LONDON – Police in Northern Ireland blamed the fatal shooting of a young journalist during rioting Thursday night in the city of Londonderry on the"New IRA," a dissident paramilitary group that rejects the Good Friday peace agreement between the British and Irish governments. The deal brought a political solution to long-running violence between Catholic and Protestant communities that claimed more than 3,700 lives.
"McKee's passion is to dig into topics that others don't care about," Forbes magazine wrote in 2016 as it named her one of its"30 under 30" notable media figures. The botched, but historically significant, rebellion against British rule is one of the most important dates in modern Irish history because although the uprising failed – more than 450 people were killed and 16 of the revolt's leaders were executed – it led to a series of events that ultimately gave Ireland its independence in 1922.
Dissident activity by the"New IRA," whose members are predominantly Catholic, while British loyalists are majority Protestant, has been increasing in recent months as Britain has struggled to ratify a divorce agreement – Brexit – with the European Union.
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