President Clinton's Economic Advisor to Ireland When Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell announced he would not seek re-election it came as a surprise to many, not least his Maine constituents who had given him 80 percent of the votes in the 1988 election. When the 61-year-old senator then turned down a Supreme Court nomination to the great disappointment of the President, … [Read more...] about George Mitchell’s Mandate
Senator George Mitchell
Quiet Optimism Over NI Talks – Mitchell Report Anxiously Awaited
The pendulum continued to swing between optimism and pessimism in Northern Ireland at the time of going to press, with the main political parties still in talks and Senator George Mitchell poised to release his long-awaited report on the state of the peace process. Mitchell, hailed by commentators of all the persuasions for his role in securing the Good Friday Agreement, flew … [Read more...] about Quiet Optimism Over NI Talks – Mitchell Report Anxiously Awaited
Mitchell Honored by Northern Women
Former Senator George Mitchell was honored for his tireless work for peace in Ireland at the Northern Ireland Women's Initiative (NIWI) January 21 in New York. NIWI founder and president Maureen Murray said, "The Northern Ireland Women's Initiative is honored to have Senator Mitchell's support in our efforts to promote full and equal participation of women in the political … [Read more...] about Mitchell Honored by Northern Women
Mitchell Honored by
Northern Women
Former Senator George Mitchell was honored for his tireless work for peace in Ireland at the Northern Ireland Women's Initiative (NIWI) January 21 in New York. NIWI founder and president Maureen Murray said, "The Northern Ireland Women's Initiative is honored to have Senator Mitchell's support in our efforts to promote full and equal participation of women in the political … [Read more...] about Mitchell Honored by
Northern Women
The Dawn of a New Peace
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