IN A DRAMATIC unexpected move, the seven Republican hunger ... the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Mr Atkins- yesterday reached a firm decision to make no new moves to end the hunger-strike.

This episode seriously inflamed the sectarian 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland. Clive Ferguson reports on the end of the second hunger strike in the Maze prison. BBC reporter Clive Ferguson ...

Seeking political prisoner status, IRA prisoners in Portlaoise Prison embarked on riots and then hunger strikes which were ...

Joseph Connolly, the Consul General of Ireland in the US, believed that prior to her hunger strike the political activities of the Irish Americans were ‘dying quickly’, but with the MacSwiney ...

The US Bureau of Counterterrorism's Country Reports on Terrorism 2023, published in December, highlights the November 2023 riots in Dublin ... terrorism in Northern Ireland. The UK section notes ...

The Prime Minister is to discuss the recent riots with the head of Northern Ireland’s police service during a visit to the region on Monday. At least 20 police officers were injured in a spate ...

Dublin, 21 April 1920 - 66 hunger-striking Sinn Féiners ... streets singing the ‘Soldier’s Song’. The Irish Independent described the strike as the ‘united and solemn protests against ...

Strike action will affect Ulsterbus, Metro and Glider services from 00:01 on Friday 1 December. Northern Ireland's bus and rail services could be brought to a standstill for a day due to a 24-hour ...

In more than a week of violence in Northern Ireland, rioters set buses on fire and dozens of police officers were injured. Although the U.K. completed its withdrawal from the EU last year ...

A strike by government vets in Northern Ireland next week is set to disrupt the operation of the Irish Sea border. Union members in the Veterinary Service Animal Health Group (VSAHG) will begin ...