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NATIONAL: Micheál Martin has officially declared today as the first official 'No Homework Day' for every child in Ireland

An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin has officially declared today as the first official 'No Homework Day' for every child in Ireland. In his most pressing interview to date, when questioned by 9 year old Dean Aherne about the abolition of homework, Micheál ...

12 Apr 2021 at 14:45

National News

Repatriated prisoners released after parliament week ended after No 10 request

The Irish Government released repatriated prisoners after the last week of the British parliamentary term ended in the summer of 1998 following a request from No 10. Confidential State documents released this year show that the timing was sensitive ...

28 Dec 2023 at 00:01

National News

Taoiseach says he is open to seeing Bertie Ahern return to party

The Taoiseach has indicated he would be open to allowing former party colleague Bertie Ahern back into the party. Micheal Martin said that he has been engaging with the former taoiseach in recent times, particularly about issues around the ...

15 Sept 2022 at 18:56

National News

Ahern urges DUP to compromise to restore Stormont powersharing

Former Irish premier Bertie Ahern has urged the DUP to reach a compromise to restore Stormont powersharing as he praised Rishi Sunak’s efforts to break the impasse over post-Brexit trade. Mr Ahern said it was not tenable or sustainable ...

16 Apr 2023 at 11:24

Northern Ireland

Tony Blair warned NI peace talks would ‘lose all credibility’ without progress

Tony Blair warned Bertie Ahern in July 1997 that the peace talks may “lose all credibility” if they did not move forward, archive files have revealed. A meeting between the two leaders and senior Irish and British civil servants show ...

30 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Tony Blair and George Mitchell to address Good Friday Agreement conference

Sir Tony Blair and former US senator George Mitchell will attend a conference in Belfast next week marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. They are among the architects of the 1998 peace deal taking part in the ...

13 Apr 2023 at 08:48

Northern Ireland

DUP urged to grasp 1998 peace deal ‘goodwill’ and return to Stormont

The DUP has been urged to grasp the goodwill being shown to Northern Ireland during the Good Friday Agreement commemorations and restore the powersharing institutions at Stormont. Sinn Fein MP John Finucane said the executive ...

19 Apr 2023 at 10:14

Northern Ireland

Good Friday Agreement changed history, Mitchell tells anniversary event

The people of Northern Ireland and their political leaders changed history 25 years ago when the Good Friday Agreement was signed, a major conference in Belfast has been told. Former US senator George Mitchell, who chaired ...

17 Apr 2023 at 12:00

Northern Ireland

Mandelson was advised not to refer to Ireland as ‘The Free State’

New Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Mandelson was advised to avoid referring to the Republic of Ireland as “The Free State” or “The Republican Government” when he took up the role in October 1999, newly declassified ...

24 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Martin hails ‘incredible perseverance’ of Ahern in brokering peace deal

National News

Martin hails ‘skill and determination’ of Ahern in helping broker peace deal

Ireland’s deputy premier Micheal Martin has paid tribute to his predecessor Bertie Ahern in his “truly remarkable work” in helping broker the Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago. Mr Martin made the comments at an ...

04 Apr 2023 at 22:34

Northern Ireland

Young people hold responsibility for peace deal’s future, ex-leaders tell pupils

Young people in Northern Ireland hold the responsibility for ensuring the Good Friday Agreement endures into the future, Sir Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern have said. The former British and Irish premiers ...

18 Apr 2023 at 12:58

Letterkenny/Milford MD

A Donegal man is one of those behind chart-topping Good Friday Agreement podcast

A Donegal man was one of those behind a new podcast that recalls the Good Friday agreement quarter of a century on. Lochlainn Harte is the son of former Senator Jimmy Harte and Mary, who live in ...

24 Feb 2023 at 14:09

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