Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
John Major
More sex, please: Bridget Jones, Colin Firth and the astonishing rebranding of Jane Austen
Thirty years ago, one event made Austen more popular than almost any other contemporary or close successor
Voices of the dead speak again, telling unheard stories of the IRA ceasefire 30 years on
New writing and never-previously broadcast interviews bring alive the negotiations and nervousness before a critical moment in the Belfast peace process
Denis Bradley: ‘Partition doesn’t work, never has worked, never will work’
The former priest who played a key role in the peace process reflects on the backchannel that enabled dialogue between the IRA and the UK government
It doesn’t pay to be a working-class professional
Class is a bigger barrier to career progress than gender or ethnicity in some City firms
John Bruton was more complex than his ‘nice, straightforward, violently anti-IRA’ reputation suggests
Some of Bruton’s admirers think his role in the peace process has been unduly neglected
Dick Spring: ‘I don’t want to sound like I’m lecturing or hectoring young people’
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
How the Downing Street Declaration took shape: ‘He chewed the b****x off me but I took a few lumps out of him’
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
John Major: terms for UK calling Border poll in North should be spelled out
Former British PM says Belfast Agreement should be ‘tweaked’ in speech at Irish embassy in London
Tributes paid to Peter Brooke, 89, who played ‘pivotal role’ in peace process
Northern secretary who declared Britain had no ‘strategic or economic interest’ in NI was forced to resign after ‘Late Late Show’ song
Fintan O’Toole: Shape of Belfast Agreement was in many respects as predictable as a rabbit in a magician’s hat
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
IRA bomb in Warrington ‘almost made me give up’ on peace, says John Major
Irish Government represented at 30th anniversary commemoration of attack that killed two children
As Rishi Sunak begins to soften Brexit, it must be asked: what was it all about?
UK prime minister begins process that will most likely see UK moving back towards the EU as Johnson and co fade away
Former British prime minister John Major calls for compromise on NI protocol
‘Statesmanlike response’ required from all sides in order to restore devolved government, says ex-PM
UK needs more ‘in-depth relationship with Ireland’, says John Major
Former UK premier says NI protocol ‘one of the least-well-done negotiations in modern history’
David Lloyd George played ‘a dishonourable role’ in bringing about Irish Civil War, Ahern says
Former Taoiseach tells Dick Barrett Commemoration in West Cork that Civil War as the greatest tragedy to befall Ireland in the 20th century
The Crown season five contains a king’s ransom of inaccuracies. But never mind that
Television: Truth and fiction mingle in the Netflix royal drama’s new series. Its showrunner, Peter Morgan, has never pretended otherwise
Martin Wolf: Boris Johnson must embrace the Brexit he made
The row over Northern Ireland risks a deeper decline in UK trade in response to threats of violence from a tiny minority
Planned Freedom of Cork recipient ‘stunned’ at award
Mary Crilly to be honoured for 40 years helping survivors of sexual and domestic abuse
After six long toxic years, a civilised debate about EU and Brexit
London Letter: Light cast on exit from body in which UK not ‘influential founder member’
Johnson rejects John Major’s claim that he has shredded Britain’s reputaton
Former PM says Johnson and staff misled public with unbelievable claims about parties
Johnson’s approval rating the lowest for a Tory leader in over two decades
London Letter: Government’s military assistance to Ukraine deflects from its dwindling diplomatic role in relation to the crisis
Blair and Ahern to be asked in front of Dáil committee on Belfast Agreement
‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to hear first-hand accounts from key players nearly 25 years on
The Irish Times view on the State papers: tracing the path to peace
The relationship between Albert Reynolds and John Major was a key factor that led to the IRA ceasefire of August 1994
Major warns against ‘colossally stupid’ triggering of Article 16 in Brexit row
Move would damage relations with EU and UK, destabilise NI, former British PM warns
John Chilcot obituary: British civil servant who played key role in NI peace process
Celebrated public servant was also known for his penetrating inquiry into Iraq War
Johnson accused of putting his self-interest ahead of the welfare of the North
Labour’s conference has been overshadowed by a resignation and a description of the Conservative cabinet as scum
IRA ‘were no criminals’, former Sinn Féin TD tells commemoration
Last IRA member killed during Troubles ‘continues to inspire us’, Martin Ferris says
Albert Reynolds: Razzmatazz politician and supreme negotiator
Showman and dealmaker defied detractors when he brokered peace in North
Starmer calls on Johnson to take responsibility for NI protocol
Labour leader accuses British prime minister of ‘reckless’ approach to peace process
Southgate and England facing their biggest fear: a penalty shoot-out with Germany
England manager may well be haunted by memory of missed penalty in 1996 Euros
Bertie Ahern: Dev was wrong not to lead the 1921 Treaty talks
The British team was skilled. It was not smart politics to leave our leading statesman at home
The Cork fishmonger who met the queen: ‘I think there was a sense we crossed a bridge’
Pat O’Connell believes PM is ‘mini-Trump’ who has created huge difficulties for Britain
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