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New on DVD: Kenneth Branagh revisits tumultuous childhood with 'Belfast'

A semi-autobiographical black-and-white film about a boy growing up in Belfast amid The Troubles tops the DVD releases for the week of March 1.

Tribune News Service

MI5 forced to hand over secret files on Northern Ireland operations

Revelation from Operation Kenova leader comes at US hearing at which UK’s amnesty plan is called ‘cover-up’

The Guardian - UK

The Slowworm’s Song by Andrew Miller review – failure and redemption

An alcoholic former soldier is tormented by his role in the Troubles in this beautifully written apologia for our common frailty

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‘I just cried’: film stirs memories on Belfast street Branagh left behind

As director’s movie is nominated for seven Oscars, residents of Mountcollyer Street recall when the Troubles started

The Guardian - UK

Political agreement needed to unlock economic potential of Maze site, MLAs told

The prison housed paramilitary inmates during the Troubles.

The Independent UK

Ombudsman Report should be catalyst to resist Government Troubles legacy plans

"There can be no doubt that the intention of those proposals is to ensure that reports like today are never published again"

Belfast Live

‘Government seeking to shut down future ombudsman reports on collusion’

A solicitor representing families affected by the latest Police Ombudsman probe has heavily criticised the Government’s legacy proposals.

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Evidence police in Belfast colluded with loyalists in the Troubles, report finds

Eight loyalist attacks in the 1990s were investigated, including the murders at Sean Graham bookmaker

The Guardian - UK

Kenneth Branagh and Ciarán Hinds: Belfast boys on growing up across the divide

The actors grew up in the same city on opposite sides of the Troubles. Here, they reflect on revisiting their past in Belfast, Branagh’s highly personal new film

The Guardian - UK

Letters: there is no ‘they’ in Northern Ireland

Local people should not blame others for the Troubles that beset Ulster for so long

The Guardian - UK

Strule Arts Centre to host play focusing on LGBTQ+ rights

Following on from the Co Tyrone town’s first ever Omagh Pride festival last year, ‘Callings’ tells the experiences of five gay/lesbian people growing up during the Troubles

Belfast Live

Ex-Ardoyne boxer opens up on fighting family, the Troubles and finding God

The 56-year-old's new book is a raw and unfiltered account of growing up in Troubles-torn Ardoyne, boxing, family tragedy and redemption

Belfast Live

Campaigners press Taoiseach to raise Troubles legacy issues with President Biden

Micheal Martin told the group the Irish Government has ‘consistently engaged with the US on on legacy issues and will continue to do so’.

The Independent UK

Belfast: Movie magic meets stark reality in Kenneth Branagh’s tale of a childhood during Northern Ireland’s Troubles

Kenneth Branagh's semi-autobiographical Oscars contender Belfast views The Troubles of Northern Ireland through the prism of childhood innocence and movie magic.

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The Independent UK

Taoiseach to meet cross-community group over opposition to legacy plans

The Truth and Justice Movement will travel to Dublin to meet Micheal Martin.

Irish Mirror

Bloody Sunday 50th anniversary: Taoiseach Micheal Martin calls on British Government not to proceed with Troubles killings amnesty

Mr Martin added that 'legacy issues' need to be addressed and so there cannot be an amnesty

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland marks 50 years since Bloody Sunday

Relatives of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday are marching in Northern Ireland to mark 50 years since one of the deadliest days in the conflict known as The Troubles

The Guardian - UK

‘I grew up with Branagh in Belfast: our childhoods haunt his new film’

The director’s cousin Martin Hamilton tells of family and the Troubles that went on to inspire an acclaimed memoir

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the Bloody Sunday anniversary: the legacy remains

Editorial: Even 50 years later, the killings in Derry in 1972 cast a long shadow over Britain’s policies in Northern Ireland

The Independent UK

Bloody Sunday: What happened on 30 January 1972 and what did the Saville Inquiry conclude in 2010?

Mass shooting of Catholic demonstrators in Derry by British paratroopers, perhaps the defining episode of the Troubles, remembered 50 years on

The Conversation

Bloody Sunday 50 years later: what it means when we commemorate trauma

At its heart, Bloody Sunday was a devastating personal tragedy involving the deaths of 13 men and boys, six of whom were only 17 years old. The victims were taking part in a civil rights protest march against internment. In 30 minutes, 21 soldiers from the British Army’s parachute regiment…

The Conversation

Photographing Bloody Sunday: the complex legacy of the Troubles' most iconic images

On January 30 1972, dozens of photographers arrived in Derry, Northern Ireland, to cover a protest march against internment without trial. The day’s events turned violent when British paratroopers opened fire. The photographers ended up capturing on film one of the most significant events of the Troubles – Bloody Sunday.

Evening Standard

Londoner’s Diary: Jamie Dornan checked for bombs under dad’s car during Troubles

In today’s Diary: Dornan on Belfast / Damp in the country house / More raunch, promises Olly / Dame Julie and the corpsing / Sue Gray report ‘will see light of day’

The Guardian - UK

‘I got really lucky’: Caitríona Balfe, star of Belfast, on fame, family and fans

Caitríona Balfe is the luminous star of Kenneth Branagh’s Oscar-tipped Belfast. She talks about how modelling almost broke her, bonding on set with Judi Dench and her childhood during the Troubles

The Guardian - UK

Belfast review – Branagh’s chocolate box vision of his childhood

Kenneth Branagh’s monochrome film of growing up in 60s Northern Ireland offers nostalgia but avoids getting to grips with the Troubles

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