Northern Ireland Archives

A court in Northern Ireland delivered a major blow to the British government’s efforts to address the legacy of the territory’s “Troubles” period by ruling against a controversial law that sought to grant immunity for crimes committed during the decades-long conflict, Euronews reported this week. The...

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The World Briefly

February 05, 2024

Peace In Deed

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland marked a historic moment over the weekend as Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill became the first Irish nationalist to hold the post of first minister in a region created by partition in 1921 as a bastion of pro-British unionism, the Financial Times reported. O’Neill was...

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The World Briefly

January 31, 2024

Unlocking Power

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party agreed to end a long-running boycott that left the region without a power-sharing government for two years and raised fears about stability in the once-restive territory, the Associated Press reported. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Jeffrey Donaldson announced Tuesday that...

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January 17, 2024

Troubled Justice

Northern Ireland

Violence between British-backed Protestants and Irish Catholics in Northern Ireland has been relatively subdued in recent memory compared to the street fighting decades ago, when, as one BBC story illustrated, British troops huddled for safety behind their armored vehicles. Peace in Northern Ireland has not stopped...

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The World Briefly

September 14, 2023

Legislating Forgiveness

Northern Ireland

The United Kingdom’s Parliament voted this week to adopt a law that would grant amnesty to British service members and paramilitaries involved in the decades-long sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, despite criticism from Ireland and other international bodies, Al Jazeera reported Wednesday. The new Northern Ireland...

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August 10, 2023

The Big Reveal

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland authorities launched an investigation Wednesday into a data leak that released the private details of police officers online, sparking concerns for their safety, Euronews reported. On Tuesday, a document detailing the names and ranks of thousands of police officers appeared online after police mistakenly...

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April 25, 2023

The 100 Percenters

Northern Ireland

American, British, Irish, and Northern Irish politicians recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement that ended years of violence in the disputed British territory. Some Republicans – or Northern Irish residents who want to unify the territory with Ireland – marked the occasion...

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The World Briefly

February 24, 2023

The Disrupters

Northern Ireland

Northern Irish police arrested a fourth individual Friday in relation to the shooting of an off-duty police officer, an attack suspected to have involved dissident republican paramilitaries and which has revived memories of Northern Ireland’s bloody past, the BBC reported. On Wednesday night, unknown gunmen shot...

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The World Briefly

May 09, 2022

Of Tangled Webs

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein won the most votes in Northern Ireland’s regional elections last week, a victory that marks the first time the British-controlled territory will see an Irish nationalist as its leader, CNN reported. Results tallied over the weekend showed that Sinn Fein secured 27 seats in...

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May 05, 2022

Batons and Bucks

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Sinn Fein, with a history as the political arm of the Irish Republican Army, a militant organization, is now poised to win the largest share of seats in Northern Ireland’s regional parliament when voters in the British territory go to the polls on May 5....

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