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The Troubles. The Troubles (Irish: Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist [14][15][16][17] conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. [18] Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, [19][20][21][22] it is sometimes described as an "irregular war" [23][24][25] or "low-level war ...
The Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit withdrawal agreement commits the UK and the EU to maintaining an open border in Ireland, so that (in many respects) the de facto frontier is the Irish Sea border between the two islands. This requires the continued application of the Common Travel Area as well as free trade of goods (including ...
Northern Ireland's first religiously integrated secondary school opened. 14 November The IRA killed Ulster Unionist Party MP Rev Robert Bradford, at Community Centre, Finaghy, Belfast, along with another man (Kenneth Campbell), who was the caretaker of the premises. [93] 3 October Republican hunger strike ended.
v. t. e. The Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, commonly abbreviated to the Northern Ireland Protocol, is a protocol to the Brexit withdrawal agreement that sets out Northern Ireland’s post- Brexit relationship with both the EU and Great Britain. [1] The Withdrawal Agreement, including the Protocol, came into effect on 1 January 2021. [1]
The Northern Ireland peace process includes the events leading up to the 1994 Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) ceasefire, the end of most of the violence of the Troubles, the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, and subsequent political developments. [1][2]
Irish question. The Irish question was the issue debated primarily among the British government from the early 19th century until the 1920s of how to respond to Irish nationalism and the calls for Irish independence. The phrase came to prominence as a result of the Acts of Union 1800 which merged the kingdoms of Ireland with Great Britain to ...
The Troubles in Derry. The city of Derry, Northern Ireland, was severely affected by the Troubles. The conflict is widely considered to have begun in the city, with many regarding the Battle of the Bogside (an inner suburb of the city) in 1969 as the beginning of the Troubles. The Bloody Sunday incident of 1972 occurred in Derry, in the Bogside ...
The Foreign Secretary is in Northern Ireland to meet with businesses affected by the protocol. Problems with Northern Ireland Protocol cannot be allowed to drift: Truss Skip to main content