Jon Hill, lead investigator of the ICLVR, said it was "cruel" for the Lynskey family to hear this.

Human remains exhumed from a grave in County Monaghan four months ago are not those of Joe Lynskey.

The MoD is set to challenge an inquest ruling which said SAS soldiers were unjustified in opening fire and killing a gang of IRA men.

John McCaig, 17, his brother Joseph, 18, and Dougald McCaughey, 23, were murdered by the IRA 54 years ago.

Former IRA leader Brendan Hughes tells the BBC the conflict in NI was "a total waste" of more than 3,500 lives.

Michelle O'Neill said "everybody has a "right to remember their dead" when asked about tributes to a former IRA man.

The banner paid tribute to Brendan 'Bik' McFarlane, who died at the weekend, describing him as a "hero".

The man wounded in a shooting in west Belfast at the weekend is thought to have been the victim of a republican feud.