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Belfast riots 2010: Orange Order, not girl guides

('Tim Mac an Airchinnigh',) — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:01:16 -0000

More bad news from the North? On the evening news in the Irish Republic, a report on the Belfast riots in catholic districts came third after a local car crash and economics reports. In the shadow of the 1998 peace process, the riots are the product of raging frustration in a shattered community

Belfast in a black taxi: Europe’s last divided city tries to overcome its past

('Tim Mac an Airchinnigh',) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:17:08 -0000

On 6 February, the Northern Irish paramilitary organisation the INLA decommissioned their weapons, and the province took one more tentative step towards social stability. Now that the former war-zone has re-opened its doors to the world, visitors are flocking to western Europe’s last divided city. A taste of the Northern Irish experience

Northern Ireland terror continues

('euro topics',) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:00 -0000

A further terrorist attack rocked Northern Ireland on 9 March when a policeman was shot in Craigavon near Belfast. Prior to that two soldiers had been killed in an attack on a British military base. Splinter groups of the Irish republican army (IRA) have claimed responsibility. Press review from Ireland, Holland, Austria and Finland

Northern Ireland elections: then what?

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00:00 -0000

Assembly elections took place on March 7, ahead of a March 26 deadline to restore the power-sharing process

The Northern Irish mafia

Mon, 16 Jan 2006 07:54:00 -0000

The IRA may have signed a ceasefire, but it has yet to give up crime.