John Bruton
EU has stretched itself to accommodate UK on protocol, says former taoiseach John Bruton
THE EU has stretched itself as far as it can to resolve the impasse around the protocol, according to former taoiseach John Bruton.
John Major feared loyalists would walk from ceasefire in 1996
The UK’s then-prime minister told John Bruton of his concerns about being seen to give into Sinn Fein demands.
Fears possible loyalists bombings would be ‘like civil war’, Irish records show
John Bruton warned a bombing campaign would mean the complete unravelling of the Northern Ireland peace process.
Martin O'Brien: Political leadership needed to bring about healing
So much has already happened in 2022, including the shocking murder of Ashling Murphy, the report by the Police Ombudsman that documented yet more collusion, the Novak Djokovic affair, new twists in the Prince Andrew scandal and the apparent beginning of the slow (or maybe not so slow) death of Boris Johnson’s premiership, it is easy to forget those State papers released in Belfast, Dublin and London that featured prominently in our newspapers, including the Irish News, in the days after Christmas.
Former taoiseach John Bruton accuses British government of 'threatening language' and being in denial over trade border in the Irish Sea
JOHN Bruton has accused the British government of using "threatening" language while "pretending" that it did not sign-up to a trade border in the Irish Sea.
Ex-Taoiseach Bruton criticises GFA's border poll provision, accusing negotiators of not 'thinking through' ramifications
FORMER Taoiseach John Bruton has said the negotiators of the Good Friday Agreement failed to consider how calling a border poll based on a perceived nationalist majority in the north would affect Ireland as a whole.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says John Hume was a man of 'integrity and courage'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has paid tribute to John Hume, describing the former SDLP leader as a man of "integrity and courage".
John Bruton regarded Sinn Féin with `great distaste' files reveal
NEW Taoiseach John Bruton regarded Sinn Féin with "great distaste", newly released state papers reveal.
John Bruton: Humility is the first step towards persuasion
In a wide-ranging interview, former Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader John Bruton talks to Fr Chris Hayden about the Church-State relationship in Ireland, politics and conscience, constitutional nationalism and violence, and the liberalisation of abortion
Brexit: Britain's chosen to 'tear up' Good Friday Agreement says John Bruton
BRITAIN has decided to "tear up" the Good Friday Agreement by pressing ahead with Brexit, former taoiseach John Bruton has said.