Pensioner denied Troubles pension despite panel finding she “suffered grievously”
An elderly woman whose husband was shot dead more than 50 years ago has been turned down for a Troubles’ pension despite a ...
Child’s letter touched taoiseach Jack Lynch, new State records show
In March 1972, just weeks after Bloody Sunday when 13 unarmed civilians were shot by British Army paratroopers, a young Derry ...
Legal action over claim loyalists were wrongly detained during early days of Troubles to show ‘no bias against Catholics’ settled
A legal action over claims that loyalists were wrongly interned at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland to “even up ...
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'I was in the IRA but then they sentenced me to death'
Brendan Hughes said the Northern Ireland conflict was a "total waste" of life A former IRA leader who plotted bank robberies and jail breaks has told the BBC that being condemned to die made him ...
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Legal action by loyalists interned to 'even up the score' is settled
A legal action over claims that loyalists were wrongly interned at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland to “even up ...
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'I was in the IRA but then they sentenced me to death'
A former IRA leader who plotted bank robberies and jail breaks has told the BBC that being condemned to die made him realise what the group's victims had gone through. Brendan Hughes, who is ...
11 Songs to Keep St. Patrick’s Day Going
This year St. Patrick’s Day was on a Monday, a particularly cursed fate for a holiday associated with merriment. I propose extending the celebration all throughout the week — a feat of endurance that ...
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Eamonn Holmes to sit down for an evening with Sir Trevor McDonald in Belfast
Sir Trevor McDonald OBE is returning to Belfast for an intimate ‘An Evening with’ event covering his remarkable life and career including his time spent in Belfast reporting at the height of ...