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Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein's Michelle O'Neill, center, poses for a family photo with her party's newly elected members of the legislative assembly outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland

UK official presses N Ireland leaders to form new government

Elections

Sinn Fein, which seeks union with Ireland, overtook the rival Democratic Unionist Party in last week’s Northern Ireland Assembly elections to become the first Irish nationalist party to top the voting in Northern Ireland’s history.

Martin McGuinness coffin

Not everyone is mourning Martin McGuinness, the IRA fighter turned peacemaker

Conflict

A 1972 IRA murder of a Belfast woman has come back to haunt Gerry Adams

Conflict & Justice

A 1972 IRA murder of a Belfast woman has come back to haunt Gerry Adams

Conflict & Justice

Almost till his death, Mandela remained on the US terrorism watch list

Global Politics

Boston College Defends Right to Keep IRA Interviews Secret

Though Republicans and Unionists share power in Northern Ireland, plenty of raw – albeit buried – political and sectarian divisions still remain. A large part of maintaining peace has been keeping the past in the past, which is why when former members of the IRA and loyalist paramilitary groups told their stories for an academic […]

Former IRA Member Martin McGuinness Makes Irish Presidential Bid

Global Politics

Martin McGuinness, former IRA member, now minister for Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland is making a bid for Ireland’s presidency. Dan Damon tells host Lisa Mullins the families of those killed by the IRA don’t appreciate his putting the past behind him.

The World

Face off: Gerry Adams on George Mitchell

Global Politics

The Takeaway talks with the leader of Sinn Fein, Gerry Adams. He joins us to give his perspective on facing Mitchell and what Mitchell faces in the current conflict in the Middle East.