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Director used local knowledge to stage authentic IRA funeral
Ira :: Burkina Faso | 7 days ago
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Director James Marsh relied on the knowledge of his Northern Irish cast and crew to recreate the tensions surrounding an Irish Republican Army (IRA) funeral in his new film Shadow Dancer. The Oscar-winning moviemaker wanted to stage an authentic
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Threat of terrorism in Northern Ireland ‘will last for years'
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 15 days ago
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Dissident republican groups are likely to pose a severe threat of violence for years to come, despite recent security successes, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers has warned. In an interview with The Independent , Ms Villiers issued a
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Sinn Fein fails to stop new law on special advisers that blocks those convicted of serious offences
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 16 days ago
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Sinn Fein suffered a setback in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday night when if failed to block new legislation barring those with a serious conviction from working as special political advisers. Although only one party member will be affected
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UK frees ailing IRA veteran after 2-year campaign
Dublin :: Ireland | 20 days ago
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Britain says it has paroled a prominent Irish Republican Army veteran, Marian Price, because she is ill with a range of mental and physical problems. The Irish government and leaders of the Irish Catholic minority in Northern Ireland welcomed
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Nesbitt pulls out of SF conference
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 1 month ago
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Mike Nesbitt says he had agreed to give a keynote address at the event, City of Equals in an Island of Equals. Alliance that they had been kept in the dark about a shared future initiative by saying "so what"...The shared future proposals were
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Dissident threats to McGuinness's life but Sinn Fein doggedly sticks to political strategy
Ira :: Burkina Faso | 1 month ago
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Sinn Fein has confirmed that dissident Irish republicans in Derry are actively targeting Northern Ireland's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and threatening his life...He added: It is claimed that they have been keeping watch on him and his
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Court rejects appeal over secret IRA tapes
Ira :: Burkina Faso | 2 months ago
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The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal that sought to keep interviews with former Irish Republican Army members from being turned over to police in Northern Ireland. Monday's order from the high court leaves in place a lower court ruling that
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McGuinness calls for unionist action
Castlebar :: Ireland | 2 months ago
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McGuinness critical of unionist leaders Martin McGuinness said unionists needed to be more engaged in the peace process Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has said unionists need to be more engaged in the peace process. He was
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VIDEO: Adams: 'Thatcher hurt working class'
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 2 months ago
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Thatcher's Ireland policy was a total failure" 8 April 2013 Last updated at 12:10 ET The Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams has described Baroness Thatcher's policy on Ireland "as a total and absolute failure". Speaking from Belfast following the former
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Six held over 'dissident activity' in Northern Ireland
Belfast :: United Kingdom | 3 months ago
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Six people have been arrested on suspicion of dissident republican terrorist activity, the Police Service of Northern Ireland has said. The five men and one woman are being questioned by detectives from the serious crime unit in Antrim. Three of the
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