belfast
Belfast riots 2010: Orange Order, not girl guides
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, northern ireland, euweek, news, religion, war, protest
Belfast in a black taxi: Europe’s last divided city tries to overcome its past
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
belfast, northern ireland, religion, catholicism, society, ira, politics
Northern Ireland terror continues
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
belfast, european terrorism, terroranschläge, ira, politics, ireland, terrorism
Northern Ireland elections: then what?
Assembly elections took place on March 7, ahead of a March 26 deadline to restore the power-sharing process
belfast, elections, devolution, nationalism, western eu, politics, terrorism
The Northern Irish mafia
The IRA may have signed a ceasefire, but it has yet to give up crime.
belfast, spain, dublin, democratisation, europe, gerry adams, france
