ConflictNI

Posts on the conflict in Northern Ireland

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Sinn Fein Surges in Irish Elections, Exit Polls Predict https://t.co/OFbrCUDoo0

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New IRA says border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target for attack' https://t.co/SS8anJ5HPN via @YouTube

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Violence in Northern Ireland Rising Amid Political Paralysis https://t.co/69bRdJnMn7

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RUC search outside the home of UDR man Samuel Porter in Ballinahone, where he had been killed in an IRA ambush; 22 November 1972

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21 November 1972: Two Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders were killed by a IRA booby trap bomb in a derelict farm house near Cullyhanna

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20 November 1985: Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King was assaulted by Anglo-Irish Agreement protesters at Belfast City Hall

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"Say Nothing" by Patrick Radden Keefe named today one of year's ten best books by @nytimes

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Sadistic Beating on Irish Border Raises Alarms About Return to Violence https://t.co/sXHabRMkS1

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9 November 1960: Eight Irish soldiers of the Thirty-third battalion serving in #Congo with the @UN were killed in a ambush by tribesman in secessionist Katanga province #Ireland

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OTD. On 4 November 1983 the IRA planted a bomb in a lecture theatre in the Ulster Polytechnic, Jordanstown. The explosion killed two RUC officers who were attending the lecture. A third RUC officer died from his injuries on 13 August 1984. https://t.co/GysF99RHNs

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1 November 1971: The IRA gunned down two RUC constables in a shop at a shopping centre in Andersonstown area of Belfast

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@Kyleblack91 roadside monuments are not a good idea. A gravestone should suffice.

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OTD. Anniversary of the Greysteel killings at the Rising Sun Bar on 30 Oct 1993. Members of the UDA/UFF shot dead 7 people in the bar and injured 13, one of whom died on 14 Apr 1994. Shootings were part of a week of killings following the Shankill Bombing. https://t.co/95z29CKXup

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Granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy Died of Accidental Overdose; her father, Paul Michael Hill, was one of the Guildford Four https://t.co/wGY8Z2BgNC

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Unionists in Northern Ireland Feel Betrayed by Brexit Deal https://t.co/a1ENGUrGzf

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@thehill @JamesDoorley But he'll still win reelection.

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Northern Ireland’s Unfinished Peace https://t.co/riUQappeSu

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New I.R.A. Apologizes for Killing of Journalist in Northern Ireland https://t.co/sdOuG9wrOW

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19 April 1972: The Widgery Inquiry released the report of its investigation of Bloody Sunday and it largely exonerated the British Army https://t.co/7Fqtv94wJi

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Easter Greetings from the IRA Belfast command staff 18 April 1976