The Troubles

A woman with shoulder length brown hair, wearing glasses and a top with a flowery pattern on it.

Woman should be given Troubles victims payment, says court

Jeanitta Larkin was just 10 years old when her father Peter McCabe was shot by the IRA at the family home in Newry in 1990.

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A black and white photo of Seamus Maguire - a man with short, curly hair. He is looking straight into the camera. He is wearing an open white shirt and dark jacket.

Search begins for Disappeared victim Seamus Maguire

Seamus Maguire is believed to have been murdered and secretly buried when he was 29 years old.

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18 May 2026

Marie Anderson outside her office in Belfast. She has one hand resting over the other and has a ring on both hands. She's wearing a silver watch and peral earrings and a black and white dress. The sign in the background says new cathedral building, police ombudsman.

'Collusive behaviour' reports must include line that police ombudsman exceeded powers

Reports which found collusive behaviour by RUC officers in a series of loyalist murders must include a notice about the watchdog exceeding its legal powers.

18 May 2026

Natasha Butler holds a sign of her grandfather Paddy Butler, outside Belfast Coroner's Court. She is wearing a red blazer over a black top. Her long black hair is worn down away from her face and she has black-rimmed rectangular glasses on.

Families accuse government of 'silence' over Springhill shootings

An inquest into the shooting of five people in 1972 found the Army "overreacted to a perceived threat".

18 May 2026

15 May 2026

Declan Morgan is pictured against a grey background. He has short grey hair and is wearing silver rimmed glasses. He's dressed in a dark coloured suit, blue shirt and a blue and green tie.

Legacy body chief 'regrets shortcomings' in the commission

Sir Declan Morgan also responded to criticisms from former police ombudsman, Baroness Nuala O'Loan.

15 May 2026

Shona is smiling at the camera. She has red curly hair.

£800m NI peace funding body may be in 'final decade'

The International Fund for Ireland, which dates back to the mid-1980s, has signalled that it may no longer exist in 10 years' time.

15 May 2026

13 May 2026

A soldier at a barbed wire barrier amid devastation in Falls Road, Belfast

Payment scheme for Troubles bereaved 'needed quickly'

A judge says it causes him "great upset" that many are ineligible for support under existing processes.

13 May 2026

Two women stand side by side in front of a red brick wall. The one of the left has blonde hair, has reading glasses pushed onto her head and is wearing a mustard top. On the right the woman wears a blue cardigan over a white top which separates into a floral pattern around the neck.

'Our homes are two minutes from each other but a peace wall makes it 20 minutes'

Living on opposite sides of a so-called peaceline, they have had to overcome a psychological as well as a physical barrier.

13 May 2026

12 May 2026

Nuala O'Loan in black jacket with blonde hair and white scarf with floral pattern.

'Something fundamentally wrong' with legacy body

Former police ombudsman criticises the organisation set up to investigate Troubles-related deaths.

12 May 2026

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