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Irish President Hits Out At UK Govt 'Troubles' Law

Ireland's president on Friday hit out at new UK legislation designed to draw a line under the violence during the Northern Ireland "Troubles", 50 years on from the biggest single-day loss of life in that period.

International Business Times

On an island still tormented by the Troubles, Britain’s Legacy Act is making things worse

Keir Starmer has promised to revisit this contentious law. When that happens, he needs to do three things, says Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole

The Guardian - UK

Victims' Families Protest At New N.Ireland 'Troubles' Legacy Law

Families of victims of Northern Ireland's "Troubles" protested in Belfast Wednesday against a new UK law that halts coroner's inquests into crimes from the era and grants immunity to past combatants.

International Business Times

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Northern Ireland legacy act will harm Britain’s reputation, rights panel warns

Report concludes state sheltered soldiers from prosecution for Troubles-era crimes, as amnesty legislation comes into force

The Guardian - UK

In the Land of Saints and Sinners review – Liam Neeson finds cowboy spirit in Donegal

Kerry Condon plays a potty-mouthed IRA gang leader and Neeson is the quiet antihero in this action thriller set at the height of the Troubles

The Guardian - UK

British Soldiers Avoid Perjury Charges In Bloody Sunday Inquiry

British soldiers accused of lying during Bloody Sunday inquiry won't face perjury charges due to insufficient evidence. Legacy of 'the Troubles' in Norther...

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Blue Lights series two review – last year’s breakout police hit is as beautifully tense as ever

The cop show set in post-Troubles Northern Ireland will leave you holding your breath constantly, not knowing what perils await our beloved ‘peelers’

The Guardian - UK

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‘The surreal dislocation of the everyday’: how Japanese photographer Akihiko Okamura captured the Troubles as never before

Okamura, who moved to Ireland to explore JFK’s ancestry and stayed for 16 years to document political upheaval, is celebrated in a new exhibition and book

The Guardian - UK

The Flats review – a powerful look at the unresolved agony of the Troubles

Alessandra Celesia’s urgent documentary about the residents of an estate in Belfast speaks to the lasting trauma of political violence

The Guardian - UK

IRA Double Agent Likely Cost More Lives Than Saved: British Police

The actions of a prized double agent within paramilitary group the IRA who worked for British security services probably led to more lives being lost than saved in Northern Ireland, an independent investigation said on Friday.

International Business Times

'More lives lost than saved' running British mole 'Stakeknife' inside IRA, says major report

More lives were probably lost than saved through the British Army's operation of its top agent inside the IRA's internal security unit during the Troubles, a major independent investigation has found.

Evening Standard

More lives lost than saved in Troubles due to British spy, report finds

Stakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologise

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland judge rules ‘Troubles’ violence amnesty breaches rights

Law allowed for ex-soldiers and fighters to get amnesty for acts committed during region’s period of sectarian violence.

Al Jazeera

Amnesty clause for soldiers breaches human rights law, Belfast court rules

High court ruling prompts calls to scrap legislation that grants amnesties to soldiers for Troubles-era crimes

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‘The bloody Protestants ran BBC in Northern Ireland’ in 60s and 70s, says ex-TV boss

Former BBC One controller Paul Fox says anti-Catholic prejudice was deeply embedded at the corporation during the Troubles

The Guardian - UK

Grisly secrets of the ‘disappeared’ of Anglo-Irish war uncovered by research

Irish state’s founding fathers killed and disappeared five times more people than Provisional IRA would do over 30 years

The Hindu

First among firsts: On the Sinn Fein and Irish politics

After decades of the Troubles followed by political reconciliation, the nationalists in Ireland are on the ascendant

The Guardian - UK

Frank Farian: Boney M’s mastermind was one of pop’s greatest oddballs

He never got the reappraisal that Abba did, but with covers of 60s psych, songs about the Troubles and an unerring knack for hooks, the late German songwriter leaves a daring legacy

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The Guardian - UK

‘I regret punching Lennon’: Terri Hooley on his wild life in the Belfast punk scene

He belted a Beatle, launched the Undertones and foiled armed kidnappers. Terri Hooley explains how he kept Northern Irish teens kicking as the Troubles escalated

Al Jazeera

‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’

Those born about the time of the Good Friday Agreement say lives still marred by trauma and political vacuum.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Northern Ireland legacy law dispute: Britain is in the wrong

Editorial: Under a less shortsighted UK government, London and Dublin would have worked together to solve an enduring Troubles problem

The National (Scotland)

Tory minister 'can't rule out consequences' over Ireland suing UK Government

Consequences for UK-Irish relations cannot be ruled out because of legal action over the Troubles Legacy Bill, a Northern Ireland Office minister…

International Business Times

Ireland Takes UK To European Court Over 'Troubles' Amnesty Law

Ireland announced legal action Wednesday against the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights over a law granting immunity to combatants in the Northern Ireland conflict.

The Independent UK

Sunak hits out at Irish plan to sue UK in ECHR for blocking Troubles probes

Legal action risks reigniting Tory war over the Strasbourg court – as UK accuses Dublin of hypocrisy

Al Jazeera

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law

Ireland to argue that aspects of the UK law are incompatible with obligations under European Convention on Human Rights.

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