Politics

Ireland torn by drugs, debt and kneecappings

Watching: Murals have become symbols of Northern Ireland, marking out republican and loyalist areas.

Is making peace hard? It has been 25 years since the end of fighting in Northern Ireland. But did the island ever really achieve peace?

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