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
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
‘Everybody loves the programme but nobody wants to pay for it,’ Trina Vargo of the US-Ireland Alliance says
Prime minister’s private secretary wrote that Blair ‘sees little scope for bi-communal support for a change to the law’
Loyalists and republicans were opposed to the SDLP leader’s efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland, as these extracts from a new book by Stephen Walker show
Secretary of state Mo Mowlam’s evidence to Northern Irish Affairs Committee in Westminster in May 1999 necessitated 12 clarifications and corrections, files show
Former taoiseach, former US president and Tony Blair - key figures in sealing Belfast Agreement - recall turbulent time of accord negotiation at Queen’s University Belfast conference
Pacy and detailed film examines complicated factors at play in run-up to Belfast Agreement referendum
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 public will be the losers when it comes to personal abuse targeting politicians
Ex-secretary of state says he has ‘no hard feelings’ over being sacked by Boris Johnson
Newton Emerson: Party’s new southern supporters unaware of what they have let over the threshold
The North 50 years on: Many of the 4,000 dead are remembered only by their families
Public amenity at Stormont estate features a multi-sensory area for children with autism
The former SDLP leader on John Hume, the IRA and what’s next for Northern Ireland
Pat Leahy: politics has been described as a combination of high purpose and low cunning
The 1998 agreement has been implemented neither in spirit nor in practice
Confidential notes of Tony Blair’s private secretary reveal see-saw nature of the talks
Review: When Patrick Kielty was 16, his father was murdered. He could have sought revenge. Instead, he chose comedy
A central figure in Good Friday negotiations, PUP leader is on political margins, 20 years on
Twenty years ago, a team concluded negotiations that sealed Belfast Agreement
Obituary: Kevin McNamara. Born: September 5th, 1934. Died: August 6th, 2017
McNamara served as spokesman on Northern Ireland from 1987 to 1995
There's a frank walking tour of the Bogside, with a broader perspective from city walls
The actor, who has channelled her Irish side once more for the film ‘Brooklyn’, talks about the class divide, Irish nuns and Mo Mowlam
Both politicians served in Northern Ireland at critical times of the peace process
Artist also specialised in portraits including subjects such as Bill Clinton and Mo Mowlam
Peter Mandelson gives evidence to committee
Apart from frankness, Varadkar has other assets. He is young, competent and telegenic
Former Northern Ireland first minister claims Sinn Fein used letters for disciplinary purposes
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