This brutal shooting is a reminder of ongoing divisions in Northern Ireland
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Martyn Whittock2023-02-24T09:51:00
Below the surface of normality that has been a product of the Good Friday Agreement, the threat of sectarian violence has never totally gone away. Historian Martyn Whittock unpacks the context that led to Wednesday’s shooting of an off duty police inspector in Omagh
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