# the-troubles - Tuesday 8 April, 2014
# State Visit
# State Visit
Ahern was speaking as President Michael D Higgins made a historic State visit to the UK.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 2 April, 2014
# The Disappeared
# The Disappeared
Ivor Bell, 77, has already appeared in court on charges related to the crime which occurred more than 40 years ago.
# the-troubles - Thursday 27 March, 2014
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Donaldson worked for Sinn Féin in the Northern Ireland Assembly in Stormont before being outed as an MI5 agent in 2005 and later shot dead.
# the-troubles - Saturday 22 March, 2014
# Jean McConville
# Jean McConville
The Sinn Féin leader has been reacting to this morning’s court appearance in relation to the murder of Jean McConville in 1972.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 12 March, 2014
# Cold Case
# Cold Case
Fifteen people died in the bomb at McGurk’s Bar in north Belfast more than four decades ago.
# the-troubles - Saturday 8 March, 2014
# Bomb
# Bomb
At approximately 1.30am on 8 March a bomb exploded on Dublin’s main thoroughfare.
# the-troubles - Friday 28 February, 2014
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
Martin McGuinness disagrees saying that if the DUP’s outbusts are about appeasing hardline unionists and electioneering.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 26 February, 2014
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The Northern Ireland First Minister has said that there are “people going around with letters stuffed in their pockets” which mean they can’t be arrested.
# 1982
# 1982
John Downey walked free from court in London after a judge ruled that the trial should not go ahead.
# the-troubles - Tuesday 25 February, 2014
# 1982
# 1982
The PSNI has apologised to the families of victims and survivors following the collapse of the case of John Downey
# the-troubles - Monday 17 February, 2014
# Scotland Yard
# Scotland Yard
The claim was made to Northern Irish media at the weekend according to UK police.
# the-troubles - Friday 10 January, 2014
# Haass Talks
# Haass Talks
While Richard Haass put the blame for the breakdown at the door of the unionist and Alliance parties, Martin McGuinness says it is time to compromise.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 8 January, 2014
# Draft Deal
# Draft Deal
The talks chair said that he hoped the parties would continue to work to achieve agreement.
# the-troubles - Monday 6 January, 2014
# Haass Proposals
# Haass Proposals
The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland made the comments as the Haass-O’Sullivan team published a summary of the proposed deal.
# the-troubles - Friday 3 January, 2014
# 1984
# 1984
The plan was revealed by British state papers released under the 30 year rule.
# the-troubles - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
# No Deal
# No Deal
Both leaders discussed the matter this morning and urged all sides to focus on the common ground agreed during the process.
# No Deal
# No Deal
Sinn Féin says that the proposals ‘did provide a basis for agreement’ while the DUP wants more time to consider areas of ‘profound disapproval’.
# the-troubles - Friday 6 December, 2013
# Sinn Féin
# Sinn Féin
Pádraig MacLochlainn’s appearance on the ‘Tonight With Vincent Browne’ show sparked controversy but he says that he has received significant support.
# the-troubles - Thursday 5 December, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The attack on the RUC station in Moira, county Down injured at least 11 people.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
# Smithwick Tribunal
# Smithwick Tribunal
Gerry Adams said that the Smithwick Tribunal’s finding that collusion existed between the IRA and gardaí was something he knew nothing of.
# the-troubles - Saturday 23 November, 2013
# Peter Robinson
# Peter Robinson
Peter Robinson has rejected the proposal from the North’s Attorney General that there should be no more prosecutions for killings carried out during The Troubles .
# the-troubles - Friday 22 November, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The Sinn Féin president has come out against a proposal to end all prosecutions related to the Troubles that was put forward by the North’s Attorney General this week.
# RIP
# RIP
Tributes have flowed in for the man given credit for bringing peace to Northern Ireland.
# the-troubles - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The activities of the Military Reconnaissance Force in the 1970s are subject to a Panorama investigation tonight and former members break their 40-year-silence.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 20 November, 2013
# Leaders' Questions
# Leaders' Questions
Enda Kenny was speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil this morning.
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Matt Baggott said that any change would have to be a matter for politicians.
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Can a line be drawn under the killings that occurred before the Good Friday Agreement?
# the-troubles - Monday 11 November, 2013
# The Disappeared
# The Disappeared
Asked about Gerry Adams’ political future today, Eamon Gilmore said that the priority now has to be to get the bodies never recovered back to their loved ones.
# the-troubles - Thursday 7 November, 2013
# The Disappeared
# The Disappeared
Pearse Doherty was speaking about the claims made about Gerry Adams in a TV programme broadcast last Monday.
# the-troubles - Tuesday 24 September, 2013
# Paul McNally
# Paul McNally
It was second arrest to be made this year in connection with the shooting of 26-year-old Paul McNally outside a bookmakers in north Belfast.
# the-troubles - Wednesday 18 September, 2013
# Peace Process
# Peace Process
“I was once in the IRA. I am now a peace builder. I don’t expect anyone to take me at my word. I expect them to take me by my deeds.”
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland was greeted by protesters at the Warrington Peace Centre today.
# the-troubles - Thursday 12 September, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
A report by Amnesty International has strongly criticised attempts to deal with the events of the past and provide answers for victims and their families.
# the-troubles - Thursday 22 August, 2013
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
According to the Police Federation, the PSNI needs an extra 1,000 officers to deal with the current situation in Northern Ireland.
# the-troubles - Tuesday 20 August, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Catholic teenager Seamus Gilmore was working at a petrol station on the Ballysillan Road in February 1973 when he was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries.
# the-troubles - Thursday 18 July, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
Enda Kenny met with the survivors and families of the victims at government buildings this evening.
# the-troubles - Sunday 14 July, 2013
# The Disappeared
# The Disappeared
The diaries are under embargo until 2059.
# the-troubles - Tuesday 9 July, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
The Sinn Féin president has reiterated his denial in the face of questions in the Dáil today.
# the-troubles - Sunday 7 July, 2013
# The Troubles
# The Troubles
PSNI detectives investigating the kidnapping and murder of mother-of-ten Jean McConville in 1972 have fought for the tapes for a number of years.
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