RTE Online1 天
It's 1970 and the Irish army are plotting to invade Northern Ireland
The prospect of Irish Defence Forces making incursions into Northern Ireland was mooted after violence erupted there in 1969 ...
North’s Economy Call for Action - On This Day in 1975
The dire economic position the North faced in the mid-1970s was partly blamed by the absence of a regional government with ...
RTE Online11 天
Dining for Ireland: how diplomat Con Howard charmed 1970s London
The unconventional diplomat used London parties and soirees to befriend and influence politicians, media moguls and ...
Making sense of how the British Labour party really feels about Northern Ireland - Conor McGinn
It hasn’t necessarily followed that the generally unionist sympathies of Conservative governments have seen an opposite, or ...
BBC1 年
Denmark: Man extradited to Northern Ireland over 1970s indecent assault
The 69-year-old man is due to appear before Craigavon Magistrates' Court on Wednesday A 69-year-old man has been extradited from Denmark to Northern Ireland over an alleged indecent assault in the ...
BBC5 年
The UWC Strike
The Ulster Workers Council strike in 1974, which brought down the power-sharing Executive led by Brian Faulkner, was a testing time for the people of Northern Ireland, for the Government at ...
BBC5 年
A Political Correspondent’s Work - W.D Flackes – BBC Northern Ireland Advisory Council ...
From the viewpoint of a Political Correspondent, Northern Ireland lacked any tradition of reasonably fair political reporting. Most of the newspapers tended to be highly partisan, and although the ...