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Blair and Ahern hail Anglo-Irish partnership that helped land Good Friday accord

Sir Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern have hailed the spirit of Anglo-Irish teamwork and partnership that marked the high pressure negotiations that delivered Northern Ireland’s historic Good Friday Agreement. Twenty-five years on from the intensive talks ...

03 Apr 2023 at 04:10

Northern Ireland

Brexit was a ‘colossal mistake’, former PM Sir John Major tells committee

Britain made a “colossal mistake” when it left the European Union, former prime minister Sir John Major has told a Westminster committee. Sir John said while he is not a “significant Europhile”, he believes the UK was stronger in the EU. The ex-PM ...

07 Feb 2023 at 13:31

Northern Ireland

US attorney general wanted to stop Gerry Adams fundraising trip

The United States attorney general attempted to block Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams from fundraising there in 1995, newly released records show. Papers contained in the annual release of documents from the National Archives in Dublin show that ...

29 Dec 2024 at 00:01

Sport

Hugh Grant and the Queen among famous faces in crowd during day 10 of Wimbledon

The Queen and Peter Phillips sat among a host of famous faces from the world of acting, politics and sport on day 10 of Wimbledon. Phillips was joined in the Royal Box at the championships by his partner Harriet Sperling, and did not sit ...

09 Jul 2025 at 16:50

Northern Ireland

John Major ‘shouted at’ by Irish justice minister in Troubles-era meeting

Sir John Major said being “shouted at” by an Irish Justice minister was like “being in the House of Commons”, according to state documents which show that Padraig Flynn took UK officials to task on co-operation over Northern Ireland. In ...

27 Dec 2025 at 00:01

National News

Bruton contacted Major about Sellafield concerns as legal action was explored

The Irish government considered taking legal action against Sellafield in the mid-1990s, according to archive documents. Then-taoiseach John Bruton raised the issue with British prime minister John Major after several safety incidents ...

29 Dec 2025 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

John Major reprimanded John Bruton for ‘stormy’ speech in 1995

John Major wrote to John Bruton to reprimand him for a speech in London that would cause “a storm” in 1995 while he was “up to my eyeballs” in New Zealand. The Taoiseach made an address at a dinner in the English capital on Armistice ...

29 Dec 2025 at 00:01

National News

Collusion with loyalist paramilitaries not a government policy – Sir John Major

Collusion with loyalist paramilitaries was not a government policy, former UK prime minister Sir John Major has said. Sir John was answering questions from Sinn Fein MP John Finucane, whose father Pat was murdered by loyalists in ...

26 Jan 2023 at 18:27

Northern Ireland

Johnson urged Irish Government to adopt ‘hard-egg approach’ to NI peace process

Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson urged the Irish Government to adopt a “hard egg” approach to the Northern Ireland peace process and “let the nationalists go to hell”, newly declassified documents show. Mr Johnson claimed ...

28 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

No party or group should put Northern Ireland’s peace in peril – Sir John Major

Former UK prime minister Sir John Major has said that no party or group should put peace in Northern Ireland in peril. Sir John also criticised the Northern Ireland Protocol as “one of the least well-done negotiations in ...

26 Jan 2023 at 17:20

Northern Ireland

John Major feared loyalists would walk from ceasefire in 1996

John Major was concerned loyalists would walk away from the ceasefire in 1996 if they thought the British government was giving into Sinn Fein demands. Mr Major made the comments in a conversation with then-Taoiseach ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Thousands are alive today because of Good Friday Agreement – Adams

Thousands of people are alive today because of the peace brought about by the Good Friday Agreement, former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said. Mr Adams also said that while he does not believe a united ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:00

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