‘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
BBC’s Spotlight on the Troubles is as objective as any history of the conflict can be
When Troubles started in 1969, only Unionist Party had power in Northern Ireland
‘Former prisoners aren’t high on the priorities . . . because it’s not a vote-catching issue’
Campaigners urge greater action to deal with high rates of suicide and PTSD in North
Respect for ‘all the guys who didn’t make it and those still here suffering and injured’
Troubles 50: Young people open up about the trauma their families have experienced
There are troubling parallels between conditions 50 years ago and the situation now
August 17th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Eyewitnesses to 1969: Memories of Battle of the Bogside and the start of the Troubles 50 years on
Lynch thought Army would get 20 miles into Down before being massacred
August 16th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Up to 15,000 people were displaced in Belfast in first 10 years of the Troubles
From civil rights marches in Derry to nationalists seeking refuge in Ireland
Eyewitness to 1969: Eamon Melaugh operated Radio Free Derry during the Battle of the Bogside
The events of August 1969 continue to reverberate for those who saw it for themselves
August 15th, 1969: Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
‘It felt like a very real, existential threat to our existence’
Since performing their stories together during a peace process initiative, pair have become close
August 14th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
‘Half the regiment married local girls,’ says Michael who arrived in the North aged 20 in 1969
The Troubles at 50: Rioting in Derry remembered by first-hand witnesses
August 13th 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Activist Bernadette McAliskey gives warning at event for 50th anniversary of the Bogside
Eyewitness: Jeanette Warke was a working class Protestant mother-of-two when violence broke out
Eyewitness to August 1969: Civil rights campaigner Dermie McClenaghan
August 13th, 1969: Drawing on contemporaneous reports, Donnacha Ó Beacháin describes the day’s events as they unfolded
Previously unpublished report claims 50-60 people would have died without volunteer efforts
Family of Patrick Rooney (9) continue to seek a prosecution 50 years on from fatal shooting in Belfast
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices