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1969: How the Troubles Started in Northern Ireland
The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the ...
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Doug Beattie slams Alliance and nationalists' attitude to women's group - saying they attempted to silence them
A Stormont committee made a “deliberate attempt to silence” a women’s group – and sent a message to women that their ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
The Ascension of William and Mary, Britain’s First Co-Monarchs, Marked a Victory for Protestantism
The equal rulers returned England to Protestant rule and began a new era of royal leadership defined by parliamentary oversight ...
Perfect 10: Education Minister Givan grades himself on job done on Irish language and education
The rating was greeted with scepticism, though praised for visit to Irish language school and attempt at saying some words in ...
Courts and Inquiries Set to Reveal Secrets from the Northern Ireland Conflict
Thirty six years ago today, during the 1969-98 Northern Ireland conflict, Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane was shot ...
Slugger O'Toole3d
Northern Ireland needs politicians and journalists with the courage to call government to account
The human mind is incapable of rest, what it needs is change” -Winston Churchill There’s definitely a change in the air when ...
Ealing Times4d
Cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s past estimated at more than £2 billion
The cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past is set to be considerably more than £2 billion, a UK think tank has estimated. The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, ...