Seamus Mallon
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Donal Barrington saw Constitution as ‘living document,’ funeral hears
- Crime & Law
- January 6, 2018, 15:27
The former Supreme Court judge, Donal Barrington, saw the Constitition as a living, breathing document that respected the human rights of all, his fun(...)

Hume’s outline of Belfast Agreement revealed in 1990 file
- Irish News
- January 2, 2018, 00:01
The evolving political views of SDLP leader John Hume engaged the close attention of the British secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Peter Brooke(...)

Sinn Fein denies Gerry Adams ‘set up’ IRA Loughgall ambush
- Irish News
- December 29, 2017, 00:01
Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams was rumoured to have set up a notorious IRA gang for ambush by the SAS as they tried to blow up a police station in Ma(...)

Brexit deal represents all things to all men
- Irish News
- December 9, 2017, 01:00
Launching a history on Friday of the Sunningdale Agreement written by a former top Irish civil servant, the 82-year-old Séamus Mallon joked dryly that(...)

Dublin played part in undermining Sunningdale Agreement - envoy
- Politics
- November 22, 2017, 01:00
One of Ireland’s most eminent diplomats of the past half century has said that part of the reason for the collapse of the Sunningdale Agreement in 197(...)

McAleese praises John Hume, ‘greatest political problem-solver of our time’
- Irish News
- November 17, 2017
Almost 20 years after the signing of the Belfast Agreement, John Hume’s seminal role in the peace process has been transposed to a new film exploring (...)

Review – In The Name of Peace: John Hume in America
- Film
- November 16, 2017
It would be overstating the case to suggest that John Hume has been written out of history, but as the SDLP have slumped and Sinn Féin have advanced w(...)

Ray Bassett warns Ireland on the ‘wrong track’ in Brexit negotiations
- Irish News
- October 23, 2017, 00:10
Former senior Irish diplomat Ray Bassett has warned that Ireland is on the “wrong track” in Brexit negotiations and says the European Union should sto(...)

Taoiseach leads large attendance at Cosgrave funeral
- Oireachtas
- October 7, 2017, 19:35
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar led the mourners at the funeral of former taoiseach Liam Cosgrave in Dublin on Saturday. President Michael D Higgins, who is (...)

Liam Cosgrave: modest, droll, pious and politically cunning
- Politics
- October 4, 2017
Liam Cosgrave was an uncompromising and often controversial political figure. His record as taoiseach between 1973 and 1977 was mixed but he can be cr(...)