Belfast Agreement

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: Owen McCafferty’s writing cuts through the Belfast peace talks’ seriousness to find levity in personal stakes and political bluster

This is a work for those who want to understand the plumbing of government, not the grandeur and glamour of governing

The two leaders vow to end Brexit discord ahead of talks in Farmleigh at the weekend

Three republicans who served time during the Troubles have no regrets about the long IRA campaign of violence

The crime writer on his latest novel, his admiration for John Connolly, and his rock’n’roll sideline

Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review

New British PM Keir Starmer says he looks forward to ‘working closely’ with Simon Harris after years of post-Brexit strain

It poured rain all day in London but there was a sunny interlude at a convenient moment for the new Labour prime minister

Starmer hopes that by turning the page on connections with the Republic, it could help to open a new book of co-operation with EU

Harrison conjures a malignant universe of betrayals, fights and even sado-masochism

Hip-hop trio Kneecap claim Kemi Badenoch’s denial of £15,000 grant unlawfully discriminates against them on grounds of nationality and political opinion

It has nothing to do with the EU, a fact many Tories seem to have overlooked

Concern that migrants are crossing Border to avoid deportation ‘has no weight any more’, says human rights lawyer

‘I believe I was given the document to nudge [the agreement] over the line,’ he later said

‘Hard yards’ required to demonstrate that unionists and their traditions would be respected, former taoiseach says in advance of New Ireland Commission event

Britain and Ireland can at least agree on one thing: nobody wants to start talking about the border again

Recently published report estimated cost for unification at €20bn a year for 20 years but this figure is contested

‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir

As a child, I feared not monsters under my bed but men in balaclavas. While many of my memories of the city were unhappy, I needed to return

The former priest who played a key role in the peace process reflects on the backchannel that enabled dialogue between the IRA and the UK government

Leaders of both countries hold ‘very good call’ before Taoiseach spoke to North’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Tánaiste Micheál Martin ignored pleas for intervention, high-profile MP says

From Enoch Powell to post-Brexit negotiations, former DUP leader has been an influential figure for decades

Now more than 25 years old, the Belfast Agreement is showing signs of age. So how can it be reformed, if at all?

Annual commemoration will end tomorrow as no one has been killed in political violence in Northern Ireland for nearly five years

Brightness and sincere optimism of Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly was a jolting invitation to look towards the future

Scheme was created 25 years ago, in light of Belfast Agreement, to send future US leaders to island of Ireland

Report shows failings of state agents who put lives at risks and exposes ‘maverick culture’ in British intelligence

Claire Hanna says ‘those of us who want to talk about a new Ireland have an obligation to spell out a lot more exactly what we mean by that’

Ireland’s Future report outlines steps that could be taken towards vote, including establishment of new government departments

Recent restoration of North’s devolved institutions earlier cited as main reason for keeping existing arrangements

Kneecap claim decision to veto funding is attempt to ‘silence’ them

Last week’s DUP deal underlines the North’s links to the British market and casts doubts on its willingness to follow EU rules - this puts a big opportunity at risk

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up, from the imminent return of Stormont to the text that downed Mercosur

Aogán Mulcahy explores the dynamics between ordinary and politically-motivated crime

‘Good Friday Agreement talks about parity of esteem, you can be British, Irish or other,’ says former DUP MP

Labour Party wrote to Tánaiste last month raising concerns over effects of Rwanda Bill

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has written to Tánaiste after concerns raised with him by British Labour Party

Territorial dimensions, everyday lived experience and issues of diversity frame this valuable book whose approach stretches Troubles scholarship into new ground

Donaldson will have to tread carefully to avoid splitting the DUP the way he split the UUP and prevent the civil war that transformed the UUP into a basket case