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The GAA didn't give in to immense pressure from the IRA during the hunger strikes in 1981.

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Frank Mitchell Opinion The GAA can flourish in east Belfast… those who see it as hand-in-hand with republican movement are ill-informed

I owe a debt of gratitude to the GAA. Apart from my family, it has been the greatest influence on my life. There are about 2,500 clubs with well over 40,000 teams being coached by men and women, giving their time to encourage health, fitness and the joy of competition. The latest is in east Belfast and there is no reason why alongside the Glens, the Welders, and the Ice Bowl, the hurlers and Gaelic footballers can’t flourish.

Father Edward Daly guides the group of men carrying Jackie Duddy away from the carnage of Bloody Sunday.

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Exhibition honours Bloody Sunday hero priest Edward Daly

In one of the most powerful images of the Troubles, Father Edward Daly waves a blood-stained handkerchief as he leads a group of men carrying a dying teenager along a Derry street on Bloody Sunday.

Colin Worton lost his brother Kenneth in the 1976 atrocity

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‘You think my brother had to die, Michelle?’: Kingsmill victim’s anger at O’Neill’s claim there was ‘no alternative’ to IRA violence

The brother of a man murdered at Kingsmill has branded as “sickening” Michelle O’Neill’s comments that there was no alternative to the IRA campaign.

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson rejects Michelle O’Neill claim on ‘no alternative’ to IRA violence

DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has rejected a claim by Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill that "there was no alternative" to IRA violence.

David Temple lost his brother William in the attack

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‘Pain of talking about Claudy bombing is no easier 50 years later’

A man who lost his young brother in the Claudy bombing has said the pain has never eased as the 50th anniversary of the IRA atrocity approaches.

Daughter of bus driver Jackie Gibson Lynda Van Cuylenburg hugs her brother Robert Gibson, at an event with some of their father’s former colleagues in Ulsterbus and current drivers to unveil a plaque at the depot in Ballygowan where he began his journey on Bloody Friday. Jackie was killed in the bomb that detonated at the Oxford Street bus station on July 21 1972. Picture date: Thursday July 21, 2022.

Families remember the victims of Bloody Friday 50 years on

Bereaved relatives have gathered at commemorative events in Belfast and beyond to mark the 50th anniversary of a day of bomb attacks known as Bloody Friday.

What is Bloody Friday? What happened on this day in 1972 as IRA targeted Belfast with 22 bombs

July 21 marks the 50-year anniversary of an IRA atrocity which killed nine people in a series of Belfast bomb attacks that came to be known as Bloody Friday.

The BelTel: Bloody Friday - The story of the IRA’s blitz of Belfast

The 21st of July 1972, fifty years ago, was the most intense day of IRA bombings of the Troubles.

Families of nine killed on Belfast’s Bloody Friday to mark 50th anniversary

The families of nine people killed in a series of bomb attacks known as Bloody Friday are set to mark the 50th anniversary of the atrocity.

A blast in Botanic Avenue on July 21, 1972

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Malachi O'Doherty Opinion Bloody Friday: one of the darkest days of the Troubles

It was a beautiful day. I went out for a walk up Royal Avenue with Eddie, one of the other reporters. The outsider might not understand that even among such routine murder normal life continued. We were not all worn down by it so much that we couldn’t enjoy the summer heat, browsing the shop windows after lunch, spending a little money.

Emergency services attend the aftermath of a bomb blast during Bloody Friday on July 21, 1972 in Belfast. (PA)

Bloody Friday victims remembered by Johnson during his final question time

Victims of a series of bombs that exploded across Belfast claiming nine lives in 1972 have been remembered by Boris Johnson during his final Prime Minister Questions.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has paid tribute to the victims of the Regents and Hyde Park bombings and Bloody Friday in his final PMQs

Boris Johnson in tribute to victims of Bloody Friday and London park bombings in final PMQs

Boris Johnson has paid tribute to those who lost their lives during the bombing of Regent’s and Hyde Park in London and Bloody Friday.

Emergency workers attend the scene at Oxford Street bus station in Belfast following a bomb which was part of a series which became known as Bloody Friday (PA Archive)

Bloody Friday Belfast blasts ‘as vivid now as 50 years ago’ – victim’s daughter

The day that Belfast city centre was devastated with 22 bombs in around 80 minutes feels as vivid today as it did 50 years ago, the daughter of one of the nine people killed has said.

Buses burn in the aftermath of Bloody Friday at Great Victoria Street

‘The garage shook so I went outside… it saved my life’: Comedian John Linehan on cheating death on Bloody Friday

Comedian John Linehan has recalled being caught up in the most prolific day of IRA bombings IN the Troubles ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday this week.

