Mark Durkan: There’s a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ about united Ireland
Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan says there is a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ surrounding the options for constitutional change
Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final
David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final
‘I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the Aviva’
Dublin-based English academic Mike Cronin says atmosphere at recent Ireland-England soccer match highlights lack of respect for ‘the other’ built into partition of island
On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island
Some 800,000 people made cross-Border journeys by cruiser, bicycle or foot - a story that Waterways Ireland’s chief John McDonagh says must be told more
Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives
State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down
Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned
The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair
Northern Ireland’s construction industry was ‘rotten’ with paramilitary links, officials told
IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries were able to ‘cream off’ millions through extortion rackets
‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records show
Kidnapping of dissident Tohill in 2004 heightened tensions, with McDowell comparing Sinn Féin to Nazis
Nationalists feel ‘sense of ease’ when they travel south, Dick Spring told
Residents of Dunloy village, north Antrim, suffered sectarian abuse and oppressive policing
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
Concessions to Loyalist Volunteer Force horrified Dublin, records show
Irish officials suspicious of ‘malign mandarins’ encouraging ‘King Rat’ Billy Wright
Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told
Issue raised over possible elevation of well-regarded lawyer Ronnie Appleton to bench
NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed
Eamonn McKee complained the report’s ‘studied neutrality’ was not intended to reflect Catholic attitudes accurately
Stakeknife allegations ‘traumatised’ Sinn Féin, Ahern and Blair believed
Disclosure ignited ‘all kinds’ of conspiracy theories about who was being protected and who eliminated
Dublin blindsided on Chris Patten’s appointment as head of NI policing commission, State records show
June 1998 briefing note prepared for then taoiseach Bertie Ahern complained of ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with British handling of the matter