Brendan McFarlane. Picture: Niall Carson/PA. McFarlane was sent to Maze Prison after being convicted of a deadly bomb attack on a pub in the Protestant Shankill Road area in 1975.

Sinn Féin has been accused of “disgraceful” public commentary after the death of former senior IRA man Brendan “Bik” McFarlane. DUP MLA Phillip Brett told the assembly that there was ...