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Tony Blair admitted British were partially responsible for Troubles – documentary
- Irish News
- January 6, 2021, 18:34
Tony Blair told Martin McGuinness that the British were partially responsible for the conditions that led to the Troubles, a new documentary states. (...)
Michael Portillo: ‘Ignorance of Ireland among the British is rather shocking’
- Irish News
- June 14, 2020, 15:40
Last year while filming his new documentary about the War of Independence, former British defence secretary Michael Portillo found himself alone at th(...)
Dominic Cummings tries to reinvent politics now that Brexit is ‘done’
- UK
- January 16, 2020, 13:46
When Boris Johnson walked through the front door of Number 10 on July 26th, 2019, the British political system was in a state of Brexit-induced paraly(...)
Boris Brexit plan a ‘scam’, says Good Friday agreement negotiator
- UK
- October 2, 2019, 09:47
Former Labour Party adviser Jonathan Powell, one of the chief negotiators of the Good Friday agreement, described Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal proposal(...)
Hugh Orde 'staggered' by North’s lack of progress on the past
- Politics
- August 5, 2019, 02:00
Former Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable, Sir Hugh Orde is one of the few people who actually made practical progress on dealing w(...)
Calls for Brexit backstop time limit as fear grows that no-deal is inevitable
- Economy
- August 4, 2019, 13:47
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is to seek a deal with the UK for an all-Ireland customs regime for food and agriculture, if UK prime minister Boris Johnson ac(...)
Boris Johnson is a ‘buffoon’ who will ‘ruin’ Ireland – Bertie Ahern
- Irish News
- June 22, 2018, 09:23
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is a “buffoon” who will “ruin” Ireland and the United Kingdom because of his determination to quit the Europea(...)
Bertie Ahern’s post-politics decade: ‘You get the impression he really misses it’
- Politics
- May 5, 2018, 06:00
Bertie Ahern’s haunts are mostly still the same: Croke Park, Parnell Park – the home of Dublin GAA – and some pubs around the north side of Dublin whe(...)
Renewed efforts likely for talks after Belfast Agreement celebrations
- Politics
- March 31, 2018, 00:01
The Irish and British governments are to launch another push to re-establish the powersharing institutions at Stormont. The move will follow celebra(...)
Adams’s arrival in the US gave him an enormous boost
- Irish News
- February 9, 2018, 01:00
Gerry Adams arrived at Kennedy Airport in New York at 4.30pm on Monday, January 31st, 1994, on Aer Lingus flight 105 from Dublin. Previously denied ac(...)



