Secret, behind-the-scenes talks were going on years before the official Belfast Agreement was signed – and made the whole thing possible.
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In a series of short audio clips, four academics talk about the key figures involved in making the Good Friday Agreement of April 1998 possible.
Violent dissident republicanism is still making its presence felt.
Time is running out for a compromise agreement between the two main parties at Stormont.
The UK government will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday. This will serve as a formal notification of the UK’s intent to withdraw from the European Union. It will set off two years…
From handshakes to football matches, the late deputy first minister understood that little gestures go a long way.
The former deputy first minister was once a feared IRA sniper but became a central figure in the move towards peace.
What was already an uneasy alliance first turned sour, and then utterly disintegrated. Where did it all go wrong?
A political scandal has laid bare the irreconcilable differences between to two main parties in the power-sharing agreement.
After voting to remain in the EU by 11 points, Northern Ireland must work out where its interests lie – and how best to defend them.
In the wake of the Scottish referendum, Martin McGuinness, the deputy first minister of Northern Ireland, renewed his party Sinn Féin’s call for a “border poll” to decide if Northern Ireland should leave…
Northern Ireland’s oldest joke is that a man is asked, “Are you Protestant or Catholic?” to which he replies, “Actually I’m Jewish”. His questioner responds: “Yes but are you a Protestant or a Catholic…
The critical importance of the Irish presidency was underscored by current incumbent in an address to the Global Irish Economic Forum earlier this month. President Mary MacAleese welcomed 270 delegates…
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