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Husband of Omagh bombing victim challenges inquiry to deliver truth for victims

A man whose wife was killed in the Omagh bombing has challenged a public inquiry to provide the truth about the atrocity to victims. Kevin Skelton said he did not trust the Irish Government to co-operate with the inquiry, adding that without such ...

10 Feb 2025 at 12:57

National News

'We need you' - Bono calls on the UK to start leading the world again

U2 frontman Bono has urged the UK to start leading the world again after claiming the Government has been overtaken by “free market fundamentalists”. The Irish singer praised successive UK governments for helping tackle world debt, fighting ...

17 Oct 2022 at 12:20

Lifestyle

Alastair Campbell on why politics matters to children

Politics isn’t usually something most children and young people enjoy, or even understand. But Alastair Campbell is on a mission to change that. Campbell, who was former prime minister Tony Blair’s spokesman in the late Nineties and early ...

24 Jun 2024 at 07:45

Northern Ireland

Release of paramilitary prisoners in 1998 ‘horrible but necessary’ – Tony Blair

The release of paramilitary prisoners as part of the Good Friday Agreement was “horrible, but necessary”, Sir Tony Blair has said. Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern added that if the decision had not been taken in 1998, there would never ...

18 Apr 2023 at 14:24

Northern Ireland

Clinton and Blair ‘taken aback’ that decommissioning would miss GFA deadline

Bill Clinton was “taken aback” during a phone call with Tony Blair in which he conveyed that decommissioning would not take place by the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) deadline. The aim had been to make some progress on IRA ...

27 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

Tony Blair tried to steer speech for Gerry Adams on IRA disarmament

Tony Blair attempted to amend a Gerry Adams statement on IRA disarmament, newly unsealed documents show. On April 27 2003, then-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams gave a lengthy address on the decommissioning of arms by the ...

27 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland for anniversary ‘significant’, says Blair

Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair has described Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland as “significant” as the US President is due to arrive on Tuesday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The ...

11 Apr 2023 at 11:35

National News

Starmer pays tribute to ‘pope for the poor’ who ‘never lost hope’

Pope Francis was “a pope for the poor, the downtrodden and the forgotten”, the Prime Minister has said as politicians paid tribute to the late pontiff. MPs from across the political spectrum praised the Pope for his ...

21 Apr 2025 at 11:47

National News

Trimble told by Blair to ‘get lost’ over timing of border poll, records show

Former UUP leader David Trimble was effectively told by Tony Blair to “get lost” over the timing of a border poll, according to previously confidential reports. Under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, ...

29 Dec 2024 at 00:01

National News

Blair was urged to use ‘government machine’ to push for 1998 referendum Yes vote

Tony Blair was advised that he should use the “government machine” to push for a Yes vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement – but not to the extent that it would risk calling the result of the ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

National News

Bono calls on the UK to ‘lead’ the world again

17 Oct 2022 at 11:16

National News

Stormont instability a lingering regret from Good Friday deal, says Bertie Ahern

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern regards lingering instability of Northern Ireland’s political institutions as one of his biggest regrets from the Good Friday Agreement talks. The negotiations were ...

03 Apr 2023 at 04:15

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