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‘Bitter disappointment’ as search for Disappeared soldier ends without success

Bitter disappointment has been expressed as a search for Disappeared soldier Robert Nairac ended without success. The Grenadier Guards captain is believed to have been abducted by the Provisional IRA while on an undercover operation in a pub in ...

16 Oct 2024 at 00:01

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Book launch in Cahir on Saturday - Of interest to all Tipperary historians

Troubled Cahir book launch The Cahir Social and Historical Society has been very busy working on an interesting project over the last few weeks with the result that they will now host a launch for Troubled Cahir, a booklet on Cahir and the War ...

09 Jul 2021 at 15:30

Northern Ireland

Varadkar: We cannot have a leader who does not see Troubles killings as crimes

Ireland’s deputy leader Leo Varadkar has said the country cannot have a Taoiseach that does not view atrocities committed during the Troubles as crimes. He made the comments about Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald, who said on Sunday that ...

10 Nov 2022 at 11:21

National News

Irish government ‘has duty to take legal action against UK over legacy Bill’

The Irish government has a “moral” and “legal” obligation to take an interstate case against the UK if the Westminster government’s controversial legacy Bill becomes law, a protest has heard. Mark Thompson, CEO of Relatives For Justice, ...

21 Jun 2023 at 15:55

Local News

Looking back at the Troubles and a terrible internecine war

Violence, as has been obvious from the recent drug gang warfare, has its own terrible momentum. It takes on a life of its own. Tit for tat. Anything you can do I can do better. The tragic violence of The Troubles continues to be the ...

30 Jan 2020 at 16:37

National News

UK govt agrees to amend Troubles legislation to prevent immunity for rapists

The UK Government has agreed to amend controversial Troubles legislation to prevent immunity being granted to those responsible for serious sexual offences. Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns announced the concession after being ...

30 Jun 2022 at 10:28

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Margaret Rossiter's Column - There's trouble in RTE

There is a theory that institutions should be seriously examined every few decades; they should be taken apart, shaken out of their comfort zone, to see how they are functioning. Are they doing what they have been established to ...

21 Jul 2023 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Sinn Fein agreed to Stormont base as ‘olive branch’ to unionists, Adams says

Sinn Fein agreed that Parliament Buildings at Stormont should house the Northern Ireland Assembly established in 1998 as an “olive branch” to unionists, Gerry Adams has said. The former Sinn Fein president said consideration ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland minister asks Irish government to give legacy body ‘a chance’

Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker has appealed to the Irish government to meet with the head of a new commission created under the UK Government’s controversial Legacy Act. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and ...

23 Oct 2023 at 13:39

National News

'We will be back with renewed determination' - Bog search for IRA victim paused for winter

The search for a Northern Ireland teenager who was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA, is being paused for the winter due to “dangerous” weather conditions. Columba McVeigh, 19, from Donaghmore in Co ...

04 Nov 2022 at 11:34

National News

UK plan to 'draw a line under the Troubles' by ending prosecutions condemned at protest

Relatives of Troubles victims have held protests at Stormont and police headquarters to voice opposition to controversial plans to end prosecutions linked to the conflict. The demonstrations outside the Northern ...

10 Dec 2021 at 17:20

National News

Film about Troubles killings to be shown to Brussels MEPs amid Legacy Bill controversy

A film about a number of killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland will be shown to MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday. The film, made by Mobile Media and the Truth and Justice Movement, features eight people ...

30 Jan 2023 at 12:49

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