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Northern Ireland's Troubles may have officially ended, but it's a strange kind of peace. On Feb. 4, Catholic and Protestant parties in the province finally reached an agreement on policing, one of the most divisive issues between the two sides. Relations, though, remain frosty, and sectarian violence has...
The move marks an important milestone in the peace process. Although many aspects of daily life in Northern Ireland - sports, housing, education - are divided along Catholic-Protestant lines, few issues are as contentious as policing. For decades, the Catholic minority has viewed the predominantly Protestant police force with deep mistrust...
Since 2001, though, Sinn Fein has officially backed the reformed Police Service of Northern Ireland; party members now occupy seats on the watchdog body that oversees the force. In return for this support, republicans felt, there was an implied agreement that Northern Ireland's government would take control of policing...
A three-way split of the Protestant vote among the DUP, the TUV and the moderate Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) could throw power sharing into complete disarray and allow Sinn Fein to emerge as Northern Ireland's largest party. That would mean a Sinn Fein politician, most likely Martin McGuinness...
It would help if the mainstream parties were working together more closely. During recent talks on policing, Protestant and Catholic parties stayed in separate rooms, with messengers shuttling between the rival camps. Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams recently wrote on his blog that some unionist politicians refuse to share an...