Former civil servant proposed European Community should treat island as single entity

Peter Brooke was replaced by Patrick Mayhew as a new taoiseach was installed

SDLP leader explained to British government his proposal for ‘double referendum’

Steinhoff has lost $12bn of its value since revealing ‘accounting irregularities’

Duddy was the first outsider ever to meet the IRA’s Army Council

Obituary: A shrewd, disciplined politician who sold ceasefire idea to the IRA he once led

General also felt Dublin proposal for UDR deployment away from its home areas would cause ‘Protestant uproar’

Officer angry at how soldiers had been arrested on back of Stevens Inquiry instructions

‘The province’ remains unloved and is also poorly understood by those in Britain

Dismissals of claims that Brexit could damage peace process are worrying

Mayhew was the longest-serving secretary of state for Northern Ireland

Chronology of attempts before and since the Anglo-Irish agreement