Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

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

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

The IRA will be able to ‘rewrite the history of Northern Ireland’ if British soldiers are left open to prosecutions, an MP has warned. Sir David Davis made the claim after an inquest left more ...

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

The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, inquests and compensation payouts so far at between £840 million and £1.4 billion. | UTV News ...

The original Troubles legislation was introduced by ... was incompatible with human rights laws. Hilary Benn, the Northern Ireland Secretary, said Labour’s decision to repeal the law underlined ...

Families of victims of the troubles say they are entitled to ... said soldiers like himself “who never asked to go to Northern Ireland” will be “dragged in front of the courts” in the ...

In response to that, Keir Starmer and Hilary Benn have tried to give Dublin whatever it wants to make that case go away. What the Irish want is a process that turns against the UK security forces.

The cost of dealing with Northern Ireland's troubled past could reach ... because it will remove a block on former Troubles internees, including former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams, seeking ...

The Defence Secretary has pledged the Government’s “fullest support” for SAS personnel after a coroner found that a unit was unjustified in shooting dead an IRA ...