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NEWS ABOUT: Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland stories: 30 news summaries

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Former Blair Aide Pushes Qaeda Dialogue

Secret British talks
with IRA could
serve as example

Mar 15, 08 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - One of Tony Blair's former top aides has called for Western governments to talk to al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, the Guardian reports. Jonathan Powell, the former British prime minister's chief of staff for 12 years, is thought to have played a key role in negotiating a settlement in Northern... More »

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Tony Blair • Taliban • terrorism • Northern Ireland • diplomacy • United Kingdom • British Foreign Office • IRA • terrorist organizations • al-Qaeda

Top N. Ireland Minister Will Step Down

Paisley played key role in power-sharing, peace agreements

Mar 4, 08 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Northern Ireland’s influential first minister, Ian Paisley, will step down in May, Reuters reports. The Protestant evangelist, 81, helped soothe religious strife in the province when he agreed to share power with Catholics last year after decades of fueling the conflict, the AP reports. "I've achieved my aims,... More »

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Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Bertie Ahern • Ian Paisley • Protestants • Britain • Irish Catholics • Democratic Unionist Party • first minister • evangelist

Families Blast N. Ireland Bomb Acquittal

Demand inquiry after lone suspect cleared
on 56 counts

Dec 21, 07 5:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Furious families of victims have slammed provincial police and called for an inquiry a day after the acquittal of a man charged with the worst terror attack in Northern Ireland history. Sean Hoey was cleared of 56 counts of murder and terrorist charges stemming from the 1998 Omagh bombing. The... More »

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terrorism • Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • terrorist

Jelly-cide: 100,000 Salmon Killed

Northern Ireland's entire stock destroyed in jellyfish attack

Nov 22, 07 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - An attack of killer jellyfish has wiped out Northern Ireland’s only salmon farm. More than 100,000 fish died in the seven-hour attack, causing estimated losses of $2.1 million, AFP reports. The 35-foot-deep wave of jellyfish covered 10 square miles. The mauve stinger normally prefers warmer Mediterranean waters... More »

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agriculture • Northern Ireland • salmon • fish • fishing • nature • jellyfish

Major Northern Ireland Militia Renounces Violence

Paramilitary group observes Remembrance Day with gesture toward peace

Nov 12, 07 10:55 AM CST
(Newser) - The largest Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland stood down yesterday but didn't commit to destroying its arms, the Guardian reports. The Ulster Defense Association, the third and last of the major militant groups in the region to renounce violence, announced its commitment to "a society where violence and... More »

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Northern Ireland • IRA • Belfast • Ulster Volunteer Force

Britain's Longest Campaign Ends

Brit Army campaign in Northern Ireland shuts down

Jul 30, 07 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The British Army's military campaign in Northern Ireland comes to an end at midnight tomorrow—after 38 years of bloodshed. It's  the longest conflict in the army's history. Some 300,000 military personnel served; casualties included 763 soldiers, and 309 civilians  and members of paramilitary groups.  More »

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Northern Ireland • United Kingdom • Ireland • British Army • IRA • Britain

PM Rides Luck of the Irish to Third Term

Early results put Ahern in reach of almost certain victory

May 25, 07 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Incumbent Bertie Ahern is almost certainly headed for a third term as Ireland's prime minister, Ireland's RTÉ is reporting this evening. Ahern's coalition has won 41% of seats in Parliament thus far, likely enough to lead a coalition government. More »

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Northern Ireland • Bertie Ahern • Ireland • election

Northern Ireland Launches
Historic Power Share

Power-sharing government
ends decades of sectarian violence

May 8, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Protestant and Catholic leaders pledged to cooperate as Northern Ireland inaugurated a power-sharing government today, ending a deadly decades-long conflict. Protestant leader Ian Paisley and Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness will serve as first minister and deputy first minister, respectively. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams hailed "a new era of... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • ireland • British Parliament • Sinn Fein • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams • Martin McGuinness

Ian Paisley Does the Unthinkable

Middle East Can Learn From Northern Ireland

Mar 28, 07 7:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Watching this stooped white-haired man reverse a lifetime's course made one feel that change might be possible in other intractable situations," writes Trudy Rubin of Ian Paisley's meeting with Gerry Adams to agree on power sharing in Northern Ireland. The "other situation" Rubin has in mind is ... More »

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Middle East • politics • Northern Ireland • ireland • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams • Ulster

Irish Rivals Unite for Self-Rule

Powersharing agreement in Northern Ireland will allow continuation of self-rule

Mar 27, 07 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams sat down together yesterday and agreed  to a power sharing deal for Northern Ireland that would include their rival parties. A British deadline to disband the national assembly if a pact wasn't forthcoming jump-started the negotiations, after four years of stalled talks.  The coalition... More »

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Tony Blair • Northern Ireland • diplomacy • United Kingdom • Ian Paisley • Gerry Adams

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