Allmep: one Irish man’s plan to salvage Israeli-Palestinian relations
John Lyndon hopes to bring incremental peace to region based on Irish experience
‘Paul Ryan was an Irish Catholic altar boy who had stayed an altar boy’
Michael Wolff’s book about Trump explains Bannon and Ryan’s enmity through an Irish prism
‘Once the locked door was opened everything became possible’
FitzGerald’s drive and relationshsip with Thatcher key to success, recalls Peter Barry
New Ireland Forum helped begin process of changing hearts and minds
Shift in nationalist demands allowed forum to become launchpad for lobbying
Anglo-Irish Agreement marked a crossing of the Rubicon
Sense of betrayal and exclusion fueled unionist rage and furious protests
Reagan in the White House leaned on Thatcher to reach historic agreement
The US president encouraged Thatcher to be more flexible and work towards compromise
Loretta Brennan Glucksman receives Irish diaspora award
Irish-American philanthropist ‘has shown herself to be a friend and champion of Ireland in the US’
SDLP drew down $400,000 from donation to establish New York office
Party has not engaged in fundraising since ban on large foreign donations in 2007
Republicans keep it local in race for US Senate
Republicans enter today’s elections with edge to control Senate for first time since 2006
US political rivals sit down to break bread and celebrate Irish-American heritage
Obama and Boehner celebrate St Patrick’s Day lunch with Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Clinton urges North to ‘finish job’ of peace process
Former US president honours former SDLP leader John Hume in Derry
Major ‘refused’ to speak to Clinton after Adams got US visa
British ‘incandescent with rage’ over move during peace process negotiations in 1994
Heroics came long after the hero
JFK’s contribution to Irish political concerns was minimal. On the national question, the true heroes were Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton
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