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A Fragile Peace

By Anne Cadwallader
August / September 2000

March 24, 2023 by Leave a Comment

The Northern Ireland Assembly is back but intransigence could still damage the prospects for peace. Anne Cadwallader reports. Glimpse a furrowed brow or lips shut tight against gritted teeth at Stormont right now and you're looking at someone who was counting on the peace process ending in failure and recriminations. Those with a spring in their step, a whistle on their lips … [Read more...] about A Fragile Peace

News: Fresh Talks to Kick-Start Assembly

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Political parties in Northern Ireland are gearing up for September talks in England at Leeds Castle in an effort to restore the dissolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Arms decommissioning, policing, and demilitarization are again expected to top the agenda, and although there is little sign of where a breakthrough can be made, pre-talks overtures from the main parties – the … [Read more...] about News: Fresh Talks to Kick-Start Assembly

News: Fresh Talks to
Kick-Start Assembly

By Frank Shouldice, Contributor
October / November 2004

October 1, 2004 by Leave a Comment

Political parties in Northern Ireland are gearing up for September talks in England at Leeds Castle in an effort to restore the dissolved Northern Ireland Assembly. Arms decommissioning, policing, and demilitarization are again expected to top the agenda, and although there is little sign of where a breakthrough can be made, pre-talks overtures from the main parties – the … [Read more...] about News: Fresh Talks to
Kick-Start Assembly

The Dawn of a New Peace

By Deaglán de Bréadún, Contributor
May / June 1998

May 1, 1998 by Leave a Comment

Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, talks chairman George Mitchell and British Prime Minister Tony Blair shake hands after the peace deal was struck on Good Friday in Belfast.

HISTORIC NI AGREEMENT GIVES HOPE FOR FUTURE: Deaglán de Bréadún, Northern Editor of The Irish Times, describes an epic week in the history of the North of Ireland culminating in the historic peace deal. ℘℘℘ I have been privileged to cover two truly epic stories in my career as a journalist. One was the mass migration of the Kurds from northern Iraq into Iran and Turkey … [Read more...] about The Dawn of a New Peace

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June 29, 1915

Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa, a prominent Fenian leader and member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, passed away in New York on June 29, 1915. Born in Co. Cork, Rossa was arrested and in 1865. He was charged with planning a Fenian Rising. He served out his sentence in England and after realizing he could not return to Ireland in exile, Rossa moved to the U.S. where he joined Clan Na Gael and the Fenian Brotherhood. A memorial to Rossa Stands in St. Stephen’s Green.

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