The Troubles did not break out on a specific date, but it is generally agreed that they began in 1969. The seeds of the ...

The most important single stop is its capital, Belfast ... along Shankill Road (mostly Protestants who feel they’re primarily British) and the Nationalists along Falls Road (mostly Catholic ...

At the height of the Troubles in 1972 ... were served tea and toast when they arrived in the Catholic Falls Road area of west Belfast. But that soon changed. Within a few years, many Protestants ...

In August 1969, Patrick Rooney, a nine-year-old boy, was struck by a tracer-bullet fired by the RUC as he lay in bed in the Divis Flats in the Falls Road district of Belfast. He was the first child to ...

The High Court in Belfast is hearing a legal challenge against a controversial new act of parliament that will stop future prosecutions regarding crimes committed during the Troubles. When the ...

The Troubles might have ended over 26 years ... if you'd have told me the writer lived on the Falls Road in West Belfast, I would have believed you, because he got the minutia of the human psyche ...

Within a few days, the trouble had spread to Belfast, particularly along the Shankill and Falls interface ... "As we were walking down the road, my mummy turned to our next door neighbour and ...

Photo: The aftermath of a bomb blast in Belfast, Northern Ireland (Getty Images) How everyday life has changed in Northern Ireland since the Troubles ended. The BBC's Ireland correspondent Mark ...

Belfast City Council has held a "day of reflection" to acknowledge the "hurt and pain" caused by the Troubles. More than 3,500 people died and thousands more were injured during 30 years of ...