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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
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.
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Jan 4th 2013, 7:00 AM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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: 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'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
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
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”.
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Dec 30th 2011, 8:27 PM
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.
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Dec 21st 2011, 9:01 PM
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.
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Nov 25th 2011, 8:35 AM
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.
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Nov 7th 2011, 7:51 AM
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.
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Sep 25th 2011, 4:28 PM
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.
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Sep 24th 2011, 11:00 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…
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Aug 12th 2011, 8:29 AM
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.
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Aug 11th 2011, 9:03 PM
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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Jul 30th 2011, 8:00 PM
BBC pundit apologises following Northern Ireland gaffe
Mark James’s insensitive quip about the latest violence in the North forced the Beeb and him into an apology.
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Jul 16th 2011, 12:48 PM
Families of Ballymurphy victims meet First Minister Peter Robinson
Those who lost loved ones in 1971 mass killings continue with campaign for independent inquiry into the deaths of eleven people.
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Feb 18th 2011, 1:05 PM
Hundreds of homes evacuated in major Belfast bomb alert
Children’s home also has to be cleared out after dissident republicans claim they left “unstable” device on Antrim Road.
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Jan 26th 2011, 10:27 AM
Decision to cut support funding "difficult" - Ahern
Group ‘Justice for the Forgotten’ could soon cease to exist.
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Jul 22nd 2010, 8:05 PM
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