Paramilitarism

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal brought by a man seeking to avoid surrender to Lithuania on foot of a European arrest warrant. It was alleged that the appellant acquired and smuggled firearms from Lithuania into Ireland for the Real Irish Republican Army. The appellant argued that his surr

A man convicted four decades ago of offences linked to alleged paramilitary activity has had the convictions quashed in the Court of Appeal in Belfast.

A number of properties in Northern Ireland have been seized by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers, working as part of the Paramilitary Crime Task Force (PCTF), following a High Court order.

The slow progress of UK-EU talks poses a "real threat" to the Northern Ireland peace process, Justice Minister Helen McEntee has said in her first discussion with her northern counterpart. Ms McEntee spoke with Justice Minister Naomi Long by phone yesterday in their first direct conversation since t

The Department of Justice has relaunched its campaign to raise awareness of paramilitary-style attacks and their impact on victims, families and wider society. The "Ending the Harm" campaign was first launched in October 2018 and tells the story of a paramilitary-style shooting from the point of vie