troubles is believed to have been used in the murders of up to 12 people. The VZ58 assault rifle, with the serial number R18837, was among a batch secretly obtained in the late 1980s amid claims that British intelligence agen...

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When Philip Orr visits the Seamus Heaney HomePlace centre he is delighted to see such a fitting celebration of the articulacy of Northern Ireland's great poet, but he is also struck by the untold story of what used to stand on its site: an RUC barracks.