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Northern Ireland stories: 30 news summaries

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 Clinton 'Misspeaks' Again 
 on Belfast Bombing 

Northern Ireland wasn't the warzone secretary claimed

Oct 19, 09 7:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been caught in another war-zone exaggeration—this time, in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state told regional lawmakers that she stayed at a "bombed" hotel that was still partially boarded up in Belfast in 1995—even though the last terrorist strike there was in 1993... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Northern Ireland • secretary of State • gaffe • Belfast

 Racist Attacks Target 
 Romanians in Belfast 

Immigrants to Northern Irish capital fear for lives

Jun 17, 09 7:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - More than 100 Romanian immigrants in the Northern Ireland capital of Belfast have been moved into a shelter after a series of racist attacks on their homes. A Protestant paramilitary group is suspected of orchestrating the violence, which has included bricks thrown through windows and death threats against a baby.... More »

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immigration • sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • racism • Romania • Belfast

Widow of Victim in Soccer Mob Attack Pleads
for Peace

Don't retaliate in his name, she asks

May 26, 09 9:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of a Catholic man beaten to death by a mob of Protestant soccer fans in Northern Ireland wants no violence in her husband's name, the Telegraph reports. "He wouldn't want retaliation for it," said Evelyn McDaid, who has two black eyes and a bruised face from... More »

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Northern Ireland • soccer • Ulster • Protestants • Ireland • Catholics • beatings

Soccer Mob Beats Catholic to Death
in N. Ireland

Protestant fans were celebrating a victory

May 25, 09 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mob of Protestant soccer fans beat a Catholic man to death last night in Northern Ireland, the Belfast Telegraph reports. After a victory by Scotland’s Glasgow Rangers, as many as 70 fans drove to the Catholic section of the town of Coleraine, where they “literally attacked the... More »

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Northern Ireland • Protestants • Catholics • religious violence • Glasgow Rangers • Kevin McDaid

17-Year-Old Charged With
N. Ireland Cop's Murder

Boy also accused of membership in Continuity IRA

Mar 24, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 17-year-old boy has been charged with the murder of a policeman in Northern Ireland earlier this month, reports the Telegraph. Stephen Carroll was shot dead on March 9 in the first killing of a police officer in the region in 12 years. The youth, who has not been named,... More »

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Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • police • murder • police shooting • Continuity IRA


 Nervous 
 N. Ireland 
 Cancels 
 St. Paddy's 
 Parade 

Festivities called off in town where policeman was killed

Mar 17, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A St. Patrick’s Day parade set for today in Northern Ireland was canceled amid growing tensions, reports the Times of London. Loyalist leaders have been nervous about reprisals in Lurgan, where a police officer was shot dead by an Irish republican paramilitary last week. Graffiti in a loyalist area... More »

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Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • police • Ireland • St. Patrick's Day • Real IRA • Continuity IRA • Irish Republican Army

(AP) - Irish nationalist gangs hurled gasoline bombs at police today after three alleged IRA dissidents were arrested on suspicion of killing two British soldiers, the AP reports. Police operating in armored cars and flame-retardant suits said none of their officers was injured during the rising mob violence in the Irish Catholic... More »

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Northern Ireland • arrest • riots • Northern Ireland peace deal • Irish Republican Army

N. Ireland Police Nab 3 in Soldier Killings

Men aged 41, 32, 21 arrested in pair of raids

Mar 14, 09 9:17 AM CDT
(AP) - Northern Ireland police arrested three men today over the killings of two British soldiers last week in a gun attack at an army base by suspected IRA dissidents. Police in Belfast said that men aged 41, 32, and 21 were arrested in early raids at two separate locations and are... More »

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Northern Ireland • British Army • IRA • arrest

 Policeman's Funeral 
 Unites Northern Ireland  

Killing by IRA splinter group provokes defiant display in favor of peace

Mar 14, 09 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Northern Ireland's Catholics and Protestants united yesterday to mourn a policeman killed by an IRA splinter group, the New York Times reports. In what some mourners described as the most improbable gathering of old enemies in modern Irish history, IRA veterans stood side by side with loyalists and security chiefs... More »

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Northern Ireland • British terror attacks • Ulster • IRA • Real IRA • Northern Ireland peace deal • Continuity IRA

 Frantic Cops Hunt IRA Bomb 

Police from both sides of border team to find 300-lb. device

Mar 12, 09 9:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security forces from both sides of the Irish border are scrambling to find a 300-pound bomb that the Real IRA may have smuggled from the Republic into Northern Ireland. A telephone call alerted authorities that the device was intended for an army barracks. Belfast was also on alert after a... More »

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terrorism • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Ireland • IRA • Real IRA • Continuity IRA

