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☆ ‘Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland’ Review: The Troubles’ Survivors Speak
  + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Young rioters in Belfast in support of the Irish Republican hunger striker Bobby Sands in 1981 Photo: Peter Marlow / Magnum PhotosThe “Troubles” that beset Northern Ireland for three decades have hardly been neglected by TV and movies over the years, so encountering the five-part “Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland” on PBS might raise a question about timing. This year does mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which was signed in 1998, but the peace has never been easy, not enough to risk old wounds being reopened. But the answer to “Why right now?” becomes obvious fairly early in the series, “right now” being the only time this particular study could have been done.
Persons: Bobby Sands, Peter Marlow Organizations: Republican, Northern Ireland ”, PBS Locations: Belfast, Northern Ireland
☆ The long road to Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement
  + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File PhotoApril 3 (Reuters) - On April 10, Northern Ireland marks the 25th anniversary since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended three decades of conflict in the British-ruled province. The new Northern Ireland parliament, at Stormont outside Belfast, is dominated by pro-British Protestant "unionists", who will control it for the next 50 years. Nov. 30, 1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Northern Ireland. May 30, 1996 - Elections held for a Northern Ireland forum ahead of all-party talks. April 10, 1998 - After negotiations continue through the night, the Good Friday Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement, is signed.
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