Was The IRA Defeated? Or How Did The Troubles End
Dr Thomas Leahy is a lecturer in British and Irish Politics and Contemporary History at Cardiff University, and the authorContinue Reading
Tag: The Troubles
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey Versus William F. Buckley Jr
I thought some of my fellow political anoraks might be interested in this appearance by a young Bernadette Devlin McAliskeyContinue Reading
Was The IRA Defeated?
One of the great modern myths of the Troubles, the insurgency and counterinsurgency conflict that raged in the British-ruled northContinue Reading
David Petraeus Defends British Army Just Days Before New Accusations Of War Crimes
The apparent support expressed by David Petraeus, the disgraced former United States Army general, for the controversial campaign in theContinue Reading
New IRA Interview On The Border, Brexit And Armed Resistance
Featured below is an interview by Channel 4 News in Britain with a spokesperson for the so-called New Irish RepublicanContinue Reading
Boris Johnson On The Peace Process “Defeat” Of The British Government By The IRA
In May 2000, two years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the regional and international peace treaty thatContinue Reading
Jeremy Hunt: To Protect Peace, Both Sides In Troubles Need To Be Treated The Same
After two years of Brexit-frenzied politics in the United Kingdom it’s almost shocking to hear a UK leader expressing aContinue Reading
Amnesty For The British Army, Prosecution For The Irish Republican Army
The high-profile campaign by conservative politicians and media figures in the United States to absolve US military personnel of theirContinue Reading
The New IRA Interview: Armed Struggle Without Purpose
The weekend publication of an interview in The Sunday Times newspaper with representatives of the Army Council of the NewContinue Reading
Journalist Lyra McKee Killed During Suspected New IRA Attack On The PSNI In Derry
The tragic death of the journalist and author Lyra McKee during overnight clashes in the city of Derry is aContinue Reading
Nancy Pelosi Warns Britain: Do Not Harm The Good Friday Agreement
While some politicians and commentators in the United Kingdom may be have little more than contempt for the Good FridayContinue Reading
SBS Dateline: Is Brexit Amplifying Old Tensions In Northern Ireland?
The destabilising effects of Brexit on the Irish-British peace process is the focus of this documentary by Dateline, a currentContinue Reading
The Irish And British News Media, And The Bloody Sunday Massacre
The Irish press is giving ample coverage to the disappointing decision by the authorities in the United Kingdom to prosecuteContinue Reading
Documentary: A Federal Ireland? The View From 1978
With the distinct possibility that the country is moving towards parallel referendums on the question of reunification within the nextContinue Reading
UK Minister Karen Bradley: Irish Killings By British Forces Were “Not Crimes”
With the political and press establishment in the United Kingdom racketing up its protests against any attempt by the regionalContinue Reading
Ex-UDA Gunman Johnny “Mad Dog” Adair Gets The YouTube Treatment
I honestly don’t know what to make of this rather fawning interview by the Scottish YouTuber James English with theContinue Reading
Dutch Warning: UK Insistence On No Backstop Could Bring Back The Troubles
In the video clip below, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, expresses his frustration with the United Kingdom’sContinue Reading
Leo Varadkar: British Police And Army On The Border If No-Deal Brexit
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar speaking yesterday on the issue of a no-deal Brexit with two rather poorly-informed if somewhat sympatheticContinue Reading
Lesley Riddoch, Fintan O’Toole And Anthony Barnett On Brexit And England
An interesting discussion on Brexit chaired by the Scottish newspaper columnist Lesley Riddoch, featuring the Irish author Fintan O’Toole andContinue Reading
The Bloody Language Of Brexit
Some interesting thoughts from the newspaper columnist Fintan O’Toole in The Irish Times on the radical Brexit movement in theContinue Reading
TRT World: Ireland’s Brexit Trouble
The Turkish news channel, TRT World, has published a short documentary on YouTube presented by the South African-born journalist andContinue Reading
The Arrest And Intimidation Of Journalists Investigating Britain’s Dirty War In Ireland
Just after 10 pm on Saturday the 18th of June 1994, two men wearing boiler suits and balaclavas entered the Heights Bar in Loughinisland, County Down,Continue Reading
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