Stormont’s Economy Committee will meet today at the former Maze prison site as attempts are made to find a way forward so its ...

He tried to escape from the Maze Prison in 1978 dressed as a priest but ... round-trips each of 320km to the court from his home in Belfast. McFarlane was a firm supporter of the peace process ...

A Stormont body set up to oversee a £300m redevelopment of the former Maze prison site has said its role has been "essentially limited to health and safety". Plans to regenerate the site near ...

A funeral in Belfast heard that achieving a united Ireland ... McFarlane ended up in Maze Prison after being convicted for a lethal bombing of a pub on Shankill Road in 1975, reports the Irish ...

The funeral cortege for Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane outside his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast (Niall Carson/PA) McFarlane was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a deadly bomb attack ...

North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly said his ... as part of an extradition deal to return him to prison in NI. He was released on parole from the Maze in 1997 and was charged the following year with ...

Crowds, which included former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, Donegal TD Pearse Doherty, Cavan Monaghan TD Matt Carthy and North Belfast MP ... He was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted ...

The funeral cortege for Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane outside his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast (Niall Carson/PA) McFarlane was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a deadly bomb ...

McFarlane was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a deadly ... "He was a huge part of getting me elected as an MLA for North Belfast in 1998. "He had no interest in becoming an elected ...

McFarlane, from the Ardoyne area of north Belfast, was known for taking part ... “a giant of Irish republicanism”. He was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a deadly bomb attack ...

The funeral cortege for Brendan ‘Bik’ McFarlane outside his family home on Cliftonville Road, Belfast (Niall Carson/PA) PA Wire McFarlane was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a ...