Records from 2002 and 2003 made publicly available online for first time
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Public records dating from 2002 and 2003 as well as earlier years have been added to the CAIN (Conflict Archive on the Internet) website.
This is part of ongoing work involving the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and Ulster University. The records are now available on the CAIN website - http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/proni
The new material, which until now has not been accessible to the public online, provides insights into some of the key events and developments over this period.
David Huddleston, PRONI’s Acting Director, said:
“PRONI’s work with CAIN and the ongoing digitisation of historical records has resulted in unique records becoming accessible for the first time to a global audience. This latest set of official records dating from 2002 and 2003, which are now freely available to view, help to further the understanding of our recent past by showing the details and thinking behind political developments in Northern Ireland.
“The PRONI on CAIN resource contains a wealth of archive material dating from the 1960s to 2003 and I am pleased that the ongoing collaboration with Ulster University has made this possible."
Dr Brendan Lynn, CAIN Deputy Director and Politics Lecturer at Ulster University, added:
“CAIN is delighted to have been able to continue its partnership with PRONI. The addition of this new material brings the total number of PRONI documents to around 4,900 items. On behalf of CAIN, I want to thank the Department for Communities for the funding it provided back in January 2025, that enabled this latest piece of work to be completed."
Notes to editors:
- The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) is a division of the Department for Communities and is located at 2 Titanic Boulevard, Titanic Quarter, Belfast. More info at www.nidirect.gov.uk/campaigns/public-record-office-northern-ireland-proni.
- The CAIN website (http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/) provides an extensive range of information and source material on the conflict and politics from 1968 to the present day. The site is used by a worldwide audience and has received almost 27 million visits since it was launched in March 1997.
- Currently there are around 4,900 PRONI public records on CAIN and this amounts to over 19,000 pages (see: http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/proni/).
- CAIN is based at Ulster University, within INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) and the School of Applied Social & Policy Sciences. More info - https://www.ulster.ac.uk/faculties/arts-humanities-and-social-sciences/schools/applied-social-policy-sciences.
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