# The Troubles

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# Meath

Team to start digging for remains of 'Disappeared' Joe Lynskey

Joe Lynskey went missing in 1972.

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Mar 11th 2015, 6:02 AM

# John Pat Cunningham

Shot dead in 1974 but still no justice

John Pat Cunningham was shot by the British Army.

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Mar 10th 2015, 6:03 AM

# Northern Ireland

The Troubles caused mental health issues for more than 100,000 people

The legacy of the 30-year conflict still hangs over Northern Ireland.

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Mar 5th 2015, 2:31 PM

# The Disappeared

"Surely after 30 years, if we can forgive the deed, the remains could be given back to us"

The families of the remaining “disappeared” are asking for the remains to be returned.

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Mar 2nd 2015, 5:00 PM

# Castlereagh

Torture, abuse and a suspect's death: An RUC holding centre used during the Troubles

Bobby Hanvey was the only photographer allowed to take pictures before the building was demolished.

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Jan 2nd 2015, 7:00 PM

# Good mates

British spies had "excellent relations" with gardaí

And Irish ministers didn’t know it.

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Dec 30th 2014, 9:36 AM

# 1984 State Papers

Thirty years ago, a Fine Gael government was worried that Sinn Féin 'could deliver'

Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Barry didn’t like that Sinn Féin representatives were being listened to.

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Dec 30th 2014, 7:15 AM

# 1984 State Papers

Water cannons could be "more lethal than plastic bullets". That's what the UK told Ireland...

17 people were killed by either rubber or plastic bullets during The Troubles.

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Dec 28th 2014, 10:00 AM

# State Papers

Thousands of Northern refugees streamed over the border in the 1970s - some were called "ungrateful"

The situation is detailed in a memo to Government from 1973.

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Dec 27th 2014, 8:45 AM

# jailed without trial

New evidence proves the UK tortured interned men during The Troubles, says Ireland

The State wants a European Court of Human Rights decision overturned.

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Dec 2nd 2014, 4:11 PM

# torture files

Hooded, food and sleep deprived: Calls for Ireland to push for torture case against UK

Amnesty International say the deadline for a case to be taken is approaching.

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Nov 24th 2014, 12:31 PM

# miscarriage of justice

"Life, a long long time ago" - Documentary follows Guildford Four's Paddy Armstrong to London

An RTÉ documentary followed Armstrong on and told his story.

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Nov 22nd 2014, 7:30 AM

# The Troubles

Victim of Enniskillen Bombing: 'I remember running around as if it was a horror movie'

Stephen Gault was just 18 when he was injured in the bomb. His father Samuel, who had been standing next to him, was killed instantly.

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Nov 8th 2014, 9:35 PM

# Sinn Féin

Breige Wright: "I have been the subject of a media onslaught"

In a statement issued through her solicitors today, Wright is strongly critical of how her relationship with Máiría Cahill has been portrayed in the media.

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Nov 4th 2014, 4:19 PM

# The Troubles

The Troubles and the Disappeared: 'Another chapter closed in the tragic saga'

Brendan Megraw was found this week. But where are the rest of the Disappeared?

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Nov 4th 2014, 10:45 AM

# temple

Setting divisions alight: Burning Man comes to Derry

Will Northern Ireland be tasting a little bit of Nevada?

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Oct 26th 2014, 9:15 AM

Voices

Opinion: How many hundreds, or thousands, would have been saved if he had lived?

The senseless death of Gordon Hamilton Fairley, a pioneering cancer specialist who was killed by an IRA bomb, remains a tragedy for us all.

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Oct 23rd 2014, 1:00 PM

# something i didn't do

Gerry Conlon and the Guildford Four were released 25 years ago today

“I’m a totally innocent man.”

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Oct 19th 2014, 8:45 AM

# The Disappeared

Family of Brendan Megraw "grateful" to person who passed on information about his remains

Megraw was kidnapped and killed by the IRA in 1978.

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Oct 1st 2014, 10:15 PM

# The Troubles

'Mixed feelings' about the end of Northern Ireland's Historical Enquiries Team

The PSNI body was set up to investigate killings from the 1970s to 1990s.

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Sep 30th 2014, 1:49 PM

# revisionism

Who won the war in Northern Ireland? The British, so says a new BBC documentary

Filmmaker Peter Taylor says this is the only conclusion that can be made, for now.

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Sep 29th 2014, 8:30 AM

# War games

About 500 British troops are to train on this Derry mountain and nationalists aren't happy

It’s the largest military exercise in Northern Ireland since the beginning of the troubles

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Sep 23rd 2014, 7:08 PM

# Paisley pictorial

Ian Paisley in Pictures: From Neverman to Chuckle Brother

A life on the frontline of Northern Ireland divisions.

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Sep 12th 2014, 6:05 PM

# Life in Quotes

'Never never never' and other famous words from Reverend Ian Paisley

He was always controversial, vicious at times and always

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Sep 12th 2014, 4:23 PM

# RIP

Former DUP leader Ian Paisley has died, aged 88

His wife Eileen said his family were “heartbroken” and that their “earthly lives are forever changed”.

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Sep 12th 2014, 1:20 PM

# legacy issues

The SAS 'Loughall ambush' which killed 8 IRA men may be investigated

A civilian was also killed in the gunfight which was the biggest single loss of life for the IRA during The Troubles.

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Sep 5th 2014, 4:00 PM

# The Troubles

On this day 20 years ago, the IRA announced its ceasefire

And everything changed.

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Aug 31st 2014, 7:45 AM

# The Troubles

Search for Disappeared newlywed Brendan Megraw to begin in Meath bog

The 23-year-old was abducted from his Belfast home in April 1978.

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Aug 22nd 2014, 6:30 PM

# Northern Ireland

On the run letters were "unprecedented and flawed", but not unlawful

The Hallett Review finds that two terrorism suspects were given letters in error.

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Jul 17th 2014, 1:03 PM

# The Troubles

Report into "on the run" letters to be published today

The letters allowed a man accused of carrying out the Hyde Park bombing to walk free from court.

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Jul 17th 2014, 8:06 AM

# The Troubles

UDR memorial removed and replaced with IRA slogan, PSNI investigating it as 'hate crime'

The crosses were removed hours after a memorial service in Castlederg took place.

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Jul 16th 2014, 3:47 PM

# border counties

Did you live along the border during the Troubles? This project is seeking your voice...

The Border Lives storytelling project is collecting comments and stories from people who used to lived in the border counties during the Northern Ireland conflict.

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Jul 13th 2014, 10:15 AM

# Victims

"This house is unanimous in its message to the British Government" - Parties unite on bombing files

Families of the Dublin-Monaghan bombing victims are currently suing for the release of files.

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Jul 11th 2014, 8:59 AM

Voices

Opinion: Behind the headlines and political bickering is a profound grief that is hard to define

My father was just 39 when he was killed by an IRA bomb. The fate that befell him has been like a virus in my family’s bloodstream; we can never forget.

Jul 3rd 2014, 8:00 AM