George Mitchell

Mitchell Scholars programme ‘faces closure unless reliable funding can be secured’

‘Everybody loves the programme but nobody wants to pay for it,’ Trina Vargo of the US-Ireland Alliance says

Teneo appoints Gary McGann as chairman of new Irish advisory board

Former US Senator George Mitchell and ex US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan also join board, which will advise the Irish arm of the firm

Future of George Mitchell scholarships in doubt as programme paused over funding shortages

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

Enda Kenny contacted taoiseach’s office about honorary citizenship for philanthropist

Name of person former Fine Gael leader attempted to assist redacted in records released under FoI

Belfast Agreement anniversary: Now that the great and the good have departed, what have these few weeks achieved?

This was an anniversary marred by the lack of a functioning assembly or executive, bodies set up as a result of the Belfast Agreement

Belfast Agreement is almost the only topic that can unite Democrats and Republicans

The US’s crucial role in the success of North’s peace negotiations has come to outweigh the importance of its ‘special relationship’ with Britain

George Mitchell believes current crisis in North will be resolved

Opportunity and prosperity can come from effective self-governance, says former US senator

Belfast Agreement conference: Politicians in Northern Ireland ‘took risks’, says Blair - as it happened

Bill Clinton, Bertie Ahern and George Mitchell among speakers at three-day conference to mark 25th anniversary

What was achieved on Good Friday 1998 still feels remarkable

As a journalist waiting outside Stormont that day, we knew a deal was possible but never certain

The Agreement part 1: An unsettling trip back to the era of bullets, Bertie, Blair and Baby Spice

RTÉ’s Belfast Agreement documentary sweeps you back to the days when Irish terrorism was routinely in the headlines

Agreement: An outstanding evening, a landmark play, a thoroughly deserved five stars

Theatre: Owen McCafferty’s searing new dramatisation of the Belfast Agreement negotiations is a political thriller with echoes of Greek drama

Pat Leahy: Reflections on the Taoiseach’s Covid-hit week in Washington

No Oval Office meeting, but Martin used trip to clearly position Ireland with the West

Under no circumstances can hard border return in Ireland says top US politician

Richard Neal awarded honorary degree by Dublin City University

Thinking Anew – Let us be gracious in our words and deeds

Blair and Ahern to be asked in front of Dáil committee on Belfast Agreement

‘Once in a lifetime’ chance to hear first-hand accounts from key players nearly 25 years on

How Teneo’s master of the dark arts spun out of control

Declan Kelly resigned this week after allegations emerged of drunken behaviour at a fundraising party

Frank McNally on A History of Northern Ireland in 100 Euphemisms

An Irishman’s Diary

Border poll should be held in 2028, says Bertie Ahern

Former taoiseach says referendum on united Ireland should be held on Belfast Agreement anniversary

Covid-19 is now a global problem in search of an Irish solution

Opinion: Businesses must prepare for lengthy period of restrictions and tightened border rules

Newton Emerson: Covid means North has to relearn dangers of having too much money

US diplomat Martha Pope ahead of her time with observations on excess funding in 1997

Hume foundation to recognise work of ‘quiet peacemakers’

Former SDLP leader’s son announces plans for John and Pat Hume peace prize

John and Pat Hume Foundation to be launched on Friday

‘Hugely important’ that charity is named after both his parents, says John Hume jnr

Newton Emerson: America’s real role in peace process has been leaning on Sinn Féin

Any reversal of US policy due to Brexit should be handled with care

‘Don’t mess with the Good Friday accords,’ says Pelosi in new warning to UK

House speaker reiterates there will be no US-UK trade agreement if London risks peace in NI

Trump plans to boycott St Patrick’s Day Speakers’ lunch in Washington

Oval Office meeting between Varadkar and the president will proceed as planned

Colum McCann on Israel-Palestine: ‘I was completely ignorant of what was going on’

The author’s latest novel delves into the conflict through the eyes of two grieving fathers

Newton Emerson: Under what conditions would FF or FG share power with SF?

The Republic has perhaps one more electoral cycle to normalise Mary Lou McDonald’s party

Seamus Mallon tributes: Sharon Stone among those to sign book of condolence

Nobel Peace Prize winner Betty Williams pays tribute in Belfast, with second book to open in Derry

That was the year that was in Northern Ireland . . . 1996

IRA resumes murders after 18-month ceasefire breaks down, Orange march at Drumcree triggers widespread violence and all-party talks begin with Sinn Féin excluded

Ex-US envoy to North calls on government to push for Border status quo

Gary Hart asks US Senate to ‘make clear’ to UK, EU, Belfast Agreement must be protected

‘We don’t want to over-react’: Clinton to Bruton after London bombing

Transcripts reveal horror and shock of the leaders after 1996 blast ended first ceasefire

Explainer: What now for the Jeffrey Epstein investigation?

Finance executive died in US prison while awaiting trial for sex trafficking charges

Mitchell scholarship body claims ‘misleading’, says Rhodes

Rhodes programme says no one has ever turned it down in favour of Mitchell

Sinn Féin’s US group spent €20,800 on party in Northern Ireland

Friends of Sinn Féin takes $5,000 part repayment of loan to Dublin firm for 1916 event

London set for Trump visit after he backs Boris Johnson

MPs gear up for leadership campaign and voting as US president makes three-day trip

Seamus Mallon: Tony Blair said to me, ‘The trouble with you fellows is you have no guns’

The former SDLP leader on John Hume, the IRA and what’s next for Northern Ireland

Ireland’s reputation as business hub draws global law firm to Dublin

Former US peace broker heralds arrival of DLA Piper as it plans to grow to 100 jobs

European election: Battle to overturn Brexit key to SDLP leader’s campaign

Colum Eastwood wants ‘to take back John Hume’s seat’

The Irish Times view on sectarianism: It hasn’t gone away

The issue has a greater impact on everyday lives than the failure to make the power-sharing institutions at Stormont work

Bertie Ahern awarded honorary professorship at Queen’s

Former Taoiseach to deliver first lecture on the peace process and Brexit

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