Ken Reid obituary: Journalist who covered Northern Ireland from war to peace
Reid had an agreeable nature and could make friends with anybody
Belfast Agreement
The Belfast Agreement, also known as the Good Friday Agreement, is a peace accord signed on April 10th 1998, largely ending decades of violence known as the Troubles. It comprises two related agreements, the British-Irish Agreement and the Multi-Party Agreement. It led to the establishment of devolved government in Northern Ireland and other institutions
Influential Sinn Féin strategist Ted Howell dies aged 78
Trusted adviser to Gerry Adams was a senior member of the party’s backroom team in negotiations that led to the Belfast Agreement
Fears new UK citizenship ceremonies with flags could damage NI community relations
Blair-era pledge of giving ‘my loyalty to the United Kingdom’ faced concerns in wake of Belfast Agreement
Peace process prisoner releases prompted warning that not all would become ‘good guys’, State papers show
British NI minister noted ‘legitimate concerns’ that released prisoners could end up teaching children of their victims
Irish officials requested that inward investment be kept out of North-South co-operation
During final, critical negotiations ahead of 1998 Belfast Agreement, Dublin officials were ‘clearly under pressure’ from IDA, NI civil service noted
Trimble blocked Tourism Ireland campaign in Britain, records show
Unionist leader objected to Britain being designated part of ‘overseas’ market
From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents
How John Bruton, the last Redmondite, got to grips with the IRA, the UK and the peace process
Once dismissed as ‘John Unionist’ in the Dáil, Bruton’s lifelong interest in history served him in key 1990s talks
My Belfast friends can buy a house and start a family more easily than those in Dublin
In their daily lives, Northerners seem more grown-up than Southerners
Why are loyalists in east Belfast so afraid of the Irish language and the GAA?
Neither will make a button of difference to the identity of a single unionist or loyalist in the area. I know this because I am a unionist who lives in east Belfast
John Bruton’s former adviser says history of the peace process needs to be rewritten
Shane Kenny says the then taoiseach never received the credit due for his role leading up to the Belfast Agreement
Bryan Dobson: David Davin-Power was a natural storyteller in both professional and personal life
Veteran broadcaster had a way of bringing people together, a talent for analysis and a deep respect for the importance of language
What Gerry Adams really said to David Trimble in the loo during peace talks
Drama bigs up Adams-Trimble encounter; Saoirse Ronan gets a knock-back; buskers object to Grafton Street development; and Sabina Higgins takes on a woolly role
Few would have thought a play about the fraught Belfast Agreement talks could be so gripping
The message that “contradiction is better than violence” is more relevant and urgent than ever
In Good Time review: Methodist minister casts light on peacebuilding by church
The Rev Harold Good’s memoir illuminates the role of religious commitment in limiting conflict
Government to provide €24m for initiative aimed at tackling educational disadvantage in North
Funds will be provided under Shared Island initiative with NI department of education to be responsible for delivery of programme
Agreement: No play about the Good Friday negotiations has the right to be this much fun
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
On Leadership by Tony Blair: The work of a mechanic, not a magician, and all the better for it
This is a work for those who want to understand the plumbing of government, not the grandeur and glamour of governing
‘From friction to friendship’: Harris, Starmer pledge Anglo-Irish reset
The two leaders vow to end Brexit discord ahead of talks in Farmleigh at the weekend
Thirty years after the ceasefire, former IRA members believe the battle of history is being won
Three republicans who served time during the Troubles have no regrets about the long IRA campaign of violence
Stuart Neville: ‘Barely more than a generation beyond the Belfast Agreement, the Troubles are being sterilised’
The crime writer on his latest novel, his admiration for John Connolly, and his rock’n’roll sideline
UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty
Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review
Next generation will ‘never forgive us’ if Anglo-Irish relations not repaired, Taoiseach says
New British PM Keir Starmer says he looks forward to ‘working closely’ with Simon Harris after years of post-Brexit strain
Ray of hope for Britain as clouds briefly part for Keir Starmer’s arrival at Downing Street
It poured rain all day in London but there was a sunny interlude at a convenient moment for the new Labour prime minister
Lucky number seven: How a Labour government under Keir Starmer could revamp Anglo-Irish relations
Starmer hopes that by turning the page on connections with the Republic, it could help to open a new book of co-operation with EU
Silverback by Phil Harrison: Dark and unnerving tale of heartless fathers and damaged sons in Belfast
Harrison conjures a malignant universe of betrayals, fights and even sado-masochism
Belfast rap group granted leave to seek judicial review over decision to block funding award
Hip-hop trio Kneecap claim Kemi Badenoch’s denial of £15,000 grant unlawfully discriminates against them on grounds of nationality and political opinion
Knee-jerk nationalist rejection of the ECHR by the UK would set a terrible example for autocracies
It has nothing to do with the EU, a fact many Tories seem to have overlooked
Belfast court’s landmark ruling on UK Rwanda law: What it means North and South
Concern that migrants are crossing Border to avoid deportation ‘has no weight any more’, says human rights lawyer
Stephen Grimason obituary: First journalist to get a copy of Belfast Agreement
‘I believe I was given the document to nudge [the agreement] over the line,’ he later said
United Ireland would be the ‘most desirable outcome’, Bertie Ahern says
‘Hard yards’ required to demonstrate that unionists and their traditions would be respected, former taoiseach says in advance of New Ireland Commission event
Maybe now the Irish Government will accept that the UK and unionists had a point about open borders
Britain and Ireland can at least agree on one thing: nobody wants to start talking about the border again
Costs of united Ireland would equal pain of the austerity years, economists say
Recently published report estimated cost for unification at €20bn a year for 20 years but this figure is contested
Andrew Muir: Out and proud Stormont Minister in charge of Northern Ireland’s farming
‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir
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