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# Troubles

The 11 greatest worry questions asked by mums on Mumsnet

AKA the greatest things ever written on the internet.

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Apr 20th 2014, 6:00 PM

# Troubles

This wonderful account is tweeting a teenage diary from 1981 Northern Ireland

A must-follow for anyone with a heart.

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Apr 11th 2014, 12:01 PM

# guns and explosives

PSNI close to Ronan Kerr charges as man sentenced over guns and explosive find

PSNI constable Kerr was killed by a booby-trap bomb in his car in Omagh on Saturday, 2 April 2011.

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Jan 15th 2014, 5:54 PM

# Northern Ireland

Ian Paisley says he was angered by Bloody Sunday

The one-time firebrand preacher and former DUP leader also said the gerrymandering and discrimination that existed in Northern Ireland was wrong.

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Jan 10th 2014, 8:47 AM

# Belfast

Man arrested in connection with the 1994 murder of two Catholic workmen

Gary Convie and Eamon Fox were shot at building site in Belfast twenty years ago.

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Jan 6th 2014, 12:22 PM

# No deal

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.

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Dec 31st 2013, 7:43 PM

# No deal

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’.

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Dec 31st 2013, 8:04 AM

# Northern Ireland

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.

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Dec 24th 2013, 1:12 PM

# Disappeared

McConville son speaks of 'Adams apology'

Mother-of-10 Jean McConville was abducted from her west Belfast home in 1972, and murdered.

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Nov 23rd 2013, 12:15 PM

# The Troubles

'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.

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Nov 22nd 2013, 5:12 PM

# The Disappeared

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.

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Nov 7th 2013, 6:15 AM

# Belfast

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.

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Oct 23rd 2013, 8:38 AM

# Northern Ireland

Police Ombudsman to investigate 2001 killing of Sunday World journalist

Martin O’Hagan was shot dead in Lurgan in September 2001.

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Sep 25th 2013, 4:47 PM

# East Belfast

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.

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Sep 24th 2013, 4:31 PM

# Northern Ireland

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.

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Sep 7th 2013, 3:36 PM

# Sympathy

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.

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Jul 26th 2013, 6:30 AM

# Northern Ireland

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.

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Jul 16th 2013, 7:27 AM

# PSNI

North Belfast bomb a 'blatant attempt to kill'

The device was found at Alliance Avenue yesterday afternoon.

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Jul 10th 2013, 8:59 AM

# 12 July

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”.

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Jul 10th 2013, 8:28 AM

# The Troubles

'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.

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Jul 4th 2013, 8:54 PM

# art of conflict

Vince Vaughn has made a film about the Northern Ireland murals...

… yes, really. (And you can watch it on tv from today).

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Jun 1st 2013, 7:15 AM

# IRA

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.

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May 7th 2013, 9:45 PM

# margaret thatcher

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.

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Apr 11th 2013, 2:48 PM

Voices

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.

Jan 4th 2013, 7:00 AM

# Pat Finucane

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.

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Dec 14th 2012, 10:59 AM

# david black

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.

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Nov 2nd 2012, 9:04 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you should know as you start your day…

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Sep 17th 2012, 8:42 AM

# Film

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.

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Aug 23rd 2012, 7:10 AM

Voices

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.

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Aug 11th 2012, 7:45 AM

# Northern Ireland

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.

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Jul 12th 2012, 9:54 PM

# Northern Ireland

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.

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May 16th 2012, 12:05 PM

# Peace Process

Taoiseach urged to press Cameron on Troubles legacy

Enda Kenny is due to travel to London tomorrow for meetings with the UK prime minister.

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Mar 11th 2012, 10:26 AM

# Disappeared

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.

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Feb 17th 2012, 4:21 PM

# Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday: Victims' families gather for 40th anniversary

Some relatives are calling for the soldiers involved in the 1972 massacre to be prosecuted.

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Jan 29th 2012, 7:00 PM

# Jean McConville

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.

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Jan 29th 2012, 5:31 PM

# Ian Paisley

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…

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Jan 28th 2012, 4:08 PM