Michael McDowell pushed for British amnesty for IRA members without trial, UK files reveal
Treatment of the so-called ‘on-the-runs’ later became a major controversy
Bill Clinton
An accuser’s story suggests Trump might appear in the Epstein files
Maria Farmer told police she had an alarming encounter with Trump in 1995
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week
July 14th-18th: including The Last Irish Missionaries, The Couple Next Door and The Veil
Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin – How bigotry was moved off the statute books
The author intersperses an account of the evolution of gay rights in the US with the story of his own early love affair
‘There’s a menace, an edge to life in America that wasn’t there before. And the possibility of dark stuff’
Journalist Edward Luce on his biography of ‘cold war prophet’ Zbigniew Brzezinski, the fearful state of the US today, and ‘Lilliputian’ post-Brexit UK
Thirty years after Oklahoma bombing, Bill Clinton draws parallel with polarisation of US today
Former president contrasts city’s ‘service, honour and kindness’ with current political unrest
‘I am sure there are other McVeighs out there’: Voices from Oklahoma City three decades after devastating attack
Survivors reflect on how the biggest domestic terror attack in US history affected them and their city
Charm offensive: The close personal encounters with charmers that leave us uneasy
We know charm is routinely weaponised in politics, business and personal relationships. Still, we’re not always immune to charming people, and maybe we don’t want to be
Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
Trump’s first hours: With each stroke of the pen came seismic hammer blows
Executive order pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters is the most eye-catching of a day of sweeping legislative action
Trump is like the boy who got everything he wished for. What will he do with it?
The billionaire businessman has managed to connect with millions of ordinary Americans in a way the Democrats cannot
Jimmy Carter’s final miracle sees five living US presidents come together for poignant funeral
Barack Obama was seated beside Donald Trump with former vice-president Mike Pence just behind them
US attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers reveal
Bill Clinton overruled objections to let Gerry Adams fundraise – and to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in White House
From Blair and Clinton to civil servants in the shadows, archive papers reveal scale of peace push
IRA Army Council management by Gerry Adams, Bertie Ahern’s referendum worries and unionists’ mistrust are revealed in documents
How John Bruton, the last Redmondite, got to grips with the IRA, the UK and the peace process
Once dismissed as ‘John Unionist’ in the Dáil, Bruton’s lifelong interest in history served him in key 1990s talks
Bill Clinton released from hospital after being treated for flu
Former president will be home for Christmas after being admitted with fever
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
Joe Biden faces a late, cruel humiliation in a tough closing chapter to his presidency
US president's accomplishments in office continue to make themselves heard even amid US election campaigning
Tánaiste says Irish troops in Lebanon are ‘safe’ in what is ‘a very difficult environment to operate within’
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres says the world is edging towards ‘a powder keg that risks engulfing the world’
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
Voices of the dead speak again, telling unheard stories of the IRA ceasefire 30 years on
New writing and never-previously broadcast interviews bring alive the negotiations and nervousness before a critical moment in the Belfast peace process
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week
August 10th-16th, 2024: From a grisly discovery in a Welsh back garden to an interview with the Klitschko brothers in wartorn Ukraine
How Fran Rooney helped pave the path to iMessage and online banking
When the US president Bill Clinton used Baltimore Technologies ‘strong encryption’ service, it opened the way to much wider use of the technology
George Stephanopoulos: ‘You can only have constructive debates if people are determined to engage in good faith’
Clinton-era White House adviser talks about his history of the White House Situation Room and his fear that Americans of opposing political camps have stopped listening to each other
Are the lessons of the Rwandan genocide being ignored 30 years on?
In the News podcast: New Yorker staff writer Philip Gourevitch reflects on the lessons not learned from the 1994 Rwandan genocide
The Lost Peace: How the West failed to prevent a second Cold War by Richard Sakwa - A detailed account of a missed opportunity
Economic disaster and Nato expansion were among the factors that undermined the prospects of democracy in Russia
‘I am a child of the Troubles. Ordinary boring government is much better’
Former IRA prisoner turned artist says of post-conflict Northern Irish society: ‘We’re not normal, but we’re heading towards normality’
Stock markets don’t love Donald Trump
Trump ranks below Obama, Clinton and other Democrat presidents in a large group seen as having little impact on markets
Mr Varadkar goes to Washington: Is the Taoiseach’s St Patrick’s Day trip to the US really worth it?
