Taoiseach Jack Lynch's request followed many such demands by nationalists for the UN's engagement in Northern Ireland ...

One of Northern Ireland's best-known civil rights leaders, Ivan Cooper, has died aged 75. Mr Cooper was one of the leaders of the civil rights march in Londonderry in 1972 that ended in 13 people ...

"They, as civil rights campaigners, were claiming the right to march and they were arguing ... IMAGES The army was deployed to Northern Ireland in August 1969 Many young Protestants on the other ...

When Terence O’Neill became Northern Ireland’s Prime Minister in March 1963, he wanted to heal the 'ancient hatreds' that divided the two communities. The campaign for civil rights - CCEA The ...