Word: protestantism
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Bomb scares: two words that Northern Ireland had long consigned to the linguistic trashcan. But this week, bouts of public violence - both real and threatened - made a foreboding return to news bulletins and everyday conversations in the province. On April 1, two men were shot in the legs in so...
Spring and early summer has always been a fraught time in Northern Ireland. Republicans hold events to commemorate the anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916 - an anti-British rebellion in Dublin that was violently suppressed by British troops - while the Orange Order holds marches across the province to mark...
The violence was greeted with revulsion in both the Catholic and Protestant communities and was condemned by all of Northern Ireland's major political parties, both unionist and nationalist.
For now, authorities are expecting further attacks by dissidents. Could such a campaign of violence destabilize the peace? "The [dissidents] have the advantage of a reasonably proximate objective, which is that they will create tensions that will eventually bring the [Northern Ireland] Assembly down. I do not think they will...
Northern Ireland's police force was a primary target for the Provisional IRA during the Troubles. Overwhelmingly Protestant in its membership, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was detested by many Catholics, with the staunchest republican neighborhoods effectively becoming no-go areas for RUC officers. Over 300 policemen and women were...