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Confidential minutes of talks between Tony Blair and the main church leaders in NI are released.

Extent of British discomfort at commemorating Irish Famine revealed John Major said 1996 service would look like an apology and offend unionists, files show Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 00:05 Éamon Phoenix, Mark Devenport Irish emigrants embarking for America at Waterloo Docks, Liverpool, in 1850. Photograph: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images   The extent of British gov...

John Major blocked Irish famine event over 'apology' A typical rural Irish house in the 19th century Éamon Phoenix Former British Prime Minister John Major. Picture by Jeff Overs/BBC/PA Wire Proposals to mark the 150th anniversary of the Great Famine with an ecumenical service in Liverpool to coincide with President Mary Robinson’s first visit to the UK were vetoed in 1996 by Prime Minister John Major. Newly-released files show the service had been mooted for several years. The possibility of a British event to mark the Famine was raised by Chris MacCabe ...

IRA wanted to 'freeze Sinn Fein out of talks' with British about ending Troubles Newly released paper said the IRA leadership's least favoured approach to talks was to involve Sinn Fein figures Gerry Adams with Martin McGuinness (Image: PA) Never miss a thing from Belfast and beyond - sign up for FREE newsletter direct to your inboxInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy...

peace talks The IRA wanted to freeze Sinn Fein out of backchannel talks with Brits about ending the Troubles, state papers reveal David Young Updated: 27 Dec 2020, 18:42 THE IRA wanted to freeze Sinn Fein out of proposed backchannel talks with the Brits about ending the Troubles, it can now be revealed. An internal Irish government communique reported that the IRA Army Council informed two prison chaplains in spring 1990 that it was prepared to enter exploratory discussions with the UK. 1 Reverend Monsignor John Murphy But the newly released paper said the IRA leadership’s least favoure...