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# Peace Process

This year
2023
# Dissidents
Explainer: The New IRA and their not-so-new belief in violent republicanism
The New IRA was formed in 2012.
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# Back in the fold
What did the Mahon Tribunal find against Bertie Ahern, and what's happened since then?
The former Taoiseach has rejoined Fianna Fáil – but what led to his resignation in the first place?
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Feb 9th 2023, 11:19 AM
# Peace Process
No party or group should put North's peace in peril, John Major tells Oireachtas committee
The former UK prime minister was speaking as he gave evidence to a government committee today.
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Jan 26th 2023, 6:37 PM
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# Troubles
Progress at five peace wall sites in Northern Ireland
Work is ongoing to reduce or remove the walls which were built to separate communities during the Troubles.
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Dec 29th 2022, 1:59 PM
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# The Troubles
Decommissioning demands during first IRA ceasefire ‘were pointless’
Senior security figures told Irish officials two months before the ceasefire ended that the insistence on prior decommissioning was unnecessary.
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Dec 29th 2021, 2:25 PM
# 1997 state papers
Republicans in the Maze allowed IRA prisoners build an escape tunnel 'as occupational therapy'
The Republican leadership had no intention of letting the prisoners escape.
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Dec 29th 2021, 9:00 AM
# Peace Process
John Hume 'literally cried on Martin McGuinness's shoulder' amid health concerns in 1994
The SDLP leader later retired from public life after 40 years as an activist.
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Dec 29th 2021, 12:02 AM
# Peace Process
IRA could not be defeated by military, John Major admitted in 1990s
“I would not say this in public, of course, but, in private, I would say, possibly no.”
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Dec 28th 2021, 9:30 AM
# article 16
Taoiseach says there's an 'obligation' to consider Article 16's impact on the peace process
Micheál Martin has called on the Progressive Unionist Party to reconsider their withdrawal of support for the Good Friday Agreement
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Nov 8th 2021, 3:30 PM
# Good Friday Agreement
US president ‘maintains unequivocal support for Belfast Agreement’
Jen Psaki, White House spokeswoman, spoke of Biden’s support for the agreement during the daily press briefing.
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Mar 5th 2021, 7:49 AM
# Peace Process
Tony Blair says EU was 'very foolish' over NI vaccine move
The bloc backtracked on the move, imposed unilaterally as it faces shortfalls on vaccine supplies.
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Jan 31st 2021, 9:34 AM
# RIP
'He was Ireland's Martin Luther King': Derry and Ireland say goodbye to John Hume
“Make no mistake about it – there are people alive today who would not be alive had it not been for John’s vision and his work.”
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Aug 5th 2020, 2:21 PM
# Northern Ireland
'We're in tears': Derry's people on what John Hume meant to the city
The city is in mourning ahead of the funeral of John Hume today.
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Aug 5th 2020, 10:18 AM
Voices
Opinion: A vote for change in Ireland, a welcome vote for Palestinians
Palestinians are heartened by the stance of most Irish parties on the occupied territories, writes Mona Sabella.
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Feb 22nd 2020, 6:15 AM
Voices
Opinion: In Colombia indigenous protests follow communities being displaced and leaders murdered
Thousands of indigenous people have attended a minga -a collective action for the common good – in defence of life, writes Kieran Duffy.
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Apr 20th 2019, 7:30 PM
Voices
Opinion: My generation has only known peace on this island, but I’m afraid that’s about to change
Brexit and the possibility of a resurrected border loom over us like a hammer ready to crush our fragile peace – and we aren’t prepared for the consequences., writes Emily Duffy.
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Mar 17th 2019, 1:00 PM
# hard brexit
Former Real IRA commander: Even cameras on masts would be seen as 'spy posts' in border regions
John Connolly, the group’s leader in prison in the 2000s, says things would change dramatically in the event of a hard border.
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Feb 18th 2019, 12:05 AM
# very hard border
Tony Blair says no-deal Brexit could be 'devastating' for peace process
He accused some politicians of “playing fast and loose” with the peace process in Northern Ireland.
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Feb 10th 2019, 2:26 PM
# guess who's backstop
David Trimble is planning to take Theresa May's government to court over the backstop
The former NI First Minister claims the border backstop undermines the Belfast Agreement.
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Feb 5th 2019, 10:07 AM
# Peace Process
Varadkar to meet Apprentice Boys on trip to Derry
Discussing the peace process and Brexit are on the Taoiseach’s agenda.
