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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 confidential internal Northern ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Sinn Fein concerned about making ‘dangerous’ Stormont the home of NI Assembly

Sinn Fein raised security concerns with the Government about housing Northern Ireland’s new Assembly at Stormont, archives have disclosed. The exchange is mentioned in a confidential Northern Ireland Office memo that summaries a meeting between ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Guidance on ministerial contacts with Sinn Fein changed four times ahead of GFA

Official guidance to ministers on engaging with Sinn Fein was updated four times in the lead up to the Good Friday Agreement in response to IRA activity and the party’s shifting positions on non-violence. A series of memos circulated among ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Government discussed potential of using ‘discreet persuasion’ with parades body

Mo Mowlam considered an attempt to persuade the Parades Commission to delay a report on contentious marches amid concerns that it might destabilise peace talks in Northern Ireland, archive files have revealed. A series of letters from ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Irish officials lobbied Labour over Northern Ireland policy ahead of Blair’s win

Tony Blair, who brokered the Good Friday Agreement that helped bring an end to the Troubles, had “devoted little of his time or energy” to Northern Ireland even as late as 1995, Irish officials were told. That insight came as Irish ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Ireland

Minister was asked if Army was measuring Garvaghy Road for bollards

An Irish Government official asked a British minister about speculation that the Army was “measuring” the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for bollards at the height of the marching dispute in 1997, archived files have revealed. David ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:55

Fears possible loyalists bombings would be ‘like civil war’, Irish records show

Fears of loyalists bombing in the Republic of Ireland were raised by the Irish Government after the IRA ceasefire ended in 1996, newly released Irish State papers shows. The then-Irish premier John Bruton warned a loyalist ...

28 Dec 2022 at 00:01

County Derry Post

Studio honouring Mo Mowlam opens in Derry

The newly-refurbished cinematic arts studio at Ulster University’s Derry campus has been named after former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Labour politician, the late Mo Mowlam. The studio was officially ...

06 Mar 2023 at 09:33

Windsor Framework gives enough to end Stormont stalemate, says Starmer

The Windsor Framework “gives enough” to end the Stormont stalemate, Sir Keir Starmer believes. The Labour leader said he is glad the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is taking time to consider the new deal agreed by ...

03 Mar 2023 at 17:00

Ireland

Mandelson was advised not to refer to Ireland as ‘The Free State’

New Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson was advised to avoid referring to the Republic of Ireland as “The Free State” or “The Republican Government” when he took up the role in October 1999, newly ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Ireland

Irish ‘liked to roll pitch in their favour’ in intergovernmental conferences

The Irish government liked to “roll the pitch in favour of their own team” in intergovernmental conferences with the UK, a senior Northern Ireland Office (NIO) official said in 1998. Declassified state ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Video portraits of Belfast/Good Friday Agreement leaders provoke tears

A new exhibition of video portraits of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement negotiators sparked some tears at its opening. Agreement by artist Amanda Dunsmore created silent video portraits of 14 ...

15 Apr 2023 at 17:33

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