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Police: ‘New Breed’ of Terrorists in Northern Ireland

GREGORY KATZ and NAOMI KOPPEL / The Associated Press Apr 20, 2019 A young journalist is killed in the city of Londonderry during riots that likely had the support of the dissident group The New IRA. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Ireland’s ‘Yes’ Vote Matters So Much

Roisin Davis / Truthdig May 27, 2015 There is much more to be done before Ireland can make wider claims to equality, but the long-time-coming sexual rights revolution is finally changing the nation’s landscape of Catholic morality. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Ex-IRA and British Soldiers Discuss Reconciliation Over Tea

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 4, 2015 Three-thousand seven-hundred people were killed in the 30-year conflict known as the "Troubles" in Northern Ireland. Men who belonged to those groups met in Northern Ireland last month to talk about why they took up arms and how the future can be made less bloody. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Suicides in Northern Ireland Equal to Number Killed in ‘Troubles’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 13, 2014 The flames of conflict may be out, but parts of the country continue to glow as a legacy of violence remains with survivors of a sectarian dispute that lasted almost three decades and killed about 3,600 people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walls Never Work — in the Middle East or in Ireland

Robert Fisk / Truthdig Jan 4, 2010 The story of the Protestant "settlements" in Ireland provides a ghostly narrative of those modern-day "settlements" in the West Bank, where the Israelis insist on fighting the world's last colonial war with the assistance of that great anti-colonial nation known as the United States.The story of the Protestant "settlements" in Ireland provides a ghostly narrative of those modern-day "settlements" in the West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )