Northern Ireland victims’ families feel justice further away then ever
Belfast, Northern IrelandReuters The Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, but for many relatives of the more than 3,600 people killed the peace accord has offered little closure over the past 25 years. In a short section, the deal said it was essential to address the suffering of victims […]
Belfast takes Sinn Fein’s historic election win in its stride
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UKReuters Irish nationalists in Belfast toasted Sinn Fein’s historic election victory on Sunday while pro-British neighbours quietly fumed, but there was little sign the weekend’s political earthquake was about to rock this once-troubled city. In a victory that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago, the former political wing of the […]
ESSAY: BLOODY SUNDAY – AS FORMER BRITISH SOLDIER FACES MURDER CHARGES, NORTHERN IRELAND IS STILL DIVIDED BY A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE
In an article first published on The Conversation, CONNAL PARR, of Northumbria University in Newcastle in the UK, looks how Northern Ireland is facing its past…