Ireland’s easy access to and close relationship with the most powerful nation on Earth remains a huge diplomatic asset
Albert Reynolds
Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace
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
The Joint Declaration has often been taken for granted in the 30 years since, but it was arguably more significant than the Belfast Agreement that followed
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
Tánaiste Micheál Martin saluted the former adviser to Albert Reynolds and Charlie McCreevy
Marilynn Richtarik explains why, for her new book, she mined literature to chart the shifts in thinking and talking about Northern Ireland that made the Belfast Agreement possible
Irish history provides a guide to how painfully slow major political change can be following a period of violence; this process has barely begun
Political theatre helped to disguise the fact that the Belfast Agreement was a conjuring act to wipe the memory that most of it had already been agreed long ago
Justine McCarthy: There are too many examples of this cause-and-effect pattern of political diversion
Former UK premier says NI protocol ‘one of the least-well-done negotiations in modern history’
Legislation raised issue of ‘Church/State domination’ at sensitive time in Northern talks, Dermot Nally told taoiseach
Taoiseach told John Major in 1992 he was prepared to withstand ‘German irritation’ about the plan
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