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Bernie Sanders slammed Margaret Thatcher on IRA hunger strikers

“We are deeply disturbed by your government’s unwillingness to stop the abuse," Sanders wrote.

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Politics

Northern Ireland does not support a United Ireland, according to new poll

A new poll found that less than a third of people surveyed in Northern Ireland would back a United Ireland if it a vote were to be held the next day.

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"Crude explosive device" found outside Pat Finucane's brother's home in West Belfast

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating reports that an explosive device was found outside the house of Martin Finucane, the brother of murdered nationalist solicitor Pat Finucane. The bomb was allegedly thrown at the house but did not explode.

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There’s a Trevelyan in charge of British Famine aid again

British Minister for International Development is named Anne-Marie Trevelyan, handling the British response to Famine and international hunger issues.

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On this day: Irish Famine writer William Carleton is born

William Carleton, the man famed for his depictions of life in Ireland during The Great Hunger, was born on this day, February 20, 1794.

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Politics

New IRA group plan bomb attacks on Sinn Féin members

Northern Irish police have warned Sinn Féin members that dissident Republican groups are planning bomb under-car attacks on Sinn Féin members.

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Craic

Calf born with perfect heart-shaped patch on Valentine's Day in Northern Ireland

James McAuley welcomed "Be My Valentine," a newborn Jersey calf with a heart patch on its forehead, to his Co Antrim farm on Valentine's Day.

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Bertie Ahern says a United Ireland is 'possible' this decade

Former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) says that a United Ireland is possible in the next ten years and that a border poll is inevitable in this decade. Ahern also said that the vote would fail if it happened today.

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Bridge between Ireland and UK too dangerous due to bombs

Experts have said that a proposed bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland would be too dangerous to build because of a munitions dump in the Irish Sea that holds over one million tonnes of dumped arms.

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Northern Ireland's new Secretary comments on Irish border post-Brexit

Brandon Lewis, the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, said unequivocally that there would be no border down the Irish Sea in the aftermath of Brexit.

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AOH distances itself from Staten Island St. Patrick's Day parade

The Irishmen in George Washington's army remembered on the Founding Father's birthday

Irish Traveller Tyson Fury is new world boxing champion

Dublin’s Glasnevin Cemetery held its first burial on this day in 1832

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Skelliking Day: Ireland's ancient form of Mardi Gras before Lent

Heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury's Irish roots

Get ready for St. Patrick's Day with this traditional colcannon recipe

One third of Irish people believe Leprechauns exist

The Irishmen in George Washington's army remembered on the Founding Father's birthday

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IrishCentral’s Irish dance school of the month: Isle of Erin Irish Dance

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Shepherd's Pie recipe for the quintessential St. Patrick's Day meal

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St. Patrick’s Day pilgrimage in Connemara - the trip of a lifetime

WATCH: Vintage footage shows how Ireland ushered in springtime in the 1950s

The intersection of Saint Patrick and paganism in Ireland

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IrishCentral's tourist attraction of the week: St. Michan's crypts, Dublin

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