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Oct 26th 2018, 7:15 AM
# Belfast
'Full of honesty, candour and wisdom': Tributes after death of Queen's University chancellor Tom Moran
Moranm has been praised for his contribution to the Peace Process.
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Aug 13th 2018, 8:41 AM
# Beyond Brexit
Warnings from former taoisigh on Brexit border: 'The communities would come together to tear it down'
Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern and John Bruton shared a stage in Dublin this morning.
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Apr 23rd 2018, 11:27 AM
# 20 years
Bill Clinton on sleepless nights in 1998, Bertie trying to keep him up till dawn and Northern Ireland's similarities with Black Panther
Bill Clinton shared his memories of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, 20 years ago today.
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Apr 10th 2018, 7:05 AM
# in a room
'You had the unionist guy saying to the Tory - 'you're not understanding what Sinn Féin is saying''
Years before the Good Friday Agreement, politicians came together at Glencree for unofficial, trust-building talks.
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Mar 30th 2018, 9:00 PM
# 20 years on
'There is important work to be done': Clinton says politicians should commit to spirit of Good Friday Agreement
A special event to mark the 20th anniversary of the deal has been held in Washington DC.
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Mar 14th 2018, 8:50 AM
# Brexit
'Ireland first': Donald Tusk says every EU leader 'wants to protect peace process and avoid hard border'
The President of the European Council said disrupting the peace process in Northern Ireland “must be avoided at all costs”.
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Mar 8th 2018, 4:03 PM
# loose lips
Explainer: Why UK Brexiteers have been told to 'sod off' away from the Good Friday Agreement
It’s all about how it affects the UK’s Brexit negotiating position in Europe.
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Feb 20th 2018, 6:01 PM
# US/IRISH RELATIONS
White House visit: Simon Coveney to brief Trump administration on Northern Ireland
The Tánaiste is to travel to New York and Washington DC following this morning’s Cabinet meeting.
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Feb 20th 2018, 9:16 AM
# unique role
'As long as there is work to do we'll continue it': The lead detective searching for the remains of The Disappeared
Geoff Knupfer has a unique role. He can’t make arrests, but concentrates solely on finding bodies.
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Dec 29th 2017, 12:05 AM
# divided society
'Behind the masks': New digital archive documents Northern Ireland's history
A library in Belfast has collected tens of thousands of items related to the Troubles and subsequent peace process.
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Sep 17th 2017, 9:30 AM
# major problem
Peace process 'under stress' by a Tory-DUP government - but May isn't worried
Prime Minister Theresa May’s response: her government still supports the peace process.
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Jun 13th 2017, 10:08 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Are you worried about how the Tory-DUP deal could affect the peace process?
DUP supporters are reportedly urging the party to ask Theresa May to allow loyalist marches go through Catholic areas.
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Jun 13th 2017, 8:50 AM
# Inspiration
'Irish people were not as comfortable with the English as they are today'
Journalist and author Colin Young chats to The42 about Jack Charlton’s place in Irish football’s history.
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Jun 10th 2017, 8:00 PM
# The Troubles
Tributes paid on the death of 'secret peacemaker' Brendan Duddy
The Derry businessman had been an important link between IRA forces and the British government for over 20 years.
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May 13th 2017, 11:12 AM
# Olive Branch
Can Donald Trump save the Middle East peace process?
“All the parties like him right now. The Palestinians like him, the Israelis like him.”
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May 7th 2017, 7:00 PM
# a remarkable life
'An IRA leader turned peacemaker': How Martin McGuinness is being remembered internationally
‘The cuddly grandfather figure that he presented in later life was real – but so too was the guerrilla hard man of the 1970s.’
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Mar 22nd 2017, 12:05 AM
# Peace Process
Sinn Féin welcomes involvement of former IRA prisoners in election campaign
Gerry Adams and director of elections Matt Carthy have faced questions about the involvement of former political prisoners in the election campaign.
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Jan 8th 2016, 1:27 PM
# Peace Process
Bill Clinton had private concerns over Gerry Adams' IRA links
“I don’t know what the real deal is between him and the IRA.”
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Jan 8th 2016, 10:39 AM
# Peace Process
Britain's new Shadow Chancellor has apologised for saying IRA members should be "honoured"
John McDonnell has been appointed to his position in recent days by new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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Sep 18th 2015, 7:13 AM
# Undefeated Army
Gerry Adams: The IRA was never defeated
The Sinn Féin leader was speaking on the 10th anniversary of the formal end to the IRA’s armed campaign.
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Jul 28th 2015, 9:30 PM
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