Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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April 2008
- Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role in Irish Peace
  
  Newsweek | 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 "written to satisfy an academic requirement—not media curiosity." More »
March 2008
- Clinton Boots Adviser for 'Crankpot' Line
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | 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 the candidate exaggerated her role in the peace process. Rubin called Lord Trimble a sexist, a "crankpot," and unreliable because he is a Protestant. More »
- Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 in the Guardian that the PM was ready to hold talks with terrorists wearing ski masks. More »
- Top N. Ireland Minister Will Step Down
  
  Reuters | 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," Paisley said today. "Now it's time to hand over to others." More »
December 2007
- Families Blast N. Ireland Bomb Acquittal
  
  Daily Telegraph (UK) | 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 trial judge blasted the police for "reprehensible" conduct and a "slapdash approach" that produced unreliable DNA evidence, writes the Telegraph . More »
November 2007
- Major Northern Ireland Militia Renounces Violence
  
  Guardian (UK) | 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 weaponry are ghosts of the past," RTE reports. More »
July 2007
- Britain's Longest Campaign Ends
  
  Times (UK) | 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 »
May 2007
- Northern Ireland Launches Historic Power Share
  
  CNN | 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 politics on this island." More »
March 2007
- Ian Paisley Does the Unthinkable
  
  Philadelphia Inquirer | 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 for the Middle East. More »
- Irish Rivals Unite for Self-Rule
  
  Irish Times (Ireland) | 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 government will be formed by May 8. More »

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Background on the Northern Ireland Conflict
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Northern Ireland%u2019s population is approximately 55% Protestant and 45% Catholic, and the two communities place their emphases on different elements of the problem. Protestants are more likely to see the conflict in constitutional and security terms, and are primarily concerned about preserving the...

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Chelsea Thesis May Clarify Hillary's Role in Irish Peace

Clinton Boots Adviser for 'Crankpot' Line

Blair Offered to Meet Hooded IRA Militants

Top N. Ireland Minister Will Step Down

Families Blast N. Ireland Bomb Acquittal

Major Northern Ireland Militia Renounces Violence

Britain's Longest Campaign Ends