The Bloody Sunday Massacre in January 30th‚1972 Derry‚ Ireland was the turning point in the Northern Ireland conflict. It marked the point where IRA gained the support of the catholic community allowing them to continue their fight against the british. The Irish saw the attack as an unjust massacre against their people and incited fear and hatred in the Irish people. This anger and fear turned the conflict from mostly peaceful to violent ending all peaceful negotiations. The Bloody Sunday Massacre
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When given the task of discussing the sources of law in modern Ireland‚ two sub-categories always spring to mind. Firstly‚ the persuasive sources of law which do not always have to be followed. Contrasting with these are the binding sources of law‚ which are always enforceable. I will focus on and discuss the latter throughout this paper. I will compare and contrast the binding sources of law in the following categories; Common law‚ European law‚ Constitutional law‚ Legislation‚ Jurisprudence‚ Custom
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Ireland has always been a mysterious land‚ and it was no different for the Vikings who attempted to conquer this puzzling land of Ireland. The politically fractured island appeared to be an easy target‚ but its apparent weakness turned out to be its greatest strength. The Viking era in Ireland is commonly divided into two periods. The first period beginning in 795 Ad and ending by the mid ninth century‚ the second period ranged from around 914 Ad and ending in the middle of the tenth century.
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While there were a number of reasons for members of clubs affiliated to the GAA in Dublin‚ there were also many reasons for members not to become involved. One of the most obvious reasons for not becoming involved in this insurrection was that‚ in 1913 at the time of the Volunteers split‚ many had joined the National Volunteers and the British war effort in Europe rather than remain with the Irish Volunteers and be part of the armed insurrection. William Nolan also notes that while Dublin city and
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the people of Ireland? The Proclamation of Poblacht Na hEireann was read by Patrick Pearse outside the GPO during the 1916 rising. The document itself was issued by the Irish Volunteers and The Irish Citizen Army. The Irish Republican brotherhood calling itself “The Provisional Government” proclaimed Ireland’s independence from Britain. The proclamation was read out to the Irish people‚ it begins by addressing The “Irishmen and Irishwomen”. The proclamation acknowledges Ireland as a country
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Since the early decades of the state‚ it was said that Ireland had a ‘two and a half party’ party system. There are two main political parties in Ireland - Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and the minor party Labour which is a potential coalition party. The two historically largest political parties Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael arose from a split that occurred in Irish politics at the time of the 1922–1923 Civil War‚ at the time of the foundation of the state. Both descended from factions of the original Sinn
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How and why our world faces the possibility of a decade or more of conflict‚ climatic changes and famine on a global scale. Three of the most important global issues today are; global security‚ climate change and the food crisis. The following section ties globalisation to a convergence of factors in China‚ India and other countries around the world which have compounded these crises. Such factors include the increasing scarcity of resources‚ unequal distribution of food and water‚ unresolved international
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Before the fight for independence‚ Ireland had been a part of England for nearly half a millennium. However‚ for more than 400 of those years the Irish were discriminated against for their religion and culture. In fact‚ in the Statutes of Kilkenny‚ English colonists were prohibited from becoming “too Irish.” The Irish were viewed as uncivilized and were forced into serfdom with the arrival of English colonists. Catholics also faced extreme discrimination and lacked the most basic rights. This caused
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Republic of Ireland? Ireland’s decision to join the European Union has had quite an impact on the county. Firstly it provided the Republic with a stage on which to assert its independence from Britain‚ which it relied upon (almost to fault) too heavily for trade. Having said this‚ many believe that it put the final nail in the coffin of the Ireland in which De Valera had envisaged‚ that being the God-fearing rural people who eschewed the excess of materialism. This is because it made Ireland much more
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The Troubles in Northern Ireland: Why Did it All Happen? The Troubles refer to the thirty-year time span between the civil rights march in Londonderry on the 5th of October 1968 and the Good Friday Agreement of the 10th of April 1998. These thirty years were the most violent in the history of Ireland causing over 3‚700 dead and many more injured. One even described the period as‚ “…the transition‚ chaotic and rapid‚ from a civil rights movement (1966-68) to a bloody inter-communal strife (1969)
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