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Updated June 20, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. The Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings were two separate attacks that took place in London on this day in 1982. The bombings were carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA), an Irish nationalist paramilitary group, as part of their campaign against British rule in Northern Ireland. […]
Conflicts over religion, identity and territory can last years, decades and longer.The current war in Gaza looks like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will never be resolved. The arrival of Michelle O’Neill to head the government of Northern Ireland offers a tiny, distant glimmer of hope for the future.
Updated Jan. 30, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. On January 30, 1972, the worst mass shooting in Northern Irish history took place when British soldiers opened fire during a protest march. What caused Bloody Sunday? Following political and religious unrest in the area, the city of Derry in Northern Ireland was perceived by many Catholics and […]
Bobby Sands died on this day in 1981, after 66 days on a hunger strike. He had refused food in protest of the British government’s refusal to grant him and other IRA prisoners political prisoner status. Who was Bobby Sands? Bobby Sands was an Irish nationalist and member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). […]
There’s a long tradition of U.S. presidents — many of whom have been of Irish heritage — visiting Ireland. But Joe Biden’s visit is much more than just a diplomatic mission.
Language, Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “is the blood of the soul.” When there is more than one language on the same land, it can also becomes a prime source of conflict. On Sunday, an Israeli government cabinet committee approved the wording of a nation-state bill that, among other things, would downgrade the status of Arabic, […]
Peace is a process, never a single event. Negotiations for peace are always far more complicated than the public understands, and the results are not always miraculous. Even so, the majority of modern conflicts — 80%, according to the School for the Culture of Peace in Barcelona — eventually end after negotiations. The school’s reports […]
BOGOTA – Negotiators for rebel group FARC — engaged now in historic peace talks with the Colombian government — received an interesting visit in Havana last month. During a pause in negotiations with Bogota officials in the Cuban capital, FARC loyalists met with a group of former members of the IRA. Indeed, the veterans of […]