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Hit play Agreement captivates audiences amid simmering divisions
Richard Croxford as Senator George Mitchell with the Good Friday Agreement in Lyric Theatre production of Agreement_credit Carrie Davenport. Agreement, written by Owen McCafferty and directed by Charlotte Westenra at Belfast’s Lyric Theatre
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Petrol bombs thrown at Northern Irish police on eve of Biden visit
Members of nationalist group 'Dissident Republicans' throw petrol bombs at a police car as nationalists hold an anti-agreement rally on the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, April 10, 2023. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
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Dissidents may try attacks as Northern Ireland marks peace, police say
A view of the Lanark Way interface gates on Thursday April 6, 2023 which allow traffic to move between the Republican and Loyalist areas of Belfast, Northern Ireland during limited times of the day and which has been recently painted ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. This month marks 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement largely ended bloodshed that left 3,600 people dead, some 50,000 wounded and thousands bereaved. (Liam McBurney/PA via AP)
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Northern Ireland sees growing angst about sectarian strife and Brexit
tiff
Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans wins People’s Choice prize at TIFF
TORONTO, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 11: (L-R) TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, Steven Spielberg, Gabriel LaBelle, Judd Hirsch, and Tony Kushner speak onstage at "The Fabelmans" Press Conference during the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox on September 11, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)
film
Oscar nominations 2022: Power of the Dog tops nominations with 12, Dune nabs 10
This image released by Netflix shows Jesse Plemons, left, and Kirsten Dunst in a scene from "The Power of the Dog." (Kirsty Griffin/Netflix via AP)
film
Science fiction epic Dune leads BAFTA nominations with 11 nods
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows filmmaker Denis Villeneuve, left, and actor Javier Bardem on the set of "Dune." (Chia Bella James/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
film review
Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast is a warm and fuzzy nostalgia trip made for Oscar glory
Jude Hill stars as "Buddy" in director Kenneth Branagh's BELFAST, a Focus Features release. Credit : Rob Youngson / Focus Features
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TIFF 2021: Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast claims People’s Choice Award
Director Kenneth Branagh walks the red carpet as he promotes the film "Belfast" during the Toronto International Film Festival, in Toronto, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
opinion
Afghans now join the litany of people failed by the West
David Mack
world
PM Boris Johnson apologizes ‘unreservedly’ on behalf of British government for 1971 Belfast killings
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson updating MPs on the Covid-19 pandemic in a socially distanced, hybrid session at the House of Commons, in central London on May 12, 2021. - An independent public inquiry into the British government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic will be held early next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. The country had "found itself in the teeth of the gravest pandemic for a century" and the state has "an obligation to examine its actions as rigorously and as candidly as possible and to learn every lesson for the future", he told lawmakers. (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament" (Photo by JESSICA TAYLOR/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
Debenhams closing last store on May 15 as British retailer says goodbye after 242 years
People walk past the Debenhams store, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions begin to ease, in Manchester, Britain, April 9, 2021. REUTERS/Molly Darlington
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Growing Brexit rage threatens hard-won but fragile peace between Northern Ireland’s two sectarian solitudes
FILE - In this Wednesday, April 7, 2021 file photo, Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The chaotic scenes during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland have stirred memories of decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, known as “The Troubles.” A 1998 peace deal ended large-scale violence but did not resolve Northern Ireland’s deep-rooted tensions. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)
opinion
Need a shockingly dark drama? Cyprus Avenue, from Theatre to TV, is it
John Doyle
european business
Airbus CEO says it’s too early to discuss buying Bombardier’s Belfast plant
President of Airbus Commercial Aircraft Guillaume Faury attends the Airbus annual general meeting in Amsterdam, Netherlands on April 10, 2019.