The “Troubles” that beset Northern Ireland for three decades have hardly been neglected by TV and movies over the years, so encountering the five-part “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” on PBS ...

A taxi driver is shot dead in front of his children. A high-security room goes up in flames. Then terrorists are unmasked as spies. And behind it all, a shadowy unit of the British Army. Award-winning ...

Belfast calls them “black cab tours” and they’re one of the most sought-after tourist attractions in town, equal to the museum dedicated to Belfast’s shipping industry and construction of the Titanic.

Plans for an independent Public History project relating to The Troubles in Northern Ireland were announced by Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris on Thursday, April 25. The ...

LONDONLONDON — A new law that gives immunity from prosecution for most offenses committed during Northern Ireland’s decades of sectarian violence is not compliant with human rights, a judge in Belfast ...

The United Kingdom’s House of Lords concluded parliamentary approval of the controversial Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill on Sept. 13. The “legacy bill” proposes to ...

Ronald Appleton, who has died aged 97, was Senior Crown Prosecutor of Northern Ireland for 22 years until 1999, a period which coincided with some of the worst atrocities of the Troubles. Arguably the ...

A former British soldier will be prosecuted for the killing of a man in Belfast during sectarian violence known as the "Troubles" half a century ago, Northern Irish prosecutors said Thursday. The ...

A former judge heading up a controversial Troubles legacy body which is opposed by nearly everybody except the British government said this week he hopes the Irish government will cooperate with him.

A UK High Court judge ruled Friday that three individuals wounded during the Troubles, the 1968-1998 conflict between Northern Ireland Protestant unionists and Catholic Republicans, can proceed in ...