The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the ...

The Policy Exchange think tank also warns about potential future costs - which it claims could amount to £1.3bn.

The Protestant cleric and unionist leader remains one of the most distinctive and controversial figures in modern Irish history ...

J. G. MacLean had joined the Orange Order in his teens and felt great solidarity with fellow Protestants in Ulster when the Troubles began. Many of his contemporaries believed that the violence ...

The relationship between the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Army in ... the name given to the army's support role for the police during the Troubles, lasted for 38 years. It was the longest ...

The oldest loyalist paramilitary organisation is the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF ... still exist and pose a potential threat should the Troubles erupt again. So what did the violent campaigns ...

The 1970s were statistically the worst times of the Troubles. There were 2,096 killings between 1970 and 1979, and 68 of ...

Former Veterans' Minister Johnny Mercer hits out at an inquest ruling which said SAS soldiers were not justified in opening ...

Until now, Mr Adams – twice detained without trial during the Troubles – and hundreds of other former suspected Northern Irish terrorists have been blocked from getting payouts for alleged ...