Divided Ireland: Between hope and history

Partitioned in the 1920s, the Irish island comprises an independent Republic of 26 counties and, in the north, six of the nine counties of Ulster, administered as part of the United Kingdom. The Republic is an enthusiastic and increasingly successful member of the European Union. Northern Ireland's economic and social progress is still hampered by bitter rivalry between Protestant unionist and Catholic nationalist communities. What lies behind Ireland's troubles? What hope is there for the future?

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