Downing Street Declaration News Today

we will be live in belfast in a moment or two. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre now. well start with the first 147 maximim break at this years world snooker championship, its come on day 5 at the crucible is sheffield from kyren wilson in his 2nd round match against ryan day. the maximum break, where you pot all 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours has only been done 12 times before in the history of the tournament. and what about this for nerves of steel? t...

Britain and Ireland can at least agree on one thing: nobody wants to start talking about the border again

Mallie, once the voice of The Troubles on radio, looks backwards and ahead for Northern Ireland

Mallie, once the voice of The Troubles on radio, looks backwards and ahead for Northern Ireland

Former Minister for Foreign Affairs and Labour Party Leader Dick Spring has paid tribute to the late John Bruton, describing him as a man of strong conviction with unbounded commitment to public service.

The 30th anniversary of a soldier who was killed by the Provisional IRA – the last to be murdered in Crossmaglen – will be marked today.

Former Northern secretary saw the UUP leader David Trimble as ‘a deeply insecure leader’

Just eight months before the IRA’s first major ceasefire in 1994, intelligence showed there was a “close to 50/50 split” in opinion among volunteers about the Downing Street Declaration, according to a secret government file.

Having helped pave the way for the Downing Street Declaration and peace in Northern Ireland, the former Labour leader is wary of being seen to preach to generations with no memory of the Troubles

The Joint Declaration has often been taken for granted in the 30 years since, but it was arguably more significant than the Belfast Agreement that followed