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
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
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
Bertie Ahern calls for an end to prevarication and caution - ‘Get on with it’ he says
‘I believe I was given the document to nudge [the agreement] over the line,’ he later said
From Enoch Powell to post-Brexit negotiations, former DUP leader has been an influential figure for decades
Donaldson will have to tread carefully to avoid splitting the DUP the way he split the UUP and prevent the civil war that transformed the UUP into a basket case
Finding a ‘face-saving’ name for the new NI police force; Trinity College Dublin takes offence; and Casement’s ‘black diaries’
State papers: Newly-released files show how the signatories to the Belfast Agreement came to view it as the least worst option
State papers: Former NI first minister grew increasingly frustrated during 2000 and 2001 as the IRA refused to decommission
Former UUP leader jointly awarded Nobel Peace Prize with SDLP’s John Hume in 1998
Former taoiseach to speak at event at Derry’s Guildhall by video link
Bust to be placed beside one of late John Hume and will be unveiled to coincide with 25th anniversary of awarding of Nobel Peace Prize to both men
Guiding visitors around Belfast requires maintaining a careful balance: thankfully most people come looking for enjoyment, rather than a fight
Unionists were wavering and the future uncertain when Stephen Grimason revealed the deal on Good Friday 1998
Family of former Ulster Unionist Party leader discuss his love of his music, the risks he was willing to take and frustration with Blair after the agreement
Is he the one contender who could seriously challenge any attempt by Sinn Féin to run Gerry Adams for President?
Former US president makes address in Derry at tribute event honouring architects of the Belfast Agreement
At 74, the former Sinn Féin leader has every intention of living long enough to see a united Ireland
Institutionalising two tribes and structuring power sharing accordingly is seen by many as flaw of accord
Bono recalls being like ‘the referee at the big fight’ when David Trimble and John Hume took to the stage with him at a concert ahead of the Belfast Agreement vote
A quarter-century later, this issue is still an open wound. People who were hurt are still hurting
Pacy and detailed film examines complicated factors at play in run-up to Belfast Agreement referendum
Shooting by Loyalist Volunteer Force gunmen led to added ‘resolve’ to seal Belfast Agreement, according to RTÉ documentary
Podcast review: Former taoiseach’s tone is conversational rather than confrontational
Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama
The actor play found it fascinating to follow the late Ulster Unionist leader’s hard road to compromise for Owen McCafferty’s play Agreement
Declassified State papers detail the journey to the Belfast Agreement, a deal some wholeheartedly endorsed but others reluctantly accepted
Official warned partisanship, ‘culture of dependency’ and ‘permanent opposition mode’ would complicate process
Then taoiseach said David Trimble had ‘done nothing’ on eve of Nobel prize award and feared ‘a lot of dangerous people’ had been let out of prison
Tory MP offers a change of tone but his new job at the Northern Ireland office is unlikely to diminish his zealotry significantly, observers say
Tory minister from a nationalist Belfast family says the protocol and the broken relationship of the British and Irish governments must be fixed
Trimble was a rarity in politics. He rose to the top by being seen as personally rather unpleasant
UUP leader took a difficult path and in the end, even unionism’s most entrenched enemies of change adopted his approach
Radio review: The Radio 1 presenter keeps his head when all about him are losing theirs. But awkwardness can creep in
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Full general election coverage including analysis and results for all 43 constituencies
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices