Bloody Sunday: ‘Soldier F’ to face murder trial in September
Ex-paratrooper accused of murdering James Wray and William McKinney in Derry in January 1972
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GAA members killed, the Dutch rave scene and an outstanding coming-of-middle-age story
Lost Gaels by Peader Thomspson; The Punk Rock Birdwatching Club by Richard Foster; Sweet Vidalia by Lisa Sandlin
Excitement, boredom, but most of all, duty - the reasons southern Protestants fought in World War II
With death of John Hemingway, Ian d’Alton examines motivations of ‘The Few’
Four former British soldiers charged over Belfast shootings 50 years ago
One of the accused is charged with the murder of Patrick McVeigh at the height of the Troubles
Last known Battle of Britain pilot, Irishman John Hemingway, dies aged 105
Born in 1919, the Dubliner flew Spitfires during the Battle of Britain
Freddie Scappaticci’s final years in a sleepy Surrey town: Neighbours were ‘sickened’ when they found out who he really was
The man known as Stakeknife, a senior British army agent in the IRA, was hidden away in middle-class suburban comfrot in Guildford
Unionists are enjoying the pile-on over the Republic’s defence freeloading
Ireland is facing international criticism and it’s only natural that unionists want to join in. But incomprehension over support for neutrality is also a factor
An Irish Diary on Edward Despard: the Irish officer who served in the British army but was executed as a revolutionary
A campaign by Despard’s wife, Catherine, ensured his imprisonment became the subject of a three-week debate in the House of Commons
The Sorrow and the Loss by Martin Dillon: Women whose lives were blighted by the Troubles
Too often the reader is left wanting to know more about these women and their lives
Use of force in killing of four IRA men in British military ambush ‘not justified’ – coroner
Claims IRA members opened fire in car park were ‘demonstrably untrue’, inquest found
Senior British general ‘furious’ about new Bloody Sunday inquiry he saw as ‘cynical political move’
Department of Foreign Affairs found open criticism of political leaders remarkable
Family of Irishman assassinated on Bloody Sunday by Collins ‘Squad’ compensated by British
Captain Patrick McCormack’s relatives received equivalent of £450,000 after he was shot dead in Gresham Hotel in Dublin
Motivations of the Irish who served in the first World War were complicated
Many were from the vanished tribe of Catholic ‘loyalists’ who saw no contradiction between their faith, desire for Home Rule and loyalty to the British Empire
Shooting Crows by Trevor Birney: Heartfelt personal writing meets hard-edged journalism
Birney recounts horror of Loughinisland murders and PSNI’s attempt to prevent exposure of collusion
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