John Holmes
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British state papers: John Major did not want admission of ‘regret’ over Bloody Sunday
- Politics
- December 30, 2020, 00:04
Former British prime minister John Major disagreed with his secretary of state for Northern Ireland that there should be any public admission of “regr(...)

Leaked phone calls held up talks between John Major and John Bruton
- Politics
- December 30, 2020, 00:02
Former British prime minister John Major was “reluctant” to talk to then taoiseach John Bruton on the phone because their private conversations were a(...)

British state papers: PM John Major saw Gerry Adams as a ‘clever little devil’
- Politics
- December 30, 2020, 00:01
Former British prime minister John Major saw Gerry Adams as a “clever little devil”, newly declassified files show. A private memo in February 1997, (...)

Football fan survey: Irish champions of attending Premier League matches
- English Soccer
- February 29, 2020, 06:00
Irish players may find it harder to get a look-in at the wealthiest English clubs these days, but supporters from this country still top the Premier L(...)

British state papers: Orange march to Drumcree ‘a disaster’
- Politics
- December 30, 2019, 01:42
The disastrous effect of a decision to permit an Orange march through the nationalist Garvaghy Road to Drumcree Parish Church in Portadown in July 199(...)

The inside story of how the Belfast Agreement was struck
- Politics
- April 10, 2018, 00:00
When British prime minister Tony Blair left Downing Street in early April 1998 and headed for Belfast to take charge of the Northern Ireland peace tal(...)

Twists and turns of vexed Belfast Agreement Talks revealed
- Irish News
- April 9, 2018, 21:07
How rarely we get a chance to “feel the hand of history upon our shoulder” in the life of a country. In a confidential memo authored by John Holmes,(...)

Breda O’Brien: Referendum Commission reform is vital to democracy
- Opinion
- January 13, 2018, 05:00
It is very odd that the Citizens’ Assembly discussion of referendums has been moved to this weekend, given that it will allegedly have no impact on th(...)