Bik McFarlane has been hailed by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald as “a great patriot”, but was involved in the murder of a ...

DUP MLA Phillip Brett said there was ‘not a scintilla’ of remorse from the republican party over McFarlane’s violent actions.

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill will skip St. Patrick’s Day in the ...

The funeral will take place later of senior IRA figure Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who died last week following a short illness.

McFarlane received a life sentence for his involvement in the attack on the Bayardo Bar in 1976, in which five people were ...

St Patrick's Day expedition to Washington will happen amid greater uncertainty about what US President Donald Trump will do next. Between controversial comments on Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and the ...

The row over speaking rights has ignited again in angry Dáil exchanges this afternoon. Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik withdrew comments she made about "Lowry lackeys" in the course of the row. It ...

It comes just days after Michelle O'Neill said she will not attend the White House along with her Sinn Fein colleagues ...