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# troubles - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
Kenny and Cameron unite in ‘disappointment’ after failure of Haass talks
Both leaders discussed the matter this morning and urged all sides to focus on the common ground agreed during the process.
Haass talks in Belfast end without agreement
Sinn Féin says that the proposals ‘did provide a basis for agreement’ while the DUP wants more time to consider areas of ‘profound disapproval’.
# troubles - Tuesday 24 December, 2013
Haass talks with NI parties fail to reach consensus, but Gilmore says agreement is essential
After eight hours of discussions, the all-party talks on some of Northern Ireland’s most sensitive issues broke down.
# troubles - Saturday 23 November, 2013
McConville son speaks of 'Adams apology'
Mother-of-10 Jean McConville was abducted from her west Belfast home in 1972, and murdered.
# troubles - Friday 22 November, 2013
'I don't think it's a good idea': Adams against proposal to end Troubles prosecutions
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.
# troubles - Thursday 7 November, 2013
Doherty has "no reason to disbelieve" Adams when he says he wasn't in the IRA
Pearse Doherty was speaking about the claims made about Gerry Adams in a TV programme broadcast last Monday.
# troubles - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
Hundreds attend walk to remember Shankhill Road bomb victims
The attack, which happened 20 years ago today, was one of the most notorious incidents of The Troubles.
# troubles - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
Police Ombudsman to investigate 2001 killing of Sunday World journalist
Martin O’Hagan was shot dead in Lurgan in September 2001.
# troubles - Tuesday 24 September, 2013
UVF mural with Martin Luther King quote replaces George Best tribute
Work on the painting was suspended earlier this month after community leaders intervened, but it has since been completed.
# troubles - Saturday 7 September, 2013
Police call for calm as threat issued to Belfast schools
A man claiming to represent the Red Hand Defenders issued the threat, according to the Irish News.
# troubles - Friday 26 July, 2013
Minister: John Perry is like thousands of small business owners across Ireland
Brian Hayes has said he has a lot of sympathy for fellow junior minister John Perry who had a €2.47 million judgment ordered against him in the courts this week.
# troubles - Tuesday 16 July, 2013
Blast bombs thrown by masked men, tyres set on fire in Belfast
The US Vice President has expressed his concerns about the violence to Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness.
# troubles - Wednesday 10 July, 2013
North Belfast bomb a 'blatant attempt to kill'
The device was found at Alliance Avenue yesterday afternoon.
Orange Order banned from marching through Ardoyne area
The DUP have decried the decision as “illogical”, and say the order has been left in an “impossible position”.
# troubles - Thursday 4 July, 2013
'No confidence' in leadership of PSNI unit reviewing unsolved Troubles murders
A report published yesterday found that the some military cases relating to state involvement were reviewed with less rigor than others.
# troubles - Saturday 1 June, 2013
Vince Vaughn has made a film about the Northern Ireland murals...
… yes, really. (And you can watch it on tv from today).
# troubles - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Adams to meet family of prison officer shot dead in Dublin
Brian Stack, who was the chief prison officer in Portlaoise prison, died of his injuries eighteen months after being shot as he left a boxing match.
# troubles - Thursday 11 April, 2013
Gerry Adams criticises parties celebrating Thatcher's death
In an interview with a Fermanagh newspaper, Adams also said he forgave the former British Prime Minister.
# troubles - Friday 4 January, 2013
Column: Viewed from abroad, Ireland’s reconciliation is a success story
David McCann travelled to Korea, a partitioned country with a chequered economic history. The view from there is very different, he writes.
# troubles - Friday 14 December, 2012
Gerry Adams urges Taoiseach: put pressure on for full Pat Finucane inquiry
The Sinn Féin leader said the Irish government ‘needs to shift into a higher gear in support of the Finucane family, who want a public inquiry into the death of Pat finucane.
# troubles - Friday 2 November, 2012
Justice Minister: "There can be no justification of any nature" for Black murder
Minister Alan Shatter said that “all ordinary, normal, sane people do not want to see us return” to the time of the Troubles.
