Martin McGuinness

Martin McGuinness

• 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 ... 

• 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 ... 

• 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 ... 

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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 ... 

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  Revelers from NYC to Dublin mark St. Patrick's Day

  Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed during New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish ... 

• Obama to attend St. Patrick's Day lunch at Capitol

  The White House says Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny will visit the White House next Tuesday. President Barack Obama and Kenny will meet in the Oval ... 

• Sinn Fein defeats IRA victim's son in Ulster vote

  A veteran of the Irish nationalist Sinn Fein party has won a special election to fill a Northern Ireland seat in the British Parliament, defeating a ... 

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  Londonderry cops stop IRA mortars in van, arrest 3

  Northern Ireland police stopped an Irish Republican Army splinter group from firing mortar shells at a police station in an attack that could have ... 

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  Vatican OKs next Catholic leader for Ireland

  The Roman Catholic Church's much-criticized leader in Ireland announced Friday that the Vatican has approved his successor, a reform-minded priest who ... 

• Letter bomb sent to Northern Ireland policeman

  Postal workers intercepted a letter bomb addressed to a high-ranking Northern Ireland policeman Friday in a thwarted attack blamed on Irish Republican ... 

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  Clinton: Northern Ireland peace requires vigilance

  Extremists still scheming to spoil Northern Ireland's fragile peace can be beaten through a commitment to political sacrifice, compromise and ...