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Sep 14, 2023 · Mr Sheridan, who is currently chief executive of peace-building charity Co-operation Ireland, served 32 years in both in the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and its successor the Police...
Jun 2, 2022 · A complicated history, the RUC has been the source of praise, anger, support and condemnation in Northern Ireland and its role continues to have an impact on political discourse today.
- Damien Edgar
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Apr 17, 2023 · Published 2:10 AM PDT, April 17, 2023. BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — It has been 25 years since the striking of the Good Friday Agreement, the landmark peace accord that ended three decades of violence in Northern Ireland, a period known as “the Troubles.”.
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Jun 16, 2020 · The RUC had been formed after the Easter Rebellion of 1916 that partitioned the Emerald Isle into the Catholic-majority Republic of Ireland and Protestant-majority Northern Ireland, still subject ...
Jun 16, 2022 · The children of two policemen killed in County Armagh 25 years ago plead for help to find killers.
The Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC) [n 1] was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) [2] following the partition of Ireland.
Feb 20, 2023 · It is almost 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, the peace deal that brought an end to the Troubles - in the coming weeks, BBC News NI across our news website, TV and...
