I grew up in the town of Drogheda, 25 miles from the border, after my father moved our family there from Tipperary when he got a promotion as a schoolteacher. We were seven kids in all. This was the ...

Northern Ireland, a long-contested region of the United Kingdom (UK), experienced decades of conflict between the late 1960s and the late 1990s that killed more than 3,500 people. The era, known as ...

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Noel Thompson presents BBC Newsline and Hearts And Minds. He pays tribute to the skill of the news presenters who preceded him. I nearly beat Barry Cowan at snooker once. It was a big game, the ...

The Northern Ireland case reveals how escalation of security operations only serves to exacerbate existing tensions and grievances. Further, it shows that insufficient political reform will undermine ...

The victims of serious human rights violations committed during the Troubles must get the truth, justice and accountability ...