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Suspected Real IRA arms dealer jailed in Lithuania

News DeskOctober 21, 2011 09:34

Michael Campbell, a suspected member of the Real IRA terrorist group, was convicted after undercover agents filmed him buying weapons and explosives that he said he wanted to use against Brits.

Northern Ireland rocked by riots

Conor O'CleryJune 23, 2011 07:00

DUBLIN — In a coordinated action, scores of masked youths attacked a small, nationalist district of some 3,500 Catholics known as the Short Strand on Monday.

Worst sectarian violence in years erupts in Northern Ireland (VIDEO)

News DeskJune 21, 2011 20:45

Catholic leaders in the east Belfast area said the violence was unprovoked, but Protestant leaders said the Protestant rioters appeared to be retaliating for smaller attacks by Short Strand youths on Protestant homes

Queen Elizabeth's visit heals Irish rifts

Conor O'CleryMay 18, 2011 14:59

DUBLIN — Queen Elizabeth II made a series of symbolic gestures Tuesday and Wednesday that have laid to rest many of the ghosts of the countries' troubled past.

Northern Ireland confirms its support of power-sharing government

Conor O'CleryMay 7, 2011 08:00

DUBLIN — The genius of the power-sharing arrangement is that each side can claim progress in the historic battle for Northern Ireland’s future.

Cop's death unites Northern Ireland

Conor O'CleryApril 6, 2011 13:39

BERAGH — The police officer's killing horrified people in both parts of Ireland, who hoped that the violence of the Troubles, which took the lives of over 3,500 people between 1968 and 1998, had been consigned to history.