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

Taoiseach Jack Lynch's request followed many such demands by nationalists for the UN's engagement in Northern Ireland ...

the Troubles became like wallpaper; white noise in our lives. It was always there but you didn’t see it, or hear it, anymore. Because I never took the time to give the Northern Ireland situation ...

In Dublin for a screening of I Am A Noise, a powerful documentary on her life, folk icon Joan Baez discusses her first act of ...

Former British military chiefs have called for a judicial review after a coroner ruled four IRA terrorists were unlawfully ...

was his final reading in the U.S.) “He wrote about the Troubles,” Mr. Waters continued, invoking the term used to characterize the sectarian strife in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s ...

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 ...

Decision puts spotlight on Lord Hermer, who represented the former Sinn Fein leader in a separate compensation case ...

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 ...

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, ...