The police forces of the fledgling Irish Free State certainly provided cold houses. In May 1922, a mutiny by members of its new Civic Guard forced the removal of former RIC officers appointed to ...

Three were in Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC ... A colleague grumbled about his own treatment compared to other ‘civil officers of the State’ who remained in the Free State and ‘lived ...

A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a Royal Ulster Constabulary officer in Belfast 12 years ago. Paul Holland, 34, of Jamaica Street in the north of the city was charged with ...