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Ireland’s Wars: 1995 And The Precarious Ceasefires

Posted on Feb 6, 2024 by NFB

1995 was a year of contrasts in Northern Ireland. On the one hand, the promise of the Downing Street Declaration and the resulting ceasefires was being met in part, with additional developments in the peace process that pointed the way … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Billy Wright And The UVF In The Mid-1990s

Posted on Jan 30, 2024 by NFB

A few entries ago, I introduced this series to Billy Wright, one of the key individual figures in the Ulster Volunteer Force and in the larger unionist community in the early 1990s. In that entry we covered Wright’s early life, … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Towards Ceasefires In 1994

Posted on Jan 23, 2024 by NFB

The end of 1993 had brought hope, the first real glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel in Northern Ireland for some time. The Downing Street Declaration offered what certainly seemed to be a pathway to piece, if … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Retaliation, The Baltic Exchange And Continuing Talks

Posted on Dec 26, 2023 by NFB

After our brief look at the ongoing experiences of the Irish Defence Forces on the international stage, we now turn back to the Troubles. The early years of the 1990s showed no slowing down of the violence: quite the contrary … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Billy Wright And The UVF In The Early 1990s

Posted on Dec 12, 2023 by NFB

As I have noted before, the scope and nature of this series inevitably means that I spend the majority of my time that is dedicated to discussing paramilitary activity in the North during the Troubles on the Provisional Irish Republican … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Downing Street, Continuing Violence And The First CLMC Truce

Posted on Dec 5, 2023 by NFB

1991 would proceed much as 1990 had, with the majority of major actions and events involving the Provisional Irish Republican Army as either perpetrator or target. The usual array of shootings, bombings and other attacks would be the order of … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Ambushes, Bombings And State Collusion In 1989

Posted on Nov 14, 2023 by NFB

1989 was to be a pivotal year in the history of the Troubles. On the face of it, there was nothing especially remarkable about the violent incidents that occurred in those 12 months: they involved assassinations, bombings and ambushes, the … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Loughall Ambush And The Remembrance Day Bombing

Posted on Oct 17, 2023 by NFB

The Anglo-Irish Agreement was something of a new dawn in Northern Ireland, insofar as its wording and process of evolution indicated a renewed approach to the Troubles issue from the governments in London and Dublin. The failure of unionist elements … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: The Brighton Bombing And The Anglo-Irish Agreement

Posted on Sep 26, 2023 by NFB

For many entries now, it would be fair to say that we have been discussing a situation in Northern Ireland that seemed depressingly static: a never-ending paramilitary war of a sectarian bent; ill-fitting responses from the state that only made … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Wars: Arms Importation In The 1980s

Posted on Sep 12, 2023 by NFB

The story of militant Irish republicanism and militant loyalist unionism is indelibly linked with the importation of arms from outside of Ireland. Access to guns and other weapons was naturally limited within the confines of the island, though of course … Continue reading →

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