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50 Years Ago – 19 May 1972

May 23, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, Edward Heath, IRA, Unemployment

19 May 1972 There was a bomb threat to the QE2 ocean liner after a £130,000 ransom demand was received,

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50 Years Ago – 16 January 1972

January 16, 2022 admin Dingle Foot, Dom Mintoff, Ian Smith, IRA, Northern Ireland, Peter Carrington, Rhodesia

16 January 1972 Dom Mintoff (above photo), the Prime Minister of Malta, backed away from his previous demands that the

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50 Years Ago – 9 January 1972

January 9, 2022 admin Derek Ezra, IRA, Northern Ireland, Trade Unions

9 January 1972 26 people were hurt when the Queen’s Own Highlanders entered a house in Belfast which was booby

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50 Years Ago Foreign Affairs Northern Ireland Trade Unions 

50 Years Ago – 3 January 1972

January 3, 2022 admin 50 Years Ago, IRA, Joe Gormley, Lawrence Daly, Malta, Northern Ireland

3 January 1972 Last-minute negotiations to prevent a miner’s strike continued, with discussions held between Derek Ezra, the Chairman of

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50 Years Ago – 1 January 1972

January 1, 2022January 1, 2022 admin Belfast, Brian Faulkner, Dom Mintoff, IRA, Malta, Northern Ireland

1 January 1972 Brian Faulkner, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, criticised the BBC for a controversial political programme which

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40 Year Old Father Dies following IRA Bombing in 1996

December 26, 2015December 26, 2015 admin IRA, Stuart Packard

Stuart Packard, a 40-year old father of two who was living in Essex, has died from cancer which is thought

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John McDonnell apologises for saying that the IRA should be “honoured” for their bombs

September 18, 2015 admin IRA, Ireland, John McDonnell, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Peace Process

John McDonnell has apologised on BBC’s Question Time for comments he made regarding the IRA and the peace process. McDonnell

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The Ulster Unionist Party withdraw from the Northern Ireland Executive

August 26, 2015 admin Gerry Adams, IRA, Kevin McGuigan, Mike Nesbit, Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers, Ulster Unionist Party

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) have confirmed that they will be withdrawing from the Northern Ireland Executive. The decision comes

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