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Bill Clinton and senator George Mitchell were central in keeping the players at the table so that the historical deal could be signed in 1998.
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announce their new trade agreement.
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A newly approved trade deal could be an opportunity to return Northern Ireland’s political attention to pressing issues of health care, housing, energy costs and inflation.
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The Windsor framework aims to give Stormont more say over how EU law applies in Northern Ireland.
David Trimble, 1944-2022.
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The former first minister of Northern Ireland will be best remembered as one of the key architects of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement of 1998.
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The government’s plan to override the Northern Ireland protocol breaches the UK’s legal obligations.
Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald (left) celebrates with John O'Dowd, MLA for Upper Bann, and Michelle O'Neill, who will be the new first minister at Stormont.
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Sinn Fein’s win does not reflect a surge in support but rather other factors including the divisions in unionism.
However you get there, just get there.
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What’s happening in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales this Thursday.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss could have serious influence over Northern Irish politics this year.
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After Lord Frost’s departure, the future of Brexit negotiations – and the Northern Ireland protocol – are in Liz Truss’s hands.
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The UK is attempting to renegotiate the Northern Ireland protocol, but its proposals are unrealistic.
A diminished voice in the union?
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Northern Ireland’s Orange Order will take to the streets on July 12 to commemorate a Protestant military victory. A scholar explains why this year the risk of unrest is heightened.
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Social media has played a central role in the mobilisation of violent protests in Northern Ireland. Here’s how to follow along responsibly.
Changing face of unionist politics: new first minister, Paul Givan with the now former DUP leader, Edwin Poots.
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With the resignation of shortlived DUP leader Edwin Poots, unionism in Northern Ireland is in turmoil.
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An incoherent Brexit policy has ended the DUP leader’s career – but her party can’t pretend they didn’t giver her full support.
A campaigner calls for change back in 2018.
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A year since the law was changed, women were still not getting access to abortion services.
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A crisis can create divisions but it can also help heal them.
Irish immigrants, 1874 in Harper’s Weekly.
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Many unwed Irish mothers-to-be travelled to America in the 19th century hoping for a new start
Prime minister Boris Johnson with deputy first minister Michelle O'Neil, first minister Arlene Foster and Northern Ireland secretary Julian Smith.
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A new deal has been signed that seeks to encourage Sinn Fein and the DUP to work together.
DUP leader Arlene Foster keeps a watchful eye over Nigel Dodds, her man in Westminster.
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The contests in this part of the UK are so unique that they are rarely included in national polling. And this year is no exception.
From left, the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union affects Ireland, too.
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Politicians who want to unite Ireland under a Dublin-based government are stuck choosing whether to participate in the UK in an effort to stay in the EU.
Abortion rights supporters in Missouri take part in a protest, after state lawmakers passed rules aimed at closing Missouri’s only abortion clinic, May 30, 2019.
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Young, poor, single and a mother of two: This is the profile of most women in the US and Northern Ireland who seek financial assistance to help pay for an abortion.