Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

• Irishman charged with 1982 IRA Hyde Park bombing

  British prosecutors have charged a 61-year-old Irishman with the 1982 IRA attack on the queen's cavalry in Hyde Park, a nail-bombing at a top London ... 

• Northern Ireland reserves jail space for G-8 riots

  Northern Ireland security chiefs say arrested troublemakers at the G-8 summit next month may be housed in a prison wing and in an abandoned British ... 

• Northern Ireland hopes to tear down 'peace lines'

  Northern Ireland hopes to tear down the so-called "peace lines" of Belfast — dozens of walls of brick, steel and barbed wire that divide Irish ... 

• Philippine police: ex-Marine, murder weapon linked

  More than 20 months after the bodies of a retired Northern Ireland police officer and his girlfriend were found in a Philippines bedroom littered with ... 

• Man acquitted of Real IRA murder of 2 UK soldiers

  A man suspected of involvement in the Real IRA faction's killing of two British soldiers in Northern Ireland in 2009 has been acquitted of murder ... 

• Sinn Fein chief testifies vs. brother in rape case

  The leader of the Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein testified Monday in a Belfast court against his own brother, who faces criminal charges of raping ... 

• 2 arrested in Northern Ireland, IRA weapons seized

  Northern Ireland police say they have arrested two men after they were caught moving suspected Irish Republican Army guns, ammunition and a pipe bomb ... 

• FIFA sets August date for NIreland vs Russia

  FIFA says Russia will play Northern Ireland in a twice-postponed World Cup qualifier on Aug. 14 in Belfast. Russia had been scheduled to host ... 

• N. Ireland police to deploy drones during G-8

  A Northern Ireland police commander says 8,000 officers and three surveillance drones will protect visiting dignitaries and monitor protests during ... 

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  Thatcher, even in death, divides world opinion

  Combative and determined to get her way, Margaret Thatcher divided opinion down the middle in life — and in death. Many leaders lauded Thatcher for ... 

• Police: Explosion in NIreland, no injuries

  Officials in Northern Ireland say a small bomb has exploded in the town of Lurgan. There are no reports of injuries. The Police Service of Northern ... 

• Portugal beats Azerbaijan 2-0 in WCup qualifier

  Portugal failed to shine but claimed its first win in six games by beating 10-man Azerbaijan 2-0 in a World Cup qualifying game Tuesday thanks to ... 

• Car bomb defused near Northern Ireland border

  British Army experts defused a car bomb Saturday that had been abandoned on a rural roadside in Northern Ireland, a threat that is raising concerns ... 

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  NIreland-Russia qualifier postponed for 2nd time

  A second attempt to play Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier against Russia has been aborted due to bad weather in Belfast. Heavy snow initially ... 

• Northern Ireland man jailed for making IRA guns

  A Northern Ireland man has been jailed after admitting he ran a gun-making factory for the Real IRA splinter group. Bryan McManus received a 3 ½-year ... 

• Belfast judge finds 2 men liable for Omagh bombing

  A Belfast judge has ruled that two reputed leaders of the Real IRA splinter group are liable for damages to victims of the 1998 Omagh car bombing. 

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  Kenny tells US Congress of N. Ireland worries

  Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny urged U.S. Congress members Tuesday to keep up the pressure for reconciliation between the republic and Northern ... 

• 2 Belfast schools shut over suspected IRA mortar

  Northern Ireland police discovered a suspected mortar Friday that was aimed at one of Belfast's biggest police bases in an apparent escalation of ...