Getting Past It in Belfast
Northern Ireland’s effort to cement the gains of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement can only succeed if pro-British unionists and separatist Sinn Fein republicans can share power after Wednesday’s vote.
Northern Ireland’s effort to cement the gains of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement can only succeed if pro-British unionists and separatist Sinn Fein republicans can share power after Wednesday’s vote.
A vote by Sinn Féin to endorse the police force in Northern Ireland has the potential to revive the power-sharing arrangements called for in the 1998 Good Friday accord.
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Prime Minister Enda Kenny discusses terrorism in Ireland and around the world, the elections in Northern Ireland, and the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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Listen to Bertie Ahern, prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, discuss the peace process with Northern Ireland and its relations with the rest of Europe.
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Listen to Gerry Adams, president of Sinn Fein, discuss the future of the Northern Ireland peace process.
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This Wall Street Journal editorial argues that the permanent crisis-management fund will only make permanent crisis more likely.
Mohamed El-Erian, chief executive and co-chief investment officer of PIMCO, writes in the Financial Times that the package of emergency loans to Ireland will not significantly change the economic landscape of Europe.
The proposed Irish bail-out has not calmed the financial markets. And now their attention is moving on to new victims in the Iberian peninsula, reports The Economist.
An interesting piece on Loyalists and their activities in Northern Ireland.
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This special report from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) argues that peace in Northern Ireland has come at the price of reconciliation between communities.
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Michael Moran writes that the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict could learn from the success of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement.
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Prime Minister Enda Kenny discusses terrorism in Ireland and around the world, the elections in Northern Ireland, and the relationship between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Irish Prime Minister, Bertie Ahern, addresses Council members as the 2007 Russell C. Leffingwell Lecturer.
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Gerry Adams, President of Sinn Fein, speaks to Council members on the future of the Northern Ireland peace process.
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