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Irish and British political leaders pay tribute to Good Friday Agreement architect

Political leaders past and present have paid tribute to David Trimble’s contribution to peace in Northern Ireland following his death. The 77-year-old peer and ex-leader of the Ulster Unionist Party was one of the principal architects of the Good ...

26 Jul 2022 at 13:33

Bill Clinton hails Lord Trimble for helping to bring peace to Northern Ireland

Former US President Bill Clinton has led tributes to David Trimble, stating that his “lifetime of service” helped bring peace to Northern Ireland. The 77-year-old peer and ex-leader of the Ulster Unionist Party was one of the principal ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:42

Tributes pour in for Good Friday Agreement architect David Trimble

26 Jul 2022 at 01:01

Blair and Ahern among peace process era leaders paying tribute to Trimble

Politicians from peace process era pay tribute to Trimble

Politicians who played key roles at various junctures in Northern Ireland’s arduous peace process have paid tribute to David Trimble’s efforts to end the bloodshed. Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair said his contribution was ...

25 Jul 2022 at 23:57

Politicians urged to step up efforts to break impasse in tribute to Lord Trimble

‘David Trimble funeral should provide inspiration to break political impasse’

Mourners at the funeral of Lord Trimble have heard an appeal for Northern Ireland’s political leaders to redouble their efforts to break the Stormont impasse as a tribute to the peace process architect. Prime Minister Boris ...

01 Aug 2022 at 19:44

Books of condolence open for tributes to ‘architect of peace’ Lord Trimble

Books of condolence have been opened in memory of David Trimble as political leaders, both locally and internationally, hailed his contribution to securing peace in Northern Ireland. The 77-year-old peer and ex-leader of ...

26 Jul 2022 at 18:23

Then & Now - Tom Aherne

Then and Now: More on our patroness saint - Tom Aherne

SAINT BRIGID'S DAY will be a public holiday from 2023, and last week we began her story, which we now continue. There are many tales telling of how Brigid made the first cross. According to a story from County Clare a ...

13 Feb 2022 at 22:33

Columns/Opinion

Then & Now: Remembering a Limerick woman who was ‘Like a rare gem’

I MET Margaret Doody–Scully for the first time on April 1, 2001, outside the Newcastle West Radio Studio (steel container used by the golf club) beside the bar and restaurant in Killeline. She was after going on air ...

23 Jan 2022 at 21:33

Ahern overstated murder count disparity to Blair amid RUC double standards claim

Bertie Ahern overstated a disparity in a sectarian murder count as he and Tony Blair discussed claims police in Northern Ireland were showing double standards when investigating killings, archives have suggested. A ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Governments hoped Omagh bomb would spur parties to compromise in 1998

Gerry Adams and Bertie Ahern hoped “some good” might emerge from the trauma of the Omagh blast in 1998 amid efforts to progress the peace process. It came amid a growing sense of urgency to advance the peace ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Real IRA not ‘overly active’, Ahern told Blair two weeks before Omagh bomb

Bertie Ahern told Tony Blair two weeks before the Omagh bombing in August 1998 that the Real IRA did not seem to be “overly active”. In a telephone conversation between the two leaders on July 31, the ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Ireland

‘I’m desperate for my holiday’: Documents reveal Blair and Ahern’s close ties

Confidential records of meetings and phone conversations between Bertie Ahern and Tony Blair reveal the close relationship the pair had before and after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. The records ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

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