# troubles - Monday 17 September, 2012
The 9 at 9: Monday
Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you start your day…
# troubles - Thursday 23 August, 2012
Video: Shadow Dancer and the endgame of the Troubles
Exclusive featurette explains the tightrope walked by cast and crew on the new film trying to depict life in strife-torn 1990s Belfast.
# troubles - Saturday 11 August, 2012
Column: Our obsession with ‘insults’ against Ireland is a waste of energy
There was anger when Katie Taylor was ‘claimed’ as British – but such a reaction exposes our insecurity, writes Aaron McKenna.
# troubles - Thursday 12 July, 2012
PHOTOS: Violence flares after 12 July parade in Belfast
Police used water cannons to push back nationalist protesters, while petrol bombs were thrown at riot police.
# troubles - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Concern over retention of body parts, human tissue by PSNI
An audit of the PSNI has revealed that human tissue was retained in 67 cases of violent or unexplained deaths.
# troubles - Sunday 11 March, 2012
Taoiseach urged to press Cameron on Troubles legacy
Enda Kenny is due to travel to London tomorrow for meetings with the UK prime minister.
# troubles - Friday 17 February, 2012
Victims' remains group not on brink of closure - Oireachtas committee
Current indications are that the commission working to locate bodies of the Disappeared will continue its investigations.
# troubles - Sunday 29 January, 2012
Bloody Sunday: Victims' families gather for 40th anniversary
Some relatives are calling for the soldiers involved in the 1972 massacre to be prosecuted.
Jean McConville's daughter calls for release of Boston College tapes
Helen McKendry said the tapes could provide some closure on her mother’s 1972 murder by the IRA.
# troubles - Saturday 28 January, 2012
Hard man: Ian Paisley's career in pictures
The firebrand loyalist leader stepped down as a minister last night after six decades of controversy. Check out these highlights – and not-so-highlights – of his career…
# troubles - Friday 30 December, 2011
Gerry Adams questions Bobby Sands hunger strike claim
The Sinn Féin leader said claims in State papers that Sands offered to end his hunger strike would be “totally out of character”.
# troubles - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
Man arrested over cold-case IRA killings of two police officers
The 53-year-old was held over the murders of Eric Brown and Brian Quinn in 1983, before being released.
# troubles - Friday 25 November, 2011
Troubles killings "cannot be reinvestigated"
The killings cannot be investigated by the police ombudsman’s office as they have already been investigated by the police.
# troubles - Monday 7 November, 2011
Trial of Massereene accused to begin in Antrim today
Two British soldiers were killed and a pizza deliveryman injured in the shooting at an army barracks in March 2009.
# troubles - Sunday 25 September, 2011
Former UVF leader Gusty Spence dead at 78
Spence, who was jailed for the murder of a Catholic man in the sixties, later was at the forefront of the UVF ceasefire.
# troubles - Saturday 24 September, 2011
Column: ‘The lasting memory of Long Kesh was the stench’
During the notorious ‘dirty protests’ in Long Kesh prison, Bishop Edward Daly was a regular visitor. Here he describes the foul conditions – and the men who lived in them.
# troubles - Friday 12 August, 2011
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things to know this morning…
# troubles - Thursday 11 August, 2011
Family of man killed by army in Belfast 40 years ago call for an apology
A report has found that Billy McKavanagh was unarmed when he was shot in the back by a British soldier.
# troubles - Saturday 30 July, 2011
Gallery: The alternative history of the Troubles
Machine-gun Christmas cards, underwear parties and a singing Ian Paisley: take a look at these snapshots of the conflict’s unseen side.
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Poll: What's the best way to eat spuds?
WITH MANY OF us remaining at home in recent weeks, some of us have been turning our hand to a lot more cooking than we may normally have done.
A chance to be more creative for sure, but also a chance to cook the old reliables and make sure they’re done well.
One thing we all have a preference on is potatoes.
But what is the best way to eat them?
Poll Results:
Mash (3100)
Roast (3092)
Boiled/Steamed (1709)
Chips (1336)
Gratin (724)
Baked (637)
Fried (235)
I don't like spuds (148)
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