Twenty-five years after the Good Friday peace agreement in Northern Ireland, Belfast still bears the scars of decades of sectarian violence. So-called peace walls are barriers built to keep Catholic ...

Belfast calls them “black cab tours” and they’re one of the most sought-after tourist attractions in town, equal to the museum dedicated to Belfast’s shipping industry and construction of the Titanic.

We’re starting in Belfast because it was the source of much of the turmoil in Northern Ireland. Ireland was tumultuous until April 10, 1998. The Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, signed that day, ended ...

The Good Friday Agreement brought peace to Northern Ireland 25 years ago, but truth and justice have been slower to arrive. BELFAST, Northern Ireland — On the night of Jan. 30, 2005, Robert McCartney, ...

No history of Belfast could ever hope to be objective, and, entirely to his credit, Feargal Cochrane doesn’t even try. His excellent “Belfast: The Story of a City and Its People” is written very much ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Twenty-five years after the Good ...