Deaglán de Bréadún

Deaglán de Bréadún is a former winner of the IPR/BT Daily News Journalist of the Year award in the north and author of The Far Side of Revenge: Making Peace in Northern Ireland (2001 and second edition in 2008) and Power Play: The Rise of Modern Sinn Féin, as well as three books in the Irish language.

All articles by Deaglán de Bréadún

Deaglán de Bréadún: Nobel nomination for Bloody Sunday families welcome

Columnists 01 Feb, 2023

THE decision by Colum Eastwood to nominate families of Bloody Sunday victims for the Nobel Peace Prize is a good one.

Deaglán de Bréadún: Is Sinn Féin’s difficulty the far right’s opportunity?

Columnists 25 Jan, 2023

THERE is a photograph in last week’s edition of The Kerryman newspaper which shows a group of protesters standing outside the Tralee constituency office of Ireland’s main opposition party.

Deaglán de Bréadún: History shows Labour can't always be trusted by nationalists

Columnists 18 Jan, 2023

BRITAIN'S Labour Party hasn’t always been popular on this island, particularly with nationalists.

Deaglán de Bréadún: Violence never far away when interviewing Yasser Arafat

Columnists 11 Jan, 2023

IN last week's column I quoted a remark attributed to Bill Clinton where the former US President told Gerry Adams that the latter’s work in the Irish peace process was far superior to the performance of Yasser Arafat in the Middle East.

Deaglán de Bréadún: New envoy's northern experience will be very different from his father's

Columnists 28 Dec, 2022

WITHOUT the involvement of the US it is questionable whether the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement of 1998 would have been concluded.

Deaglán de Bréadún: Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition would once have been unthinkable

Columnists 21 Dec, 2022

JUST 100 years ago last Monday, at 8.