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Blair wanted to explore option of Queen opening Stormont Assembly

Tony Blair wanted to explore the option of the Queen officially opening Northern Ireland’s new Assembly in 1998, newly released state papers reveal. The Labour prime minister was however concerned that it would be a “delicate issue” for nationalist ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Stormont Executive was to go ‘where man has not gone before’

The new powersharing Executive at Stormont was described in 1999 as being like the Starship Enterprise – going where “man has not gone before”. Declassified state papers show civil servants in Northern Ireland were warned there was a risk that ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Alastair Campbell plays bagpipes lament for late Good Friday Agreement figures

Former Downing Street communications chief Alastair Campbell has played a lament on the bagpipes for political figures who were involved in the Good Friday Agreement negotiations but have since died. His performance came at the end of a live ...

18 Apr 2023 at 14:41

Northern Ireland

Trimble and Mallon sanctioned DUP ministers over rotation plan

DUP ministers Peter Robinson and Nigel Dodds were sanctioned in 2000 by Stormont’s leaders over their plan to disrupt the powersharing Executive. Minutes of an Executive meeting from June of that year state further action would be ...

30 Dec 2024 at 00:01

1997 snapshot of NI leaders described ‘loose cannon’ and a man of ‘dark moods’

A snapshot assessment of Northern Ireland politician’s personalities, habits and attitudes was compiled ahead of Labour’s Westminster general election win in 1997. The briefing mostly focuses on unionist politicians and does not ...

28 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Good Friday structures can only be reformed if all sides back it, Blair warns

The Good Friday Agreement should only be changed with cross community consent in Northern Ireland, former prime minister Sir Tony Blair has warned. The ex-Labour leader, who played a pivotal role in negotiating the historic ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:03

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28 Dec 2023 at 12:33

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