Ireland’s easy access to and close relationship with the most powerful nation on Earth remains a huge diplomatic asset
Epstein victim admitted to ‘inventing’ sex tapes in 2019 interview, says Virgin Group
Sarah Ransome appeared to write communications claiming Richard Brandson, prince Andrew and Bill Clinton were filmed by paedophile financier
Epstein files: Third batch includes claim Prince Andrew ‘spent weeks’ at late financier’s home
Allegation made by Epstein’s former house manager who says he routinely saw famous faces in Florida home
Epstein is dead but misogyny is attracting a whole new generation
The Epstein files remind us of a time when toxic attitudes to women were rife in powerful circles. Has that culture gone away?
Gross diplomatic negligence led to war between Israel and Hamas
Contrary to what Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu says, Hamas is not Isis
Gothic-style Foxrock mansion goes up for auction following near €1m price drop
Around the Block: One-time home of well-known publican, the late Noel Cassidy, will require costly renovation or rebuild
Lost in translation: Oslo Accord gave Palestinians false hope
The peace agreement, signed 30 years ago, ceded a huge advantage to Israel
There’s a reason young voters are flocking to Sinn Féin not Fine Gael - it has nothing to do with age gap between leaders
Voters don’t tend to consider a politician’s age, otherwise how to explain the appeal of Bernie Sanders and Michael D Higgins to the young?
Sinn Féin has access in Washington that other parties can only dream about
Most Americans see party through prism of Northern Ireland rather than as potential part of Dublin government, although some would be ‘shocked’ at manifesto, US analysts say
Trump vows to appoint ‘real’ special prosecutor to go after Biden and his family if re-elected
Former president argues that indictment against him represents most ‘heinous abuse of power’ in US history
Management 101: don’t drain a reservoir to find your phone
Lapses in judgment and lack of integrity fly in the face of the most basic expectations of what it means to be a leader
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
Sunak urges unionists to ‘work with us’ to restore powersharing
Bill Clinton tells final day of Queen’s conference it is time to ‘get this show on the road’
Hume and Trimble ‘put their careers and lives on the line’ for peace, says Bill Clinton
Former US president makes address in Derry at tribute event honouring architects of the Belfast Agreement
Bertie Ahern ‘had the kind of BS I always wished I had’, says Bill Clinton
Former taoiseach, former US president and Tony Blair - key figures in sealing Belfast Agreement - recall turbulent time of accord negotiation at Queen’s University Belfast conference
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
Ahern, Clinton and Blair to reflect on their role as guarantors of Belfast Agreement at major conference
The three-day Queen’s University event, which marks the 25th anniversary of the peace deal, will be hosted by former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton
Why are US presidents so drawn to Ireland?
The visits are acts of political theatre with American audiences clearly in mind with the blueprint established by Kennedy
Traffic restrictions, high security and excitement ahead of Biden visit
The Phoenix Park will be closed from 5pm on Wednesday for 24 hours
Fintan O’Toole: Shape of Belfast Agreement was in many respects as predictable as a rabbit in a magician’s hat
Political theatre helped to disguise the fact that the Belfast Agreement was a conjuring act to wipe the memory that most of it had already been agreed long ago
Not even jail would end Trump’s political career
The only way to definitively beat Trump is at the ballot box - and the results of a rematch with Biden would be far from certain
The Agreement part 2: When U2 showmanship helped conquer the foundering Yes campaign
Pacy and detailed film examines complicated factors at play in run-up to Belfast Agreement referendum
Bill Clinton: Windsor framework for dealing with Northern Ireland is ‘as good as anyone is going to get’
Gerry Adams told a conference in New York that the Good Friday accord was most important political agreement of our time
‘A dark cloud that hasn’t lifted’: Search for remains of IRA victim Columba McVeigh resumes
Families of the Disappeared are still living ‘in horrible limbo’, says sister
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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