Ed Moloney, Chronicler of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Dies at 77

He wrote a history of the Irish Republican Army and directed a project that secretly collected oral histories of paramilitary ...

Solicitor in Denis O’Brien defamation case says press release had ‘sinister’ connotations

Darragh Mackin is a solicitor with Belfast human rights firm Phoenix Law. He claims in a High Court action that Mr O’Brien’s ...
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Ireland’s Sinn Féin expels member over anti-immigrant terror plot

Main opposition party vows it won’t tolerate “any far-right elements” after police seize video of masked men threatening to blow up a mosque and attack non-white immigrants.

Derry man found guilty of encouraging support for terror group with Facebook posts

The court heard Denis McFadden was alleged to have been involved in an undercover MI5 operation against dissident republicans ...
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Denis O’Brien ‘played the man, not the ball’, court told in defamation case

A solicitor suing Denis O’Brien over an allegedly defamatory press release has told a High Court jury that the businessman ...
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The Irish Republican Army and Support from America

After 35 years of deadly brutality, the Irish Republican Army has pledged to renounce violence and pursue independence from Britain by peaceful means -- and this time Britain is taking it seriously.

In Northern Ireland, tourism is the peace dividend

Decades of civil and political unrest brought only journalists to visit Northern Ireland. Today, that history is being mined ...