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 ...

FILE - Royal Ulster Constabulary Police officers stand on Market Street, the scene of a car bombing in the centre of Omagh, Co Tyrone, 72 miles west of Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Aug. 15, 1998. (AP ...

In the late 1900s, Protestants and Catholics were in conflict over who should rule Northern Ireland, the British or the Irish. The time was dubbed "The Troubles." Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe's Say ...

The part played by George Mitchell ’54, H’83 in keeping the Northern Ireland peace process going during the mid-’90s was a masterclass in diplomatic skill and patience, said Peter McLoughlin.

The difficulty it faces is trying to make that ‘fair and transparent system’ acceptable to both sides of the conflict, when the very acceptability to one side is often a sign of intolerable bias to ...