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The former Sinn Féin president won a UK Supreme Court appeal in 2020 over historical convictions in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

The former Sinn Féin president won a UK Supreme Court appeal in 2020 over historical convictions in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago.

The former Sinn Fein president won a Supreme Court appeal in 2020 over historical convictions in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

It has been 25 years since the first Assembly election following the Belfast Agreement.

In early 1985, John Hume, the future co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and the first person to receive NDI’s Democracy Award, visited Washington, D.C., to build bipartisan support for the politics of peace in Northern Ireland. Known as a civil rights leader in the 1960s from the Bogside in Derry, he had become the leader of Northern Ireland’s Social Democratic Labor Party (SDLP) and was by then an elected member of both the British and European parliaments. 

The only option that makes any sense at this point is a version of British - Irish joint authority, giving the Irish Republic equal status.

Every year Irish politicians joke that in America St. Patrick’s Day lasts at least a week. This year, it seemed closer to two months. Ireland dominated the agenda of senior American policy makers in March and April with three, weeklong events: The annual St Patrick’s pilgrimage of Irish political leaders to America; a four-day visit by President Biden to Ireland; and a

Lord Weir has lost his seat as a DUP party officer to South Down MLA Diane Forsythe.

The A5 Public Inquiry has ended and the Planning Appeals Commissioners are now off to write their report.