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25 Years Since the Omagh Bomb
The Omagh bomb of 25 years ago was the end of any significant Republican armed campaign. The backlash ruled such out for many years. The Omagh bombing was one of the many outrages carried out […]
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The British State’s Role in Northern Ireland
Operation Chiffon: The Secret Story of MI5 and MI6 and the Road to Peace in Ireland by Peter Taylor – a book and a BBC documentary – examines secret links between British governments and the […]
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Journalists’ strike solid
A 24 hour strike by BBC journalists in Northern Ireland has been 100% solid on May 19th. Journalists in the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) walked out on one of the busiest news days of […]
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NI Local Elections
Sinn Féin, the Democratic Unionist Party and the Alliance Party emerged as the main winners from last week’s local government elections in Northern Ireland. This shows a greater political polarisation taking place amongst nationalists and unionists […]
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Jason Weir (25/10/1968 – 05/02/2023)
“A gentle giant… A big man with a big heart… Witty, sensitive, and telling it straight…” These were common sentiments expressed about Jason Weir on social media after the very sad news that he passed […]