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The violent history behind Britain’s conflict in Northern Ireland

The conflict known as The Troubles dominated life in Northern Ireland for decades during the late twentieth century. What ...
PBS

What Americans can learn from Northern Ireland's history of political violence

The United States is a deeply divided country awash in weapons, leading many to worry about escalating political violence and even a broader sectarian conflict. Judy Woodruff traveled to Northern ...
NPR

'Say Nothing' tells the story of 'The Troubles' through one woman's murder

In the late 1900s, Protestants and Catholics were in conflict over who should rule Northern Ireland, the British or the Irish. The time was dubbed "The Troubles." Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe's Say ...
Law

Courts and Inquiries to Reveal Secrets from the Northern Ireland Conflict

Courts and Inquiries to Reveal Secrets from the Northern Ireland Conflict Thirty-six years after Belfast human rights lawyer Pat Finucane was shot dead in his home, the U.K. government has agreed to ...
The New York Times

Blazes in Northern Ireland Recall an Old Message: You Are Not Welcome Here

A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target Irish Catholics in the territory. By Ali Watkins Ali Watkins reported from ...
openDemocracy

The Fall: extreme violence as a distorted mirror of post-conflict Belfast

“You are a slave to your desires, you have no control at all, you are weak, impotent, you think you are some kind of artist, but you are not… you try to dignify what you do, but it’s just misogyny, ...
The New York Times

Northern Ireland, Gaza and the Road to Peace

Ms. Stack, a contributing Opinion writer, reported from Belfast, Northern Ireland. On a steel-skied summer day I dropped by the Northern Ireland Assembly to watch legislators discuss anti-immigrant ...