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# The Troubles

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'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
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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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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Aug 27th 2019, 1:45 PM
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
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
Tom Clonan: Deal or no deal, the border will be our problem this time. And we aren't ready for it
The Irish Defence Forces is already on its knees and will be unable to patrol any border on this island, writes Tom Clonan.
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Mar 29th 2019, 7:00 AM
'It's part of history': Auctioneer defends decision to sell deactivated rocket launcher
It is expected to fetch between €4,000 to €6,000
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Mar 20th 2019, 10:56 PM
Poll: Should Karen Bradley resign as Northern Ireland Secretary?
She has been sharply criticised for comments she made about killings during the Troubles.
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Mar 8th 2019, 10:29 AM
Families of Ballymurphy massacre victims refuse to meet Karen Bradley
The group have refused to allow the UK’s Northern Ireland Secretary to apologise to them in person over comments she made about the Troubles.
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Mar 8th 2019, 10:13 AM
FactCheck: Is Karen Bradley correct that killings committed by British forces during the Troubles were 'not crimes'?
Bradley has come under severe criticism for her comments in the House of Commons yesterday, but is she correct?
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Mar 7th 2019, 12:02 PM
Ex-British soldiers could reportedly face Bloody Sunday murder charges 'within weeks'
Fourteen people were killed after British paratroopers opened fire.
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Mar 2nd 2019, 1:50 PM
Former Real IRA commander: Even cameras on masts would be seen as 'spy posts' in border regions
John Connolly, the group’s leader in prison in the 2000s, says things would change dramatically in the event of a hard border.
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Feb 18th 2019, 12:05 AM
PSNI 'deeply sorry' for not giving documents relating to 1990s killings to ombudsman
Human error and an archaic IT system are being cited as the reasons for the omission.
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Feb 14th 2019, 8:13 AM
The surreal reality of life in 'the most militarised area of western Europe'
TheJournal.ie visited Dromintee GAA club to hear locals’ concerns of a hard Brexit.
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Feb 9th 2019, 10:00 PM
Arlene Foster criticised over assertion that 'we never had a hard border'
Foster insisted it was “a bit of a nonsense, frankly, to talk about a hard border”.
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Jan 15th 2019, 5:47 PM
For decades, Irish taoisigh have been getting letters suggesting alternatives to the national anthem
Some people even wrote their own.
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Jan 5th 2019, 6:01 PM
Garrett FitzGerald told Margaret Thatcher: 'John Hume will generally do what he is asked to do'
The frank assessment came in meeting between the pair in The Hague in 1986.
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Dec 29th 2018, 9:45 AM
Charlie Haughey was urged to pressure 'British arrogance' over Birmingham Six and Guildford Four
The convictions of the nine men and one women were ultimately quashed.
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Dec 29th 2018, 9:30 AM
'I can't allow Ireland to be blamed here': Coveney says some UK politicians need reminder of Irish history
The Tánaiste said today it would be foolish to focus on any other solution to the border issue than the backstop.
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Dec 21st 2018, 1:57 PM
Ivor Bell deemed 'unfit' to stand trial in relation to Jean McConville disappearance
Jean McConville was killed by a single gunshot wound to the back of the head in December 1972.
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Dec 19th 2018, 6:42 PM
'When the border was finally ripped down - hope rose and healing began. We must not go back'
‘Growing up on the Irish border during the 1970s & 1980s was akin to some Bermuda Triangle existence, where people mysteriously disappeared and to this day, were never seen again,’ writes Grace Vaughan from Monaghan.
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Dec 11th 2018, 7:00 AM
Inquest opens into the deaths of 10 people shot by British soldiers in August 1971
A fresh inquest into the deaths was ordered in 2011.
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Nov 12th 2018, 4:28 PM
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