# The Troubles

Taoiseach warns against 'spiral back' to sectarian conflict on anniversary of Good Friday Agreement

The agreement was signed 23 years ago today.

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Apr 10th 2021, 12:09 PM

Brian Rowan: Once again, the politics of Northern Ireland is in a mess and violence has won out

The former BBC correspondent and author says it’s like a rewind button has been pressed to the past in the North.

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Apr 8th 2021, 10:08 AM

'Nothing ever changes the past': Reopening of bereaved payments scheme welcomed

The scheme applies to individuals who have lost a parent, spouse/partner, and/or a child in Northern Ireland’s Troubles.

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Mar 7th 2021, 1:00 PM

Future of long-running Troubles archive secured with new funding

Cain has been a free online resource since March 1997.

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Feb 17th 2021, 10:36 AM

Ian Paisley Jr criticised for linking IRA activities to Catholicism

The comments were made at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee earlier today.

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Jan 27th 2021, 7:01 PM

Thousands of bereaved demand full investigation into Northern Ireland conflict

They want an independent team of detectives to search for leads for fresh prosecutions and other measures to recover information.

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Jan 21st 2021, 11:55 AM

IRA did not want Sinn Fein to get involved with backchannel peace talks with the British

State papers reveal that IRA chiefs did not like the socialism of Sinn Fein’s “urban-based leadership”.

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Dec 27th 2020, 8:00 AM

# Pat Finucane

British government will not order public inquiry into 1989 murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane

Finucane was shot by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his family in Belfast in 1989.

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Nov 30th 2020, 8:21 PM

Taoiseach will 'make clear' to Boris Johnson the need for public inquiry into Pat Finucane murder

Pat Finucane’s widow Geraldine and son John met the Taoiseach yesterday.

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Nov 24th 2020, 4:53 PM

Northern parties (minus DUP and UUP) join forces to call for public inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane

Finucane was shot by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his family in 1989 amid claims of collusion with state forces.

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Nov 22nd 2020, 6:06 PM

# Derry

Families of Bloody Sunday victims 'deeply disappointed' as decision not to prosecute 15 British soldiers is upheld

The range of potential offences included murder, attempted murder and causing grievous bodily injury with intent.

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Sep 29th 2020, 2:25 PM

# Martina Anderson

Sinn Féin MLA apologises following criticism for 'disgusting' comments on Troubles victims pension

Martina Anderson said the money was mainly for “those who fought Britain’s dirty war in Ireland”.

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Aug 26th 2020, 10:37 AM

# Belfast

Victim of Troubles-era bomb to take legal action over delay on victims' pensions

Jennifer McNern is taking a judicial review case against the Northern Ireland Executive.

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Aug 17th 2020, 12:10 AM

# Newspapers

'The man who built the peace': Irish and British front pages react to the death of John Hume

Newspapers have extensively covered the life of John Hume in today’s front pages.

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Aug 4th 2020, 8:32 AM

# Patrick Rooney

RUC officers will not face prosecution over case of first child killed in the Troubles

Patrick Rooney was the first child to be killed in the Troubles.

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Jul 30th 2020, 3:36 PM

'Shameful stand-off' preventing Troubles victims receiving compensation, advocate warns

Victims Commissioner Judith Thompson said the treatment of victims by the authorities was “cruel, callous and insulting”.

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Jun 3rd 2020, 7:37 AM

Gerry Adams: 'It's up to the UK government now to address the cases of other internees'

Gerry Adams welcomes the UK Supreme Court quashing today of his conviction for attempted Maze Prison escapes in the 1970s.

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May 13th 2020, 7:49 PM

# Interview

Working with Martin McGuinness in a meat company, singing for the Dalai Lama and playing at the World Cup

Felix Healy looks back on his remarkable football career and life.

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Apr 19th 2020, 9:30 PM

UK to introduce five-year cut-off point in bid to end re-investigations into soldiers who served in NI

The plans will deliver on the government’s promise to protect its former soldiers.

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Mar 18th 2020, 7:26 AM

British government outlines Troubles victims pension scheme but SF criticises 'hierarchy of victims'

Those convicted of playing a part in an incident in which they were injured will be denied access to the scheme.