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Suzanne Breen Opinion Bloody Friday and role of 14-year-old hero Stephen Parker must not be forgotten

In a part of the world where all too often the wrong people have been turned into heroes, Stephen Parker really was one.

Lynne Lilburn at her home whose dad was severely injured on Bloody Friday

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‘My dad always said he would have lived to be 100 if it hadn’t been for Bloody Friday’

Castlereagh woman Lynne Lilburn firmly believes her father was the 10th victim of Bloody Friday — even though he didn’t die from his injuries until 25 years after the horrific IRA bomb blitz across Belfast half a century ago.

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Malachi O'Doherty Opinion The Year Of Chaos – The inside story of the IRA’s sham ceasefire

Gerry Adams was released from internment in June 1972, into the care of the SDLP’s Paddy Devlin to prepare for talks with British officials.

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Burner phone helped police foil plot to murder gang member

Cops who busted the EncroChat phone network believe they disrupted a plot to kill a high-profile criminal who survived a previous gun attack outside a primary school.

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Jason Ceulemans: New IRA bomber back in prison over ‘new plot to attack PSNI’

A New IRA bomber thrown back in prison for breaching the terms of his early release is suspected of planning attacks on the PSNI.

Sarah Feeney Morrison taking part in the play/presentation, The Crack In Everything

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MPs to hear stories of six families who lost children in the Troubles in adapted play at Westminster

A former play based on the testimonies of six Northern Irish families who experienced the killing of a child during the Troubles is to be adapted for a special presentation at Westminster.

Belfast man facing legal action from families of 1974 Birmingham pub bomb victims

This is the Belfast man facing a civil case for damages in connection with Birmingham pub bombings carried out by the IRA in 1974.

Sapper Telford Stuart was killed by the IRA in 1972

Brother of murdered soldier loses legal bid to include killing in Military Reaction Force investigation

The brother of a soldier murdered by the IRA 50 years ago has lost a High Court challenge to his death being excluded from a police probe into a secret undercover army unit.

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Republicans linked to MI5 sting may have been paid by informer Dennis McFadden

Three republicans linked to meetings organised by MI5 agent Dennis McFadden have never been charged due to claims they were paid ‘employees’ of the high-ranking informer.

Election poster of TD’s IRA aunt Mairead Farrell sells for almost £1,800 in Irish auction

A TD in the Republic of Ireland has declined to comment after an election poster of her namesake IRA aunt sold for more than 20 times its high estimate at an auction.

Hope: Derry Girls has taken us back to a time to the run up to the Good Friday Agreement. Credit: Margaret McLaughlin Pictures

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Allison Morris Opinion Good Friday Agreement needs to be nurtured... it’s a process not an ending

I’m probably in a group of one at this stage in that I still haven’t watched the final series of Derry Girls, although I feel I have as there has been so much social media commentary.

Success: Former First Minister and DUP leader Peter Robinson congratulates Naomi Long after she won the East Belfast seat in 2010. Credit: Julien Behal

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Sam McBride Opinion Alliance could topple Sinn Féin and DUP as rivals still fail to understand party’s growing success

No party has grown more in the 24 years since the Good Friday Agreement than Alliance — and yet it was the Agreement which almost killed the party.

Campaign: Scottish independence supporters march through Glasgow. Credit: Lesley Martin/PA

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Malachi O'Doherty Opinion When it comes to Northern Ireland, loyalty seems to trump common sense

My friend wants an independent Scotland yet refuses to call herself a Scottish nationalist. That makes me wonder if there is anyone at all in Northern Ireland who thinks the same way.

Dennis Waterman with his third wife Rula Lenska. Credit: Fiona Hanson

Actor Dennis Waterman found solace in IRA drama while his third marriage fell apart

Dennis Waterman took solace in filming an IRA drama inspired by Northern Ireland’s punishment beatings while his infamous third marriage crumbled.

Mary Lou McDonald with fellow Sinn Féin party members Áine Ní Ghabhann and Nicky Kehoe on the streets of Cabra in 2004. Photo by Gerry Mooney

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Fionnán Sheahan Opinion The making of Mary Lou McDonald: the story of the Sinn Féin leader’s early struggle

Tracy Chapman’s Talkin ’Bout a Revolution was the theme song at Blanchardstown Community Centre as Mary Lou McDonald kicked off her first election run 20 years ago this week. The mood music had changed five years later as she lost a second general election. Awaiting her arrival at the RDS count, a Sinn Féin activist suggested, with gallows humour, that they sing Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.

Way forward: Our politicians could learn something from Conversations with Friends

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Gail Walker Opinion What my Conversations with Friends reveal about NI politics and why Stormont doesn’t work

The eagerly anticipated BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends starts tomorrow. It might seem unlikely but this novel by a thirtysomething bestselling writer has much to teach the crusty veterans of political conflict in Northern Ireland.