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
Shane Kenny says the then taoiseach never received the credit due for his role leading up to the Belfast Agreement
The message that “contradiction is better than violence” is more relevant and urgent than ever
Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster
This is a work for those who want to understand the plumbing of government, not the grandeur and glamour of governing
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For a remarkable number of people across the world, it was a time of relative peace and rising prosperity
Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson, John Cena, David Beckham and several Bollywood stars among those in attendance
The marriage of the son of Asia’s richest businessman, Mukesh Ambani, takes place over the weekend with guests including Kim Kardashian, Tony Blair and Mark Zuckerberg
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Rights groups who raised valid objections to the intrusiveness of identity cards need to accept that ship has sailed - the alternative is Kafkaesque bureaucracy and racial profiling
Disappearing WhatsApp messages will be a problem for future historians
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It’s like no other job in the country. If you think anyone can do it, you have no idea what’s involved
Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected
State papers: Newly-released files show how the signatories to the Belfast Agreement came to view it as the least worst option
State papers: An MP colleague also remarked that Mandelson’s tunnel vision was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness
Records released by Irish and British archives include details of a ‘republican’ artefact thief and a ‘radical’ UK proposal to hold asylum seekers on a Scottish island
State papers: Justice minister sought ‘pre-emptive round-up’ of 150 dissident republicans
Prime minister’s private secretary wrote that Blair ‘sees little scope for bi-communal support for a change to the law’
Having helped pave the way for the Downing Street Declaration and peace in Northern Ireland, the former Labour leader is wary of being seen to preach to generations with no memory of the Troubles
Netflix series finale's most remarkable aspect is that it has so much of the queen
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
A Sinn Féin government in Dublin might settle for an enhanced consultative role while cranking up the optics
Bertie Ahern and Michael McDowell remember how they had to ‘endure Jamie Oliver’s squid in ink for lunch’ in Downing Street during Belfast Agreement negotiations
Dublin businessman previously worked for Irish company providing corporate services to overseas clients
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
Bill Clinton, Bertie Ahern and George Mitchell among speakers at three-day conference to mark 25th anniversary
The three-day Queen’s University event, which marks the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, will be hosted by former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton
As a journalist waiting outside Stormont that day, we knew a deal was possible but never certain
When my family’s bookshop was destroyed in an explosion, I remember thinking it was inevitable because that was what happened here – shops got blown up
Institutionalising two tribes and structuring power sharing accordingly is seen by many as flaw of accord
RTÉ’s Belfast Agreement documentary sweeps you back to the days when Irish terrorism was routinely in the headlines
Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama
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