The Irish Republican Army (IRA) was at the epicentre of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. A secretive paramilitary group seeking the reunification of Ireland, the IRA was one of the 20th century’s most prolific and dangerous terrorist groups. The full history of the IRA, however, predates the...
When the british Government applied the counterinsurgency tactics it developed in the colonies to political violence in the 1970s during "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, legal problems arose. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) claimed it was at war. Was it? And if so, what rights could the ...
Under Northern Ireland’s current legal framework for dealing with legacy cases related to the Troubles, criminal investigations can only be undertaken by the recently established Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery (ICRIR). The SAS soldiers opened fire as ...
The conflict in Northern Ireland has been discussed continually over the past few decades. Ever since the beginning of the “Troubles,” organizations have been scavenging to find a plan that will cease the violence. Throughout my research for this project, the questions of what are the main ...
The gruesome 1979 IRA assassination of a beloved British royal—which took place the same day as a deadly coordinated attack on British troops—led to outrage, heartbreak and a heightening of “The Troubles,” the decades-long Northern Ireland conflict. ...
NEW IRA, OLD TROUBLES There, he and his younger brother, Michael (enduring his own incarceration of sorts in a Catholic seminary), are abruptly sprung by a mob of their dad's old IRA pals, whom they never knew existed. The plot in America On behalf of a group of Irishmen (belonging ...
The ages-old sectarian tension behind "The Troubles" has resurfaced in Northern Ireland following the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union.
that her portrayal alleges she was involved in the murder of Jean McConville. McConville was one of the 17 members of the Disappeared, who were kidnapped, killed, and secretly buried by the IRA during the decades-spanning Northern Ireland Conflict, more commonly known as the Troubles. ...
The US Supreme Court yesterday denied two academic researchers’ legal challenges to enforcement in US courts of Northern Ireland police demands for information now in the files of an American college about the IRA Troubles. Background to this legal challenge can be found in my UKSC Blog post of...
The Troubles in Northern Ireland placed huge demands on the Intelligence Corps. At times, a quarter of its available manpower served there. Yet to begin with, the intelligence picture was almost non-existent. When the f...