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More lives lost than saved in Troubles due to British spy, report finds

Stakeknife report finds army’s top agent’s links to murder and torture and calls for government and IRA to apologise

The Guardian - UK

Northern Ireland judge rules ‘Troubles’ violence amnesty breaches rights

Law allowed for ex-soldiers and fighters to get amnesty for acts committed during region’s period of sectarian violence.

Al Jazeera

Amnesty clause for soldiers breaches human rights law, Belfast court rules

High court ruling prompts calls to scrap legislation that grants amnesties to soldiers for Troubles-era crimes

The Guardian - UK

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‘The bloody Protestants ran BBC in Northern Ireland’ in 60s and 70s, says ex-TV boss

Former BBC One controller Paul Fox says anti-Catholic prejudice was deeply embedded at the corporation during the Troubles

The Guardian - UK

Grisly secrets of the ‘disappeared’ of Anglo-Irish war uncovered by research

Irish state’s founding fathers killed and disappeared five times more people than Provisional IRA would do over 30 years

The Guardian - UK

First among firsts: On the Sinn Fein and Irish politics

After decades of the Troubles followed by political reconciliation, the nationalists in Ireland are on the ascendant

The Hindu

Frank Farian: Boney M’s mastermind was one of pop’s greatest oddballs

He never got the reappraisal that Abba did, but with covers of 60s psych, songs about the Troubles and an unerring knack for hooks, the late German songwriter leaves a daring legacy

The Guardian - UK

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‘I regret punching Lennon’: Terri Hooley on his wild life in the Belfast punk scene

He belted a Beatle, launched the Undertones and foiled armed kidnappers. Terri Hooley explains how he kept Northern Irish teens kicking as the Troubles escalated

The Guardian - UK

$‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’$

‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’

Those born about the time of the Good Friday Agreement say lives still marred by trauma and political vacuum.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on the Northern Ireland legacy law dispute: Britain is in the wrong

Editorial: Under a less shortsighted UK government, London and Dublin would have worked together to solve an enduring Troubles problem

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister 'can't rule out consequences' over Ireland suing UK Government

Consequences for UK-Irish relations cannot be ruled out because of legal action over the Troubles Legacy Bill, a Northern Ireland Office minister…

The National (Scotland)

Ireland Takes UK To European Court Over 'Troubles' Amnesty Law

Ireland announced legal action Wednesday against the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights over a law granting immunity to combatants in the Northern Ireland conflict.

International Business Times

Sunak hits out at Irish plan to sue UK in ECHR for blocking Troubles probes

Legal action risks reigniting Tory war over the Strasbourg court – as UK accuses Dublin of hypocrisy

The Independent UK

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law

Ireland to argue that aspects of the UK law are incompatible with obligations under European Convention on Human Rights.

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The Independent UK

Ireland to launch a legal challenge against the UK government over Troubles amnesty bill

Ireland’s government says it will take legal action against British authorities over a controversial law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offenses committed during three decades of sectarian violence

Evening Standard

'Troubles' lawsuit by Ireland sets up new UK clash with ECHR court

All parties in Northern Ireland also oppose UK's 'extreme' bid to stop prosecutions from era of unrest

The Guardian - UK

The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 10 – Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

This unforgettable history of the Troubles is the documentary series of the year. The astonishing, soul-baring interviews are both a warning call, and a beacon of hope

The Independent UK

Legacy Act has retraumatised Troubles victims, legal challenge hears

Belfast High Court is hearing a legal challenge to the Government’s new laws to deal with the legacy of the NI Troubles.

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The Independent UK

Legal challenge to laws dealing with legacy of Troubles to begin

High Court judge Mr Justice Colton will hear the case at the Royal Courts of Justice in Belfast.

The Conversation

New law sidesteps British culpability in Northern Ireland's Troubles

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act became law in the United Kingdom on Sept. 18. It is an attempt to resolve the many open investigations into murders committed during the 30-year armed conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.

The Guardian - UK

Mike Arron obituary

Other lives: Manchester-based press photographer who covered many major news stories, from the Aberfan disaster to the troubles in Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Operation Kenova report ‘ready for publication’, says new police chief

Jon Boutcher led the investigation into the activities of Stakeknife, the Army’s top agent in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

The Independent UK

Feargal Sharkey praised for ‘powerful’ Israel-Palestine speech on Have I Got News for You

Comments made by the musician and activist, who grew up during the Troubles, are being lauded by panel show’s viewer as ‘eloquent’, ‘informed’ and ‘worth listening to’

WEKU

Britain bans prosecution of past Catholic and Protestant killings in Northern Ireland

Twenty-five years after a Northern Ireland peace agreement, a controversial new law bans prosecution of crimes dating to the Troubles. Supporters deem it reconciliation. Victims see denial of justice.

The Guardian - UK

Olympic champion Mary Peters: ‘I feel the terrible loss of life in the name of sport’

The former pentathlon gold medallist tells Donald McRae of the death threat and horror of Munich 1972, the Troubles, and promoting Belfast

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