Gerry Adams

New writing and never-previously broadcast interviews bring alive the negotiations and nervousness before a critical moment in the Belfast peace process

Noel Doran singles out the murder of Patrick Kielty’s father in 1988 in influencing his outlook as editor of Irish News for 25 years

Mourners who forgot to wear Easter lilies handed replacements as service plays host to who’s who of republican circles

This superb book examines the 1986 murder of Frank Hegarty in Northern Ireland

Young Irish people are growing up with an unreasonable sense of confidence. St Patrick’s weekend is an ideal chance to correct the record

The lives of the modern, career-focused Irish in the States are a far cry from those of the immigrants who escaped a moribund Ireland in the 80s and 90s

Former Sinn Féin president’s legal battle has been rendered ‘academic’ by UK Trouble’s Legacy Act

Sense of occasion felt throughout the Assembly Chamber as Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly acknowledged ‘historic moment’, with one lone dissenting TUV voice

Three men injured by bombs in England allege Gerry Adams was ‘leading member’ of Provisional IRA

People within party may consider that negative publicity arising from some cases does party’s reputation no good

British government came under pressure from Sinn Féin in 2000 to give immunity to republicans who were ‘on the run’ for offences from before the Belfast Agreement

State papers: An MP colleague also remarked that Mandelson’s tunnel vision was his greatest strength and his greatest weakness

Newly declassified files span 10 years in which the Republic became more liberal and Northern Ireland gained peace

State papers: British officials also raised issue of prisoner release, saying ‘life of a Garda’ could not be valued differently from that of a UK policeman

The Mass, the words and the music

Voting and identity

The former Sinn Féin President pursued a claim for damages after his historic convictions for trying to escape from prison were overturned

Sinn Féin's former president is happy to project an image of cheerful dottiness these days. How much this island has changed

Four decades after the sectarian atrocity at a church in Darkley during Northern Ireland’s Troubles, the Catholic and Protestant Archbishops of nearby Armagh reflect on the sectarianism of the past and today

Dr Jilan Wahba Abdalmajid given standing ovation by Sinn Féin party members after emotional address

Call for commitment to peace and rule of law to be condition for registering as a party or taking seat in Dáil

Loyalists and republicans were opposed to the SDLP leader’s efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland, as these extracts from a new book by Stephen Walker show

A ‘man about the parish’ or ‘extremely active’ - party members weigh up the part currently played by the former politician

Cahill’s story of sexual abuse and subsequent mistreatment contains very uncomfortable truths

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald among opponents warning of interference on Moore Street area

An ‘Irish NHS’ is an oft-repeated pledge from Sinn Féin. But is it a threat or a promise?

Despite the lack of co-operation from the party, the author has produced a pointed chronicle of its evolution over the last four decades, without fear or favour - and with one explosive claim

Adams party leader for 35 years until 2018 when handing over control uncontested to Mary Lou McDonald

Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn Féin

Niall Ó Dochartaigh has produced a fascinating account of communications between the IRA and the British

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

Sinn Féin has abandoned both anti-capitalism and the principle of making Northern Ireland unworkable, adopting economic policies that are not much to the left of the Republic’s mainstream

Former taoiseach says he was concerned about move intended to appease the fears of unionists

Former Sinn Féin leader claims broadcaster falsely alleged he sanctioned killing of British spy Denis Donaldson in 2016 Spotlight programme

Unionists were wavering and the future uncertain when Stephen Grimason revealed the deal on Good Friday 1998

Is he the one contender who could seriously challenge any attempt by Sinn Féin to run Gerry Adams for President?

IRA enforcer turned British army agent was deeply involved in some of the murkiest chapters of the Troubles

US president’s address to joint Houses of the Oireachtas turns into a frequently hilarious, occasionally touching and ultimately heartwarming homecoming

US president says he believes UK should be working closer with Republic to support people of Northern Ireland

Analysis: Despite cynicism of some, US has long played beneficial political and economic role in Northern Ireland