Doug Beattie: Military Cross holder quits as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
Doug Beattie was awarded the Military Cross for his actions in fierce fighting over several days in Afghanistan in September 2006.
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Northern Ireland Troubles victims hail Govt decision to start process to repeal Legacy Act
King Charles announced at the State Opening of Parliament that measures are to be brought forward to begin the process of repealing the Act.
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Northern Ireland Former British soldier to be prosecuted for 1972 murder of man in Belfast
Soldier F and three other veterans also facing attempted murder counts relating to incidents in the same year.
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Northern Ireland Former paratrooper Soldier F to go on trial for two murders on Bloody Sunday
Thirteen people were killed on the day, while another man who was shot by the paratroopers died four months later
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Northern Ireland Bloody Sunday Parachute Regiment commander dies
Lt Col Derek Wilford, the officer directly in charge of the paratroopers, always maintained that his soldiers had been fired on first
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Technology MOD always alert to needed capabilities, minister says
Baroness Goldie said the Northern Irish industry is able to offer the service we need for our three fleet support ships.
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Northern Ireland Penny Mordaunt praises 'amazing' Belfast visit as work begins on shipbuilding contract
Belfast-based Harland & Wolff is set to build three 40,000-tonne vessels which will supply the Royal Navy fleet and its Nato allies at sea
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Northern Ireland Historic Royal Irish Regiment Laying up of Colours parade in Ballymena
The event also marked the Royal Irish Regiment's significant links to the town in Northern Ireland
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News Military hearsay statements can be used against Soldier F in Bloody Sunday deaths case, judge rules
Statements from five soldiers can be permitted as evidence in the case of a veteran known as Soldier F who is accused of two murders on ...
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Remembrance Survivors visit memorial 35 years on from IRA bus bombing that left eight young soldiers dead
The off-duty soldiers were killed in 1988 by the IRA in the Ballygawley bus bomb.
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Northern Ireland Family of British soldier killed by IRA 50 years ago 'miss him every day'
A 50th-anniversary service for two British soldiers killed in the Troubles is to be held in Co Tyrone today.
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Northern Ireland Prosecutors continue to consider British Army's IRA mole Stakeknife files for other suspects
Stakeknife worked within the IRA's notorious 'nutting squad' interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles.
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Northern Ireland Belfast man alleged to have been British Army's IRA mole Stakeknife dies
Stakeknife worked within the IRA's notorious 'nutting squad' interrogating suspected informers during the Troubles.
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USA Biden to hold bilateral talks with Sunak ahead of Ulster University speech
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak greeted the US president after Air Force One landed at RAF Aldergrove on Tuesday.
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USA US President Joe Biden to visit Ireland to mark 25th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will meet Mr Biden when Air Force One touches down in Northern Ireland.
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Northern Ireland Sunak hails bravery of Good Friday Agreement leaders on 25th anniversary of peace deal
On the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, the Prime Minister celebrated the "difficult decisions" taken to end the Troubles.