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Articles on The Troubles
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A church service marking Northern Ireland’s centenary has stirred up debate. But amid the past few years’ tensions, the island’s Christian leaders have coordinated closely.
The British government’s plans to grant amnesty for Troubles-related crimes has drawn widespread opposition in Ireland.
Northern Ireland’s Orange Order will take to the streets on July 12 to commemorate a Protestant military victory. A scholar explains why this year the risk of unrest is heightened.
Why would a group of people decide to spend months and years living semi-naked in squalid conditions?
The spectre of the Troubles provides fertile drama for cop shows.
Brexit has reopened an old battle over Northern Irish identity, leading to clashes in the street. Scores have been injured in the troubled UK territory’s worst outbreak of violence in decades.
Colonel Majendie was also a pioneer in forensic investigations.
In the drama of envisioning a future for the United States, Joe Biden and Donald Trump both invoked stories about snakes to suggest different views about self-interest and the common good.
Decades after the Good Friday Agreement, urban space in Belfast is still divided.
The writer was drowned at the age of 44, but he left three novels which have come to represent the decline of the British Empire.
Symbols of the Confederacy can be seen in Brazil, Ireland, Germany and beyond. While some people may not grasp their racist history, others clearly fly the ‘rebel flag’ to defend white supremacy.
Despite a year as UK City of Culture in 2013, Derry remains a place where poverty and worklessness are commonplace. Now it is mourning the loss of journalist Lyra McKee.
In a society where the past looms large, particularly around the issue of violent displacement, presenting an image of ‘sanctuary’ for those fleeing war is disingenuous.
Despite being in the eye of the Brexit storm, Ireland and Northern Ireland have a bright future together in documentary film.
The deep divide between Catholics and Protestants makes the coming together to honour the dead on both sides fraught with problems.
The British cabinet is split over whether to impose a statue of limitations on investigations into alleged crimes by former soliders in Northern Ireland.
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To mark the 20th anniversary of the agreement that brought peace to Northern Ireland, this episode of the podcast looks at its history, its legacy and the impact of Brexit on its future.
Twenty years after the Good Friday Agreement, churches have tended to marginalise the mavericks who helped bring about peace.
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a call to reconsider whether interrogation techniques used in the 1970s against men interned in Northern Ireland amounted to torture.
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Reader in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Salford
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Professor of Education, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Law, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Contemporary Intelligence Studies, University of Salford
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UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast
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Adjunct Professor of Political Science, George Mason University
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Lecturer in Criminology, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of International Conflict Analysis, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent
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Professor of Political Sociology, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Law and a Fellow at the Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University Belfast
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Reader in Law, School of Law, Queen's University Belfast, Queen's University Belfast
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Visiting Professor, Institute of Irish Studies, QUB and Emeritus Professor of Spatial Planning, University of Aberdeen
