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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks agoThe Ban
Yesterday the government banned all British television and radio stations from broadcasting interviews with members of Sinn Fein or their supporters, but will it reduce terrorism or merely curb press freedom? [dramatic music] [Reporter] It's the past year of IRA bombing and killing that persuaded the government this summer to look at the whole of its policy for dealing with terrorism and its supporters in Northern Ireland. [dramatic music]
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fromIrish Independent
1 month agoThe Indo Daily: 50 years on: The 'passion' kidnapping of Tiede Herrema and the IRA's Bonnie and Clyde
Eddie Gallagher and Marian Coyle kidnapped Dutch industrialist Dr Tiede Herrema in Limerick to force prisoner releases, holding him 36 days before his release unharmed.
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fromIrish Independent
1 month agoThe Indo Daily: From paramilitary to the pulpit - how IRA gunman Mark Lenaghan became a man of the cloth
Mark Lenaghan joined the IRA after sectarian violence, served fifteen years including active-service killings, later converted, became a Catholic deacon and died aged 65.
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fromIndependent
6 months agoMark Tighe: More bizarre moments in high-stakes trial as Gerry Adams takes on BBC
The defense of journalism is crucial in legal proceedings involving sensitive allegations.
The case revolves around claims made in a BBC documentary about Gerry Adams's involvement in a high-profile murder.
fromIrish Independent
6 months agoMore remains found at cemetery in search for 'Disappeared' victim Joe Lynskey
Eamonn Henry stated, 'Following the recent exhumation at Annyalla Cemetery in relation to the search for Joe Lynskey, information came to the ICLVR indicating another small area of interest within the confines of the cemetery. This was not another family grave site.'
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