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Polls open for local government elections in Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin, which currently has 105 councillors, is hoping emerge as the largest party

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Tánaiste lays wreath at Dublin monument to mark Dublin, Monaghan bombings

Micheál Martin said it was important that government put victims and their families ‘centre-stage’

Bertie Ahern to address Seanad next week

It will be the first time the former Taoiseach has spoken in the House since leaving office

Pat Rabbitte: Ahern saying Fianna Fáil should be the junior party to Sinn Féin is pure mischief

Today’s Fianna Fáil voters are the oldest and arguably the country’s most conservative and will not easily desert Micheál Martin’s ‘shared island’ vision for Mary Lou McDonald’s demand for an early border poll

Reform of Northern Ireland political institutions needed once power-sharing restored - Tánaiste

Micheál Martin was speaking at an event in Queen University Belfast marking the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

George Mitchell urges Northern Ireland to ‘stick with the peace process’ in Belfast address

Mitchell flew from his home in Florida to Belfast to attend an international conference in Belfast to commemorate the twenty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement

Biden to arrive in Belfast as talks ramp up to get power sharing restored

The US President will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, and celebrate the recent Brexit deal intended to preserve it

Talks between Dublin and London to intensify to get Stormont restored, says Taoiseach

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said no timeline can be put on when powersharing would be back up and running, however

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Editorial: Achievements and failures must be noted on 25th anniversary of peace process

With Stormont mothballed and stalemate prevailing, all stakeholders in the Good Friday Agreement must be open to revising it, not least to encourage the centre ground to flourish

Peace on this island is not perfect – neither are opinions

While many of the concerns expressed in our editorial 25 years ago were warranted, others simply were not

An imperfect peace: How the Good Friday agreement brought bitter enemies together

Testimony from the GFA’s key players to the cross-party Oireachtas committee has produced a treasure trove of personal reflections on how the peace was won

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‘Belfast is a totally different city. The difference from then to now is absolutely insane’

How real is the peace dividend for small business owners? We speak to entrepreneurs who have founded companies since the 1998 accord

Matt Cooper: Good Friday production a cast of saints and sinners

Opinion is divided on many of the central characters involved in negotiating the historic Belfast settlement, partly by their actions – good or bad – in the intervening period

Sammy Wilson: Varadkar and Coveney have destroyed relationships built during Good Friday Agreement

The Good Friday Agreement has effectively been dismantled by the Northern Ireland protocol

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Martin Mansergh: So much has been achieved ‘in harmony and friendship’ – and much more can be too

The North’s situation now invites northern political parties to focus on political, economic and social progress rather than on constitutional differences

Northern Ireland

Elaine Byrne: Criminal gangs must be called out and not allowed to hide behind a ‘cause’

The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement brings an opportunity to reflect and examine our language, phraseology and perceptions

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Elaine Byrne: The EU’s role in the Good Friday Agreement has been written out of history

Membership of the EU enabled the thawing of relations between Ireland and Britain, yet the bloc’s role in the quest for peace on this island has been overlooked

Joe Biden confirms Ireland visit to mark 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement

The US President will go to both Northern Ireland and the Republic in a trip which is expected to last for five days

John Walsh: DUP and Sinn Féin need to shift positions on any border poll

The unionist community need to accept that a united Ireland is a legitimate aspiration, but Sinn Féin needs to stop putting a border poll front and centre of its agenda

Ibec calls for similar labour market rules North and South

Business lobby group boss tells Oireachtas committee on Good Friday Agreement says greater alignment will maximise all-island economy