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March 19, 1988: British corporals executed in Northern Ireland

On March 19, 1988 the IRA killed two British corporals in Belfast whom they mistook for Irish Loyalists.

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January 5, 1976: IRA massacre in Northern Ireland

On January 5, 1976 Irish terrorists stopped a minibus carrying Protestant and Catholic textile workers home and shot all 11 Protestants, killing 10.

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Lorcán Owens – Is a return to ‘The Troubles’ in Ireland in the cards?

Episode 89 – Phil Gurski talks with Irish analyst Lorcan Owens on the potential for future violence on the Emerald Isle.

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January 4, 1976: Murders in Northern Ireland

On this day in 1976 terrorists from the Ulster Volunteer Force killed three members each from the Reavey and O’Dowd families in Northern Ireland.

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Bloody Friday: IRA bombing in Northern Ireland kills 9 (July 21, 1972)

Six months after ‘Bloody Sunday’ the Irish terrorist group IRA carried out bomb attacks in Belfast that became known as ‘Bloody Friday’.

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March 17, 1976 | St Patrick’s Day bombing in Northern Ireland

The Hillcrest Bar bombing, also known as the Saint Patrick’s Day bombing, took place on 17 March 1976 in Dungannon. The Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a car bomb outside a pub crowded with people celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day.

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How much ‘right’ does the public have to know?

Are there occasions when less, rather than more, information is a better way to manage reactions to violence in our societies?

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We Shouldn’t Be Seeing Celebratory Scenes in Toronto Supporting the Terrorist Attacks in Israel

Supporting Palestine is one thing, supporting a terrorist group like Hamas is quite another…and unacceptable

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What ever happened to Sikh terrorism?

Sikh extremists in Canada carried out the largest act of aviation terrorism prior to 9/11 in 1985: do they still pose a threat?

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Reporting from the front lines of danger: journalism in dodgy places

Journalists reporting from zones where terrorism is rampant are an important source of information: a conversation with a BBC reporter.