 IRA Splinter Groups Likely Coordinated Attacks

Security forces fear loyalist paramilitaries may respond to killings

Mar 11, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The IRA splinter groups responsible for two separate attacks in Northern Ireland within 48 hours most likely coordinated the attacks, security officials tell the Times of London. Officials say the two attacks point to an unprecedented level of cooperation between the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA—which have no... More »

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Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • British terror attacks • Ulster • IRA


 IRA Splinter Group 
 Behind Cop Killing 

Dissident republicans vow more attacks in Northern Ireland

Mar 10, 09 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second Irish republican paramilitary group claimed responsibility for the murder of a police officer in Northern Ireland last night, the first constable killed there since 1998. The Continuity IRA, which considers itself the army of a united Irish republic, issued a coded message saying, "As long as there... More »

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Northern Ireland • police • Gordon Brown • Ulster • IRA

(Newser) - A police officer was killed in Northern Ireland tonight amid renewed tensions with suspected Irish Republican terrorists, the Guardian reports. Responding to a call on a private manor southwest of Belfast, one officer was fatally shot in the head and another injured. The Real IRA, which claimed responsibility for killing... More »

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Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • shooting

Secret Army Units Stirred Up N. Ireland Violence: Adams

British PM visits site of shooting, calls for 'hunting down' of gunmen

Mar 9, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sinn Fein head Gerry Adams says Northern Ireland’s chief constable “made a huge mistake bringing in undercover British Army units” to Northern Ireland after two UK soldiers were killed at a barracks Saturday, the Daily Telegraph reports. “You don't understand the history if you don't appreciate that... More »

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Northern Ireland • Gordon Brown • Sinn Fein • Gerry Adams • British Army • barracks • Britain • shooting • Real IRA

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 'Real IRA' Claims 
 It Killed 2 UK Soldiers 

Prime minister rips 'evil, cowardly' ambush

Mar 8, 09 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - An organization called "The Real IRA" claimed responsibility today for killing two British soldiers at a Northern Ireland army base, the Independent reports. Four other people, including two pizza delivery men, were seriously wounded in the drive-by ambush, reports the Times of London. The attack occurred just miles... More »

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sectarian violence • Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • mass shootings • ambush • troops

analysis

New Mideast Envoy Is
Old Hand at Peacemaking

Israel-Palestine negotiations just 'another assignment' for Mitchell

Jan 24, 09 10:44 AM CST
(Newser) - As the Obama administration’s new Middle East envoy, former Sen. George Mitchell has  the toughest of diplomatic tasks on his hands: negotiating peace between the Israelis and Palestinians. But “if anyone can succeed in this difficult endeavor," it's Mitchell, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Mitchell... More »

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Israel • Northern Ireland • Palestine • George Mitchell • Mideast envoy • negotiations • Arab Israeli conflict • Northern Ireland peace deal

Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

UK PM denies buying support for increase
in detention time

Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown prevailed in a crunch vote last night to extend Britain's period of detention without trial for terror suspects to 6 weeks, the BBC reports. Brown avoided defeat by convincing a small Northern Ireland party to support him after 36 members of his Labour Party joined the... More »

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terrorism • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • British terror attacks • Democratic Unionist Party • detention without trial

Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role
in Irish Peace

But Clintons won't release Stanford doc

Apr 6, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - While Hillary Clinton stands accused of exaggerating her part in the 1998 Irish peace process, the answer might lie in an unlikely 150-page document—Chelsea Clinton's senior thesis from Stanford. Only problem? No one seems to know where it's gone, Newsweek reports, and a Clinton spokesman warns it was "... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Stanford • Northern Ireland • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • Ireland • Chelsea Clinton • thesis • Northern Ireland peace deal

Clinton Boots Adviser for 'Crankpot' Line

N. Irish leader bashed for calling Hillary's claims 'a wee bit silly'

Mar 28, 08 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton has been forced to disown one of her advisers after he lashed out at the former leader of Northern Ireland in a television interview, writes the Telegraph. Jamie Rubin, who worked in the State Department under Bill Clinton, spoke out in reaction to comments from David Trimble that... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Northern Ireland • David Trimble • Jamie Rubin

Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants

And Bill Clinton advised him to do it, new book reveals

Mar 17, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new tell-all book by Tony Blair's chief of staff reveals that the former British prime minister offered to meet with eight leaders of the Irish Republican Army during a critical moment in Northern Irish peace talks. Jonathan Powell, one of Blair's longest-serving allies, admits in a memoir being serialized... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Sinn Fein • Bill Clinton • Gerry Adams • IRA • Troubles • Good Friday Agreement • Jonathan Powell

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