James Craig
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Man arrested in connection with 1974 Birmingham bombings
- UK
- November 18, 2020, 14:12
A man has been arrested in connection with the murders of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings in Birmingham. The arrest comes just days before the 46t(...)

A century on: how partition divided Ireland and why it still matters
- Heritage
- October 2, 2020, 10:55
With the foundation of Northern Ireland in May 1921, the partition of Ireland became a reality. It was in 1920, though, that the type of partition Ire(...)

Cormac Moore: A century of partition
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
The changes in Anglo-Irish relations from the introduction of the third Home Rule Bill in 1912 to the introduction of the fourth Home Rule Bill or Gov(...)

Michael Collins failed to deliver promised back-up to IRA in North
- Heritage
- October 15, 2019, 00:00
County: Antrim Nature: Northern nationalists’ sense of isolation Date: 1919-22 Michael Collins promised the IRA in the North back-up for a widespread(...)

Belfast's 1922 massacre of McMahons caused furore abroad
- Irish News
- October 14, 2019, 02:34
The most infamous incident of the Belfast pogroms was the massacre of the McMahon family on March 24th, 1922. Owen McMahon, a prosperous pub owner fr(...)

Church of Ireland marks 150 years since end of role as state church
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 29, 2019, 01:00
Standing before the impressive Neo-Romanesque doorway of St Ann’s Church of Ireland on Dublin’s Dawson Street, Fred Deane is handing out leaflets for (...)

Ireland is a country united by geography and divided by history. In James Joyce’s great novel Ulysses, Leopold Bloom, the main protagonist and an Iri(...)

The history of the Irish Border: From Plantation to Brexit
- Irish News
- January 24, 2019, 16:00
The increasing threat of a hard Brexit means we could shortly see a return to a hard Border in Ireland. Here, we look back at how Northern Ireland (...)

Detroit funeral homes: concern grows over discovery of foetuses
- US
- October 21, 2018, 17:28
The remains of 63 infants or foetuses were found at a funeral home in Detroit on Friday, the Detroit Police Department said. The discovery came amid a(...)

Secret files reveal how deeply the Easter Rising affected Irishmen serving in first World War
- Irish News
- May 6, 2018, 20:44
On the night of December 18th, 1917, four privates of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers left their machine gun post east of the Somme, crossed No Man’s Land (...)