Members of a Celtic ultra supporters group paid tribute to former senior IRA man Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane ahead of a league ...

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

Over 1000 republicans gathered in north Belfast today for the funeral of former IRA man Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane.

Just two months later, in November 1983, the IRA kidnapped businessman Don Tidey. He was kept in a hideout in Derrada Wood ...

Mary Lou McDonald has been criticised after paying tribute to a senior IRA figure who was jailed for life for his part in a ...

Former Maze Prison IRA escapee and senior Sinn Féin member Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane has died. Mr McFarlane, who was in his ...

Northern Irish politicians demand action after banner in honour of Brendan McFarlane, who died last Friday, is unfurled at Celtic Park Celtic are facing calls from politicians in Northern Ireland ...

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part in the biggest escape in UK prison history. He died at the age of 74 after a short illness on Friday. Sinn Fein MLA ...

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams (right) walks behind the coffin of Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane as it leaves his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast (Niall Carson/PA) The funeral of ...

Gerry Kelly, left, with fellow Maze escapee Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane in September 2003 (Haydn West/PA) Sinn Fein MLA Gerry Kelly is set to deliver a graveside oration at Milltown Cemetery later.