‘In the North, nothing is ever exactly as it seems to be’
BBC’s Spotlight on the Troubles is as objective as any history of the conflict can be
Political deadlock: NI system is same as that which agreed 1994 ceasefire
When Troubles started in 1969, only Unionist Party had power in Northern Ireland
North’s peace dividend continues to elude loyalist ex-prisoners
‘Former prisoners aren’t high on the priorities . . . because it’s not a vote-catching issue’
Mental health problems the hidden legacy of the Troubles
Campaigners urge greater action to deal with high rates of suicide and PTSD in North
Thousands mark 50 years since British army arrived on North’s streets
Respect for ‘all the guys who didn’t make it and those still here suffering and injured’
‘Loads of children in my school had family members murdered’
Troubles 50: Young people open up about the trauma their families have experienced
Fifty years on, Northern Ireland is unsettled once more
There are troubling parallels between conditions 50 years ago and the situation now
On this day 50 years ago: ...
August 17th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
‘I was trying to get laid... then the RUC lost the run of themselves’
Eyewitnesses to 1969: Memories of Battle of the Bogside and the start of the Troubles 50 years on
1969: Irish ministers felt military incursion in North could lead to pogroms
Lynch thought Army would get 20 miles into Down before being massacred
On this day 50 years ago: Cork residents offer to house Northern children at risk
August 16th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Why Belfast residents want to keep their peace walls
Up to 15,000 people were displaced in Belfast in first 10 years of the Troubles
How the Troubles began: a timeline
From civil rights marches in Derry to nationalists seeking refuge in Ireland
‘Young people enjoyed the violence. I’m sorry I have to say that’
Eyewitness to 1969: Eamon Melaugh operated Radio Free Derry during the Battle of the Bogside
The burning of Bombay Street: ‘The start of the combustible years’
The events of August 1969 continue to reverberate for those who saw it for themselves
On this day 50 years ago: Loyalist mob burns down Bombay Street
August 15th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Gregory Campbell on the beginning of the Troubles
‘It felt like a very real, existential threat to our existence’
Firm friends: Former republican activist and the wife of IRA murder victim
Since performing their stories together during a peace process initiative, pair have become close
On this day 50 years ago: Six killed in North as British troops arrive
August 14th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Love across the wire: A British soldier’s Derry story
‘Half the regiment married local girls,’ says Michael who arrived in the North aged 20 in 1969
Battle of the Bogside 'like a conveyor belt system making petrol bombs'
The Troubles at 50: Rioting in Derry remembered by first-hand witnesses
On this day 50 years ago: Solidarity with Bogside spreads across Ireland
August 13th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Focus on nationalism will ‘sooner or later’ move Ireland towards fascism
Activist Bernadette McAliskey gives warning at event for 50th anniversary of the Bogside
Bogside, 1969: ‘I never thought I would live through 25 years of murder’
Eyewitness: Jeanette Warke was a working class Protestant mother-of-two when violence broke out
Battle of the Bogside: ‘Old people and young people stood together against the police’
Eyewitness to August 1969: Civil rights campaigner Dermie McClenaghan
On this day 50 years ago: Derry erupts in flames
August 13th, 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Death toll from 1969 Belfast unrest could have been ‘ten times’ higher
Previously unpublished report claims 50-60 people would have died without volunteer efforts
‘He slid down the wall, blood coming from his head’: The first child killed in the Troubles
Family of Patrick Rooney (9) continue to seek a prosecution 50 years on from fatal shooting in Belfast
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