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British soldiers stand behind barbed wire in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1970. Critics of the new law say it will not aid reconciliation and risks deepening divisions. (AP Photo)

New law sidesteps British culpability in Northern Ireland’s Troubles

Opponents of the U.K. government’s Northern Ireland Troubles Act argue it violates the Good Friday Agreement by denying victims their right to justice.
DUP leader Arlene Foster keeps a watchful eye over Nigel Dodds, her man in Westminster. PA/Brian Lawless

Election 2019: what’s at play in Northern Ireland?

The contests in this part of the UK are so unique that they are rarely included in national polling. And this year is no exception.
Abstentionist Irish rebel MP Countess Markievicz, centre, on the night she was released from prison in 1919. National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Nancy Astor wasn’t the real first female MP – this woman was

Irish Republican, socialist, suffragette and revolutionary, Countess Constance Markievicz was a fearsome politician who was the true first female member of the British parliament.

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