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Feb 1st 2020, 10:59 AM

NI lobby group was accused of misleading investors about Republic to 'damage our national interest'

The spat was the subject of talks between a UK minister and an Irish ambassador in 1989.

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Dec 28th 2019, 7:15 AM

# troubles era

Coveney says Johnson promise to protect British soldiers from prosecution 'very concerning'

The prosecution of British soldiers for actions during the Troubles has proved controversial in the UK.

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Nov 11th 2019, 1:15 PM

# Remembered

‘Nobody knows my Philip’s name’: Telling the stories of the Children of the Troubles

A new book by Joe Duffy and Freya McClements seeks to tell those 186 stories.

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Nov 10th 2019, 10:00 PM

# Spotlight On The Trouble

Injured victims of the Troubles to get annual pension of between £2,000 and £10,000

Legislation that requires the UK Government to introduce a scheme came into effect at midnight on Monday.

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Oct 22nd 2019, 10:55 PM

1972 IRA documentary was ‘banned’ from being shown

The Secret Army documentary includes scenes which show Martin McGuinness with a car which was later used to bomb Derry and handling a gun.

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Oct 19th 2019, 12:38 PM

# Bragan Bog

The Disappeared: Search team questions if Columba McVeigh's body was moved

The ICLVR says it has “no reason to believe” it was deliberately misled about the location of the body.

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Sep 23rd 2019, 4:43 PM

# hunger strikes

Phil Coulter says he declined OBE because he didn't like Margaret Thatcher

The songwriter disagreed with how Thatcher treated hunger strikers and miners in the 1980s.

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Sep 21st 2019, 10:39 AM

# soldier f

Bloody Sunday: Soldier F murder case adjourned until December at Derry hearing

Soldier F is accused of two counts of murder and five counts of attempted murder.

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Sep 18th 2019, 12:30 PM

Veteran IRA member claims Gerry Adams lied when he denied being a member of the organisation

The Louth TD has repeatedly denied accusations that he was a member of the paramilitary organisation.

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Sep 17th 2019, 12:40 PM

Recent attempted bombings in Northern Ireland could drag us all back to the Troubles

A recent attempted mortar attack in Strabane has all the hallmarks of the past, writes Tom Clonan.

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Sep 13th 2019, 6:20 AM

Documentary links Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley to new Troubles-era bomb attacks

The revelations are made in a documentary about the Troubles to air next week.

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Sep 6th 2019, 7:40 AM

# Bloody Monday

Events take place to mark 40 years since IRA killings of Lord Mountbatten and Warrenpoint soldiers

The killings took place on one of the deadliest days of the Troubles.

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# free derry

Battle of the Bogside: It's 50 years since the community riot that changed Ireland

In August 1969, the people of the city’s Bogside area erected barricades to prevent the RUC entering.

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Aug 11th 2019, 10:00 PM

# Glenties

Man to be charged with murder of ex-Sinn Féin official and IRA/MI5 double-agent Denis Donaldson

Donaldson was killed months after admitting that he had worked as an M15 agent for over 20 years.

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Jul 3rd 2019, 4:34 PM

Ex-IRA man granted UK Supreme Court hearing over Boston College tapes

The tapes which contain interviews with former paramilitaries were not meant to be heard in public until after their deaths.

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Jun 21st 2019, 7:11 PM

How an Irish publican's unease and mahogany doors spared a massacre during the 1994 World Cup final

‘I heard what I thought was a cork popping. I looked behind me and there was a bullet-hole in the mirror.’

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Jun 17th 2019, 1:38 PM

Police investigate hate crime at Warrenpoint memorial dedicated to 18 British soldiers

Ulster Unionist Councillor of Newry David Taylor said that it was “another disgusting attack” on the memorial.

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Jun 3rd 2019, 1:01 PM

'The system is not fair': MPs criticise Theresa May over Northern Ireland amnesty

A “presumption against prosecution” for alleged offences committed by British soldiers has been proposed by the UK government.

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May 22nd 2019, 4:04 PM