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embarrassing moments

Urgent UK probe launched after football fan finds confidential military papers lying on street

28 Mar

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grand central station

Parachute Regiment book left in staff canteen of Belfast station ahead of Bloody Sunday anniversary

30 Jan

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Bloody Sunday: 'Soldier F' pleads not guilty to all charges as he's sent for trial over two murders

6 Dec 2024

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Bloody Sunday Trust says 'there will be no grieving' for former British Army head Mike Jackson

Updated 16 Oct 2024

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Northern Ireland

Mandatory military service for young people in NI would be 'bonkers', and figures 'don't add up'

27 May 2024

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horsing around

Two British army horses undergo operations after running loose through central London

25 Apr 2024

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Operation Kenova

Stakeknife: 'More lives lost than saved' due to British Army's IRA spy, report finds

The Operation Kenova interim findings are expected to call for apologies from the UK Government and the IRA.

Updated 8 Mar 2024

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Operation Kenova

Prosecutions ruled out against 16 people investigated as part of Stakeknife probe

6 Dec 2023

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Freddie Scappaticci, alleged to have been IRA 'Stakeknife' informer, has died

Updated 11 Apr 2023

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Troubles

Family of man tortured by British military into murder confession awarded £350,000

24 Mar 2023

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Remembrance Day

Taoiseach wears 'shamrock poppy' at British-Irish summit, says it's right to honour those who died

11 Nov 2022

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Northern Ireland

Controversial Troubles Bill may not be human rights compliant, warns European commissioner

31 Aug 2022

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Inquiry

British soldier died after being mistaken for firing target by short-sighted colleague

28 Aug 2022

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Dennis Hutchings

Family of Troubles victim call for removal of memorial to British soldier who died while facing trial

25 Aug 2022

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Military funeral granted for Dennis Hutchings, who died while on trial over Troubles shooting

3 Nov 2021

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Belfast

Troubles: No lawful basis for vulnerable man to be shot, trial of ex-British Army soldier told

Updated 4 Oct 2021

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British military tanker drivers take to roads of the UK to ease fuel crisis

4 Oct 2021

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Ballymurphy Massacre

'My father was shot in the back and murdered': Jubilant scenes as Ballymurphy families celebrate inquest verdict

Updated 11 May 2021

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Veterans commemorate 50th anniversary of British Army deployment in Northern Ireland

17 Aug 2019

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Bloody Sunday

One former British soldier to be charged with two killings on Bloody Sunday in 1972

Updated 14 Mar 2019

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Torture

European Court of Human Rights rejects request to review its 'Hooded men' ruling

11 Sep 2018

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Michael Maguire

British officer guilty of manslaughter of Irish soldier during training exercise

4 Jul 2018

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Ballincollig

'Like climbing Everest': How a century's worth of stories from this Cork community made it online

2 Sep 2017

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row paddy row

This amputee army veteran from Achill Island is going to row across the Atlantic

3 Jan 2017

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The Troubles

Two ex-British soldiers to face murder charge for shooting dead of IRA man

16 Dec 2016

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History

Transgender soldier becomes first woman to serve on frontlines of British Army

17 Sep 2016

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Controversial

Club proposes to kick British Army side out of championship

9 Jan 2016

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A monument to Irish men who died fighting for the British has been vandalised

21 Dec 2015

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Derry

Former British soldier released on bail after arrest over Bloody Sunday murders

12 Nov 2015

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thanks mate

Red Devil catches team-mate after parachute fails to open

20 Jun 2015

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This is why you should ALWAYS keep an eye out for approaching tanks

2 Jun 2015

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Antrim

Elderly man arrested over 1974 murder of 27-year-old with mental age of 6 year old

21 Apr 2015

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revisionism

Who won the war in Northern Ireland? The British, so says a new BBC documentary

29 Sep 2014

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War games

About 500 British troops are to train on this Derry mountain and nationalists aren't happy

23 Sep 2014

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world war I

Today marks 100 years since the Battle of Mons - this video shows Ireland's involvement

23 Aug 2014

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Dublin remembers victims of Ballymurphy Massacre 43 years on

9 Aug 2014

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British women could soon be allowed fight on the front lines

8 May 2014

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The Troubles

Ballymurphy parachute regiment killings: NI Secretary says 'no' to Hillsborough-style probe

29 Apr 2014

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Clive Barracks

British soldier suspected of murdering Antrim man Corporal Geoffrey McNeill

10 Mar 2014

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Scotland Yard

The 'IRA' claims responsibility for devices sent to British Army recruitment centres

17 Feb 2014

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