Top Stories - Northern Ireland
2 RIFLES have been presented with their Op Herrick 15 campaign medals by their Royal Colonel His...
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Hundreds of soldiers from the Mercian Regiment have taken part in a homecoming parade near their...
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Soldiers from 173 Provo Company of 3 RMP have just returned from Afghanistan where they served with...
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The Army Shinty team is taking on the Irish Defence Force hurling team at Inverness this Saturday....
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Troops in Northern Ireland are taking the plunge for the National Swimathon in aid of Marie Curie...
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Military medics are leading the field in pre-hospital emergency care and have been sharing their...
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Police in Northern Ireland have arrested six people after a masked man at a republican...
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Members of the 1st Battalion Irish Guards received traditional sprigs of shamrock from The Duchess...
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The Armed Forces in Northern Ireland are recruiting another 750 service personnel over the next...
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Northern Ireland's only SSVC cinema, The Wessex has reopened after a digital facelift.
The cinema...
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An inquest into the shootings of two suspected IRA men by the SAS continues today.
The court in...
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A former Irish prime minister ordered police chiefs not to co-operate with an investigation into an...
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The soldier in charge of an SAS unit that shot two IRA men dead has denied any shoot-to-kill policy...
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The town of Banbridge in Northern Ireland has added the name of Lance Corporal Stephen McKee of...
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A Royal Navy submariner appeared in court today charged with breaching the Official Secrets Act....
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Families of two murdered British soldiers have paid an emotional visit to the town where they died...
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The Royal Irish Regiment formed a guard of honour in Newtownards in Northern Ireland as a memorial...
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Two members of the Irish Guards Association have completed a 128-mile walk across Ireland to raise...
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Soldiers in Northern Ireland have been getting some health education.
The troops from 19 Light...
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A charity fundraiser has launched the latest 10 mile leg of his walking challenge.
Phil Packer is...
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The Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast has received a cheque for £17,000 on behalf of nine service and...
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The Chief of the RAF Benevolent Fund Air Marshal Sir Robert Wright, KBE,AFC FRAeS, FCMI has been...
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For Valentine's evening, Londonderry, Northern Ireland's newest and largest cultural venue is...
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A man from County Tyrone has been charged with possessing explosives commonly used in Iraq and...
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A terminally ill dissident republican convicted of murdering two British soldiers has been...
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West End star and winner of the BBC series "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?", Connie Fisher...
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The crew of the Type 45 Destroyer HMS Duncan took time out of their training this week to visit a...
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SSAFA in Northern Ireland have launched a new initiative which will see the in service and veterans...
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His Royal Highness Prince Edward the Earl of Wessex has been visiting injured soldiers from 2...
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Granting a pardon to Second World War soldiers from the Irish Republic who were branded deserters...
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A dissident republican was convicted today of murdering two British soldiers outside an army base...
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A man charged in connection with the discovery of a failed booby-trap device found on a soldier's...
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A US court could rule later today that previously secret tapes of IRA members talking candidly...
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A soldier has had a lucky escape after spotting a booby-trap bomb in a car as he cleaned it in...
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Verdicts on two men accused of murdering two British soldiers in March 2009 will be given in the...
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The soldiers of 2 RIFLES might be in Afghanistan this Christmas, but their families aren’t letting...
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Last month they bid farewell to their guns and today their flag was lowered for the final time.
At...
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A senior UK Government minister has criticised the Mayor of Belfast for refusing to present an...
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Controversial DNA evidence allegedly linking two men to the murder of two soldiers in Northern...
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The Audit Office has criticised Stormont chiefs in Northern Ireland for being too slow to redevelop...
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