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Top 10 Most Incredible Prison Escapes September 26, 2022
Every year, thousands of inmates escape from prisons around the world. Of these, most just walk away from minimum-security corrections facilities, but other inmates implement complex, ingenious, and often violent schemes in order to make their getawa...
What Actually Happened on 'Bloody Sunday?' January 31, 2022
This is a non-partisan introduction to the events on the day, for those who want to know more about what happened. If you'd prefer to listen to this, then check out The Troubles Podcast, which is available anywhere you get podcasts or by clicking her...
Start to Finish of 'The Troubles' January 04, 2022
February 1967: The Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) is founded as a non-sectarian organisation to tackle the perceived bias of the Unionist majority government against the nationalist minority. They list six areas of reform of local ...
Derry March Marks Start of 'The Troubles' October 04, 2021
Forty years ago today, a Bogside demo sparked a huge campaign for equality. Suzanne Breen spoke to the movement's unsung heroes. Sunday Tribune 5 October 2008 He remembers them gathering on the streets of Derry, full of naïve optimism, their banners ...
100s of Archaeological Sites Found in Northern Ireland October 21, 2019
Hundreds of important archaeological discoveries have been made at excavations across Northern Ireland during the past four years.The Department for Communities licensed 800 digs, mainly as a requirement of the planning process where developers are r...
How British Army Took Back Northern Ireland July 31, 2019
Next Tuesday marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Motorman, when the British Army invaded the ‘no-go' areas of the Bogside and Creggan, shooting dead two Derry teenagers, Daniel Hegarty and IRA volunteer Seamus Bradley. A number of commemoration e...
Derry March Marks Start of 'The Troubles' October 04, 2017
Forty years ago today, a Bogside demo sparked a huge campaign for equality. Suzanne Breen spoke to the movement's unsung heroes. Sunday Tribune 5 October 2008 He remembers them gathering on the streets of Derry, full of naïve optimism, their banners ...
Top 10 Most Incredible Prison Escapes September 26, 2017
Every year, thousands of inmates escape from prisons around the world. Of these, most just walk away from minimum-security corrections facilities, but other inmates implement complex, ingenious, and often violent schemes in order to make their getawa...
Justice Elusive for Guildford Four October 19, 2016
There are moments when I lose sight of Gerry Conlon through the fog of countless cigarettes smoked during our four-hour interview. He is in Liverpool to campaign for other victims of miscarriages of justice, and we meet in a rented apartment in the c...
Rising From Ashes of 'The Troubles' October 05, 2016
As the MS Caribbean Princess was being tied up to the dock in the port of Belfast, a gleaming, glass and steal structured just across the ship channel came into view on the starboard side. It's a dream building that was completed just a year ago to c...
