Beyond the Troubles: Why dissident narratives of collective victimhood have moved on from the Troubles – and why this might threaten the peace in Northern Ireland
On April 18, 2019, journalist Lyra McKee was shot and killed during riots in Derry. The bullet that struck her was fired by a member of the New Irish Republican Army (NIRA). Shortly after, the dissident Republican group published an apology, claiming that it was engaging heavily armed “British Crown Forces” and that “in the …