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# Troubles

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# Northern Ireland
Stormont under legal duty to fund Troubles pension, judges say
Brian Turley, who suffered mental health problems due to Army interrogation, brought the case at Belfast’s Royal Courts of Justice.
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Feb 9th 2021, 3:39 PM
# Paddy McElhone
Farmer shot dead by soldier in Northern Ireland in 1974 has been exonerated, family says
Paddy McElhone, 24, died instantly near his home in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, in 1974.
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Jan 21st 2021, 2:15 PM
# Troubles
Barcelona players close to agreeing another salary cut
The squad are set to take a collective cut worth €122 million.
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Nov 27th 2020, 10:19 PM
# H-Block
H-Block prisoners subjected to 'systemic inhuman and degrading treatment' during the Troubles, report finds
The report found that successive British governments approved the treatment.
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Oct 1st 2020, 6:05 AM
# Troubles
Stormont Executive Office acting unlawfully in delaying victims’ payouts, judge rules
The payment scheme should have opened to applications at the end of May.
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Aug 21st 2020, 12:47 PM
# Deputy First Minister
Judge accuses Michelle O'Neill of 'unjustifiable' delay to compensation scheme for Troubles victims
Mr Justice McAlinden said the position taken by the Deputy First Minister is ‘fundamentally inappropriate’.
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Aug 17th 2020, 2:27 PM
# Northern Ireland
'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
# Dennis Hutchings
British army veteran's trial over Troubles-era shooting postponed amid concerns over Covid-19
Dennis Hutchings is due at Belfast Crown Court on Monday for the opening day of his trial.
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Mar 6th 2020, 1:56 PM
# Troubles
Emergency meeting at Saracens as threat of relegation looms large
Patience appears to have run out among their rival clubs in England.
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Jan 17th 2020, 5:11 PM
# The Troubles
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
Voices
Intimidation and checks: My trip to Palestine brought back memories of Crossmaglen during the Troubles
Oisín McConville writes about his recent trip to Gaza and the West Bank with Trócaire.
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Dec 21st 2019, 7:15 AM
# The Troubles
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 Disappeared
The Disappeared: Anonymous donor offers $60,000 for information on locations of last three victims
The three men are among 16 people killed by Republicans between 1972 and 1985.
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May 22nd 2019, 12:05 AM
# RIP
Lyra McKee: A determined journalist who told the stories of marginalised people and her country’s troubled past
Lyra’s work covered topics to do with the legacy of the Troubles, the fight for LGBT equality, and her own life.
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Apr 19th 2019, 12:22 PM
# factcheck
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
# Northern Ireland
Tánaiste to meet with Bradley tonight to seek clarification on police-killings comments
Northern Ireland secretary Karen Bradley said that killings by military and police forces during the Troubles “were not crimes”.
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Mar 6th 2019, 7:57 PM
# hard brexit
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
# Troubles
Almost two-thirds of people 'fearful of a return to sectarian violence in Ireland after Brexit'
There have been a number of security alerts in Derry in recent days.
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Jan 22nd 2019, 10:50 AM
# docklands victims association
1 in 3 victims of Troubles violence have attempted to take their own lives
A support group is calling for better support, funding and care for victims.
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Aug 13th 2018, 1:23 PM
# pension campaign
Injured in The Troubles: 'I don't know whether they're just waiting for us to die off'
Some of those left severely injured in the Troubles are now in their 70s and 80s. They says it’s imperative a special pension be introduced.
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May 12th 2018, 10:00 AM
# Aidan McAnespie
Family of man shot dead by British Army won't be given report on the killing as it's still too sensitive
The 24-year-old was shot shortly after crossing an army checkpoint.
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Feb 21st 2018, 2:14 PM
# sectarian massacre
Explainer: What's happening with the inquest into the Kingsmill massacre?
Barry McElduff’s widely criticised Twitter video put the 1976 IRA massacre back in the headlines.
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Jan 13th 2018, 9:00 PM
# The Troubles
'Nobody had time to sit and ask: Why are these killings taking place? Why are they cutting people up?'
Journalist and author Martin Dillon – who wrote a number of definitive books on the Troubles – talks to us about his autobiography.
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Sep 30th 2017, 10:00 PM
# james gibson
Man arrested for IRA murder of bus driver in front of school children in 1982
James Gibson was shot dead by IRA gunmen on 2 December 1982.
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Jun 6th 2017, 9:04 AM
# skintown
"We grew up in the North saying 'what is going on here, this is insane, it's pathetic'"
Actor Ciaran McMenamin’s debut novel is inspired by his youth growing up in Enniskillen during the Troubles
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May 7th 2017, 9:30 PM
# Robert Nairac
British soldier turned priest appeals to IRA to return murdered officer's body
Father Burke told Prime Time that he left the British Army and became a priest as a result of Robert Nairac’s murder.
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May 3rd 2017, 7:35 AM
# seamus ruddy
The Disappeared: Search to take place in France for man murdered by the INLA
The search for the remains of Seamus Ruddy will take place in a forest outside Rouen, northern France.
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May 2nd 2017, 7:05 AM
# Waterboarding
Taoiseach Jack Lynch confronted Prime Minister on torture claims in Northern Ireland
In documents seen by Channel 4, the Ministry of Defence admitted that they found some claims of torture credible.
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Feb 2nd 2017, 9:23 AM
# brian stack
Bertie 'understands' why Adams won't name IRA commander in Stack murder
Adams has repeatedly refused to name the man.
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Dec 12th 2016, 6:52 PM
# Troubles
Adams says Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are using Brian Stack's murder to 'get at him'
He added that he would not cooperate with future requests for Troubles information.
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Dec 11th 2016, 3:49 PM
# Daniel Rooney
'Object of interest' found in exhumation of Troubles victim
Daniel Rooney was shot dead by British Army soldiers in September 1972.
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Nov 22nd 2016, 1:41 PM
# Looking Back
'I could have gone the other way' - Frampton on growing up in the shadows of the Troubles
The Belfast boxer recalls the decisions he faced as a youngster.
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Feb 21st 2016, 8:00 AM
# Explainer
Shankill Road bombing: new claims put police performance in the spotlight
New claims have come to light which allege that police officers may have known about the bombing in advance.
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Jan 27th 2016, 6:21 PM
# difference maker
Sergio Aguero rescues Man City as away-day troubles continue
Manuel Pellegrini’s side are now second in the table, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference.
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Jan 23rd 2016, 7:49 PM
# Peace Process
Bill Clinton had private concerns over Gerry Adams' IRA links
“I don’t know what the real deal is between him and the IRA.”
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Jan 8th 2016, 10:39 AM
# tracking
Belgian court tells Facebook to stop tracking non-members or else
If it fails to comply, it will risk fines of up to €250,000 a day.
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Nov 10th 2015, 9:06 AM
# latest
Kevin McGuigan murder: Ex-IRA prisoner shot by masked men at point blank range
The 53-year-old was spoken to as part of the investigation into the killing of Jock Davison.
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Aug 13th 2015, 4:28 PM
# contentious claims
Police allowed informers to murder hundreds "with impunity"
“Hundreds and hundreds” of people died as a result of collusion during The Troubles – according to former Ombudsman O’Loan.
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May 29th 2015, 7:47 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
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.
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