Ernest Blythe was born in 1889 into a unionist farming family with an 80-acre farm close to Magheragall, near Lisburn.

Crusaders defeat Prince Redwan of Aleppo at Antioch. 1355: The St. Scholastica’s Day riot breaks out in Oxford, leaving ...

The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the ...

Martin McCauley appeared before Craigavon Magistrates' Court after being extradited from the Republic of Ireland.

Twenty of the 49 senators now elected to the Seanad are women, which at 40 per cent is well above the 25 per cent in the Dáil. They include the 18 women of the 43 senators elected to the five ...

‘Colombia Three’ member Martin McCauley believes “UK authorities” are plotting to send him back to South America after ... FARC guerrilla forces for the IRA. The trio were initially ...

There are two things that can be said about the Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The first thing is that it has worked out ...

However, TDs conceded that the installation of convicted Provisional IRA terrorist Conor Murphy as ... ‘To send such a senior party figure from South Armagh is damaging to her credibility.’ ...

The Donegal-born former Stormont minister reflects on her political career and the transformation of Northern Ireland society ...

was brought up in a republican household in Keady in South Armagh and his father Eddie Dynes died “while on active service for the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional IRA” when his car ...

In 1976 the IRA gunned down ten Protestants at Kingsmills in south Armagh which was also executed from the Republic of Ireland. After almost a decade of unrelenting pressure for answers ...

The IRA, BIL projects address clean energy, road and pedestrian safety and resilience needs across the state. Some funds ...