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On this day 50 years ago: Loyalist mob burns down Bombay Street
August 15th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
On this day 50 years ago: Six killed in North as British troops arrive
August 14th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Love across the wire: A British soldier’s Derry story
‘Half the regiment married local girls,’ says Michael who arrived in the North aged 20 in 1969
Irish football fans need to grow the hell up about England football team
It’s mean-spirited to hate the idea of sporting success boosting a troubled nation
Buoyant jobs data conceal investment caution ahead of Brexit
London Briefing: Key indicator is strong for an economy slowing on most other measures
Gillian Anderson ‘to play Margaret Thatcher in The Crown’
X-Files actor reportedly to take on role in fourth series of award-winning Netflix blockbuster
New course looks at Civil Rights movement and early Troubles
Key players in protests or politics 50 years ago will lecture at Stranmillis University
‘The last of the Whigs’ who refused to engage in Thatcher’s ‘Little England’
Obituary: Lord Peter Carrington used common sense to avoid conflict and strife
Tories foiled plans to repatriate Casement’s body for years
Stonewalling ended when Harold Wilson took power in 1964 and revealed location of body
The Lemass Tapes will reshape Irish history
The tapes, recorded by hotelier Dermot Ryan in 1967, are an exceptional political testament
‘Tough nuts’ Haughey and Thatcher get reacquainted as London says it’s business as usual
The nightmare for any Irish government was the extradition of an innocent citizen who would be wrongly jailed
Christine Keeler, former model at heart of Profumo affair, dies at 75
Affairs with Russian diplomat and British MP caused cold-war political scandal
Labour MP who put Northern Ireland centre stage in British politics
Obituary: Kevin McNamara. Born: September 5th, 1934. Died: August 6th, 2017
Dan Mulhall: the ambassador who defied categorisation
London Letter: Praise as Mulhall moves from Brexit Britain to Trump’s America
Smugness over Theresa May’s EU difficulties is misplaced
With a ‘bloody difficult woman’ negotiating Brexit, Ireland will need to play hardball too
Security services tapped Ian Paisley’s phone, claims John Prescott
Former MP and first minister’s son says snooping was ‘utterly disgraceful’
Diarmaid Ferriter: a history of partition and Europe’s role
The British establishment lacked consistency while the Free State washed its hands
Tributes paid to Labour MP Gerald Kaufman after death at 86
Oldest member of House of Commons was known as acerbic debater and critic of Israel
Fight for gender equality moves from theatre to music
When it comes to ‘gender mainstreaming’, we can learn something from Vienna city hall
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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