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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 ...
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 ...
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Ireland isn't normal.
Northern Ireland was engulfed in a civil conflict known as The Troubles. The country—only a small section of the island of ...
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Conradh na Gaeilge 'bitterly disappointed' by cross-border Irish language funding cuts
Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...
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The Ireland rugby team that 'rose like a dove above The Troubles' and united a country
“We were like a dove rising above The Troubles,” says Willie ... Brian McCall, another forward, was in the British Army. Travelling south to play for Ireland meant putting their safety at ...
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Irish who served British in India were rejected at home. An exhibition looks at their history
This little nugget of history is on display at a travelling exhibition in Delhi that captures the complicated history of Irish people who served the British empire in India. “When I am not an Indian, ...
The Daily Telegraph14d
A new series of Bed of Lies: Spies, murder and terrorists in Northern Ireland’s Troubles
And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army. Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles in the latest series of Bed of Lies ...
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A new series of Bed of Lies: Spies, murder and terrorists in Northern Ireland’s Troubles
Listen now to the latest series of The Telegraph’s award-winning podcast series, Bed of Lies ...
Belfast Live15d
"We were like a dove rising above The Troubles...all that turmoil on streets, our team stood above it."
In short it was this: an ability to show people across Ireland, but particularly in the North, that Catholics and Protestants, players from both sides of the border, could come together.
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British & Irish Lions: Which Six Nations stars make the squad?
As the 2025 Six Nations heats up, this year's tournament carries with it the underlying theme of the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia this summer. Who will play their way into head coach ...
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Surrey, B.C., mayor joins alliance of border communities ahead of possible tariffs
Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said potential U.S. tariffs would put hundreds of jobs in her community at risk, as she became the latest mayor to join an alliance advocating for Canadian border ...
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The Ferryman at the Gaiety review: This British play about the Troubles sounds as if it was written using Wikipedia
Since premiering in London, and running on Broadway, the play has resembled an explainer about the Troubles for people outside the island. Will an Irish audience find its report overly familiar?