The Troubles

Two men are standing in front of a chip van at night time. The man on the left is about to take a bite of a burger in a yellow and blue paper bag. The man on the right is eating a chip from a blue and yellow paper bag. The man on the left has short brown hair and is wearing a brown coat and red t shirt. The man on the right has short blonde hair and is wearing a blue and black tracksuit top.

It's in my soul - actor brings small town novel to big screen

Ciarán McMenamin's Skintown novel has been adapted into a movie and will premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.

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Peace activists Mairead Corrigan (later Corrigan Maguire) left, and Betty Williams, London, October 10th 1976. The pair had been jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo by Peter Cade/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

'From dying on the streets to dancing on the streets' - 50 years of The Peace People

Gerry Grehan, head of The Peace People organisation which was founded 50 years ago this week, said the Fleadh demonstrated the transformation Belfast has undergone since the Troubles.

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A bald man with blue eyes looking directly at the camera. Behind him is white blinds and a cream wall.

'There could be hundreds more applicants to Troubles scheme'

The Troubles Permanent Disability Payment scheme is open for applicants until the end of August.

6 days ago

5 Aug 2026

A woman wearing round glasses talks into a microphone. She has shoulder length blonde hair. In the blurred background there is a green poster that says Sinn Fein.

'No justification' for dissident violence today, says Anderson

The former Sinn Féin MEP and republican prisoner says the current political situation is different to when she was in the IRA.

5 Aug 2026

30 Jun 2026

Freddie Scappaticci pictured in west Belfast in 2003 before he went into hiding in England. He is wearing a grey polo shirt under a blue fleece jacket.
He is looking into camera and has greying short hair and grey stubble. He is standing in front of a red brick building with panels of grey cladding.

Woman reaches settlement over Stakeknife interrogation

Margaret Keeley claimed Freddie Scappaticci, who the Army gave the codename Stakeknife, tortured and degraded her.

30 Jun 2026

26 Jun 2026

Mickey McKinney has short grey hair. He is wearing glasses and has a green coat on with a blue shirt and jumper. He is standing in a reception area with a lift in the background.

Bloody Sunday victim's brother criticises 'death threat' sentence

Dean Portis, 42, from Belfast, sent social media posts to three brothers of William McKinney during the Soldier F trial.

26 Jun 2026

18 Jun 2026

Three individual framed pictures of brothers Anthony, John Martin and Brian Reavey sit on top of a table. The pictures are black and white. John Martin has short dark hair and is smiling, Brian has long dark hair and is smiling while Anthony has curly, long lighter hair.

Eugene Reavey to receive compensation from police and MoD over murder of three brothers

Eugene Reavey's brothers were shot at the family home in County Armagh on 4 January 1976.

18 Jun 2026

17 Jun 2026

A man with white hair looking at the camera, he has glasses and dark blazer, blue shirt and green and blue tie

Irish government not cooperating on several legacy cases, committee hears

Sir Declan Morgan, chief commissioner of the ICRIR says the Irish government is "not providing us with information relating to investigations".

17 Jun 2026

Hands holding a framed picture of John Patrick Cunningham.

John Pat Cunningham's family receive damages over his killing

The family sued the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for alleged conspiracy in the circumstances surrounding his death.

17 Jun 2026