Westmeath showband legends, Tommy Swarbrigg and Donie Cassidy, were amongst the large gathering of people from the entertainment business, media and public life who gathered in Dublin for the launch ...

Des Lee and Stephen Travers were ambushed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) in 1975 in attack in which three other band ...

Group member Des Lee says he remembers ‘every single thing in the finest detail’ from the loyalist atrocity in Co Down 50 ...

Across more than 30 years of murder and mayhem, euphemistically dubbed the “Northern Ireland Troubles”, there were times when people north and south of the Border and in Britain were struck by some ...

Fifty years since lead singer Fran O’Toole, guitarist Tony Geraghty and trumpeter Brian McCoy were murdered by loyalist paramilitaries ...

The legacy of the Miami Showband is about more than just music, it is bringing people together, a survivor of the loyalist ...

The race for the 1st District, which has a history of electing both Democrats and Republicans, is wide open, thanks to ...

A loyalist plot to paint the Miami Showband as transporting explosives would have impacted Irish people across the world, a survivor of the atrocity has said. Stephen Travers said he is not only ...

PSNI chief constable has expressed hope for a new agreement on how to deal with the legacy of the region’s troubled past.Jon Boutcher was speaking following a commemoration to remember three musicians ...

Jon Boutcher was speaking after attending a commemoration on the 50th anniversary of the killing of three members of the Miami Showband.

A musician who survived the Miami Showband killings has said he has "no problem" with a controversial loyalist band parade that will commemorate one of the attackers, although he wishes people would ...