Files inside a local college library might help solve an old murder case . But the release of those tapes threatened to destroy the fragile peace in Northern Ireland . The investigation into the December 1972 abduction and killing of widow Jean McConville in Belfast was revived by authorities after the release of interviews made by Boston College as part of the Belfast Project . Known as the Emergency , the conflict lasted 30 years , and ended in 1998 . The IRA admitted in 1999 to killing a number of people who have become known as ` ` The Disappeared ''
Files inside a local college library might help solve an old murder case . But the release of those tapes threatened to destroy the fragile peace in Northern Ireland . Known as the Emergency , the conflict lasted 30 years , and ended in 1998 . The IRA admitted in 1999 to killing a number of people who have become known as ` ` The Disappeared ''