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The road to the Anglo-Irish Agreement: The New Ireland Forum
The Hunger Strike of 1981 saw a surge in violence that left scores killed. With no end to the Troubles imaginable and Sinn Féin emerging as a serious…
5 months, 1 week ago
Malcolm McKeown: The life, crimes and execution of the notorious gangster
Malcolm McKeown was shot dead at point blank range in August 2019. McKeown was a career criminal, from a family steeped in violence - both his brothe…
5 months, 1 week ago
BelTel Politics: Irish signs, Labour snubs, the SDLP targeting Alliance, and will Farage eat the Tories?
Domestically, NI politics has been consumed by Irish language issues this week and unionists reel in the wake of Belfast City Council’s new bilingual…
5 months, 1 week ago
Massive Nama fraud trial begins with dramatic evidence: Sam McBride reports
The so-called Nama trial is underway in Belfast, more than a decade after police first began an exceptionally complex and significant investigaton.
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5 months, 1 week ago
The Maze / Long Kesh prison: History still resonates from derelict site 25-years after paramilitaries walked out the door
The peace process saw the release of paramilitary prisoners from HMP Maze, aka the Maze, the H-Blocks, Long Kesh, an Cheis Fhada. The maximum-securit…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The IRA Kidnapping of Dutch Industrialist Dr Tiede Herrema that shocked the world
50 years ago, a pair of desperate Provisional IRA members etched their names in history as a crime driven by personal passion went astray. Their vict…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Onlyfans model Madison Allen: Wife of John George’s alleged killer arrested after crystal meth find
An Onlyfans model married to John George’s alleged killer has been arrested after allegedly being found with drugs in Spain. Belfast man John George’…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Officials fear right not to send kids to school or tell state they exist could be dangerous
Northern Ireland’s education system has no idea how many children it’s responsible for and there's no legal requirement for parents to tell education…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Kneecap’s Mo Chara says ‘it was always about Gaza’ as terror case thrown out
The terrorism case against Kneecap rapper Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh has been thrown out. The magistrate dismissed the case over a technical error. Ó hAnnaid…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Guinness: The Earl of Iveagh on his famous family and the drink which made their fortune
The Guinness dynasty is the subject of a new Netflix series ‘House of Guinness’. Ned Guinness, the Earl of Iveagh, is the great-great-great-great gra…
5 months, 3 weeks ago