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John Major told the Taoiseach in November 1996 that nobody in Britain ‘believes a word’ from Sinn Féin and the IRA.
John Major told the Taoiseach in November 1996 that nobody in Britain ‘believes a word’ from Sinn Féin and the IRA.
John Major told the Taoiseach in November 1996 that nobody in Britain ‘believes a word’ from Sinn Féin and the IRA.
© Julia Nikhinson What can the 25-year civil war in the small island nation of Sri Lanka teach the United States at this time? It may offer relevant and disturbing lessons as we face domestic terror driven by grievance, misinformation and the politics of division, race and ethnicity. The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was deeply disturbing. However, we must look beyond the horror of the event to understand what is behind the conflict and address the risk that domestic conflict in our country is morphing into an institution capable of sustaining and creating a spiral of violence. Con...
John Hume tried to restore IRA ceasefire through an initiative with Protestant church leaders John Hume in 2004. Picture by Margaret McLaughlin Éamon Phoenix The IRA ceasefire was broken in 1996 by the Canary Wharf bombing State papers, mainly from 1997, have been released by the Public Records Office today. Historian and Irish News columnist Dr Éamon Phoenix looks at files which undercover attempts to restore the IRA ceasefire, the ongoing fall-out from the Drumcree parading dispute and the murder of LVF leader Billy Wright in the Maze prison. === SDLP le...