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  Introduction Ireland is an island on the western fringe of Europe between latitude 51 1/2 and 55 1/2 degrees north, and longitude 5 1/2 to 10 1/2 degrees west. Its greatest length, from Malin Head in the north to Mizen Head in the south, is 486 km and its greatest width from east to west is approximately 275

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There is a deep sense of foreboding about the future of Northern Ireland as the new economic envoy from the U.S., Declan Kelly, ends his first round of meetings with the leaders of the government there. Overnight violence in Lurgan where three men were jailed Thursday for dissident IRA activities was just the latest in a series of violent incidents that have undermined the work of the peace process.

Ireland’s Liam Neeson and James Nesbitt star in “Five Minutes of Heaven,” the powerful new film that grapples with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The film’s German director Oliver Hirschbiegel talks about winning the Best Director Award at Sundance Film Festival, and how he coaxed the two Irish actors into giving potent performances.

Beneath his charming exterior, Ireland's so-called 'most-romantic man' has a few skeltons in his closet. And God only knows what they're doing!

The number of Catholics in the Police Service of Northern Ireland is at an all-time high

Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness was in New York March 16 to announce a $30 million investment by the New York state pension system in a private equity fund for

Youths in hoodies, with covered faces, hurling rocks at the security forces. Gaza? No - we're back in Northern Ireland.

The arrest of Colin Duffy in Lurgan on suspicion of involvement in the shooting deaths of two British soldiers ups the ante on the dissident IRA

AT 28 years old, one of John Finucane's first tasks as a newly appointed solicitor is to help prepare the legal case for the families of six unarmed men shot dead by the security forces in a controversy which became known as Shoot-to-Kill.It is 25 years since IRA men Gervaise McKerr, Eugene Toman and Sean Burns were shot dead by the RUC as they drove in a car towards Lurgan in Co. Armagh.

Shocking details have emerged proving that RUC Special Branch secretly watched as a notorious Loyalist bomb maker met with key members of a Loyalist terror group weeks before they murdered solicitor Rosemary Nelson.

No one has ever been convicted of killing the mother-of-three when a Loyalist bomb exploded underneath her car as she left her home in Lurgan, County Armagh on March 15, 1999. The Loyalist LVF group later claimed responsibility for the solicitor's murder.