Northern Ireland Archives

Mourners honor Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume

Aug 5, 2020

Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland.

By Danica Kirka

Church leaders praise John Hume for dedication to cause of peace in N. Ireland

Aug 4, 2020

Hume, who died Aug. 3 at the age of 83, was principal architect of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday peace agreement.

By Charles Collins

John Hume, Catholic politician who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83

Aug 3, 2020

Politician John Hume, who won Nobel Peace Prize for work to end violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died, his family said. He was 83.

By Danica Kirka

Public Masses to resume in Northern Ireland on June 29

Jun 19, 2020

Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, the Primate of All Ireland, has welcomed the Northern Ireland Executive’s decision to allow public worship to restart on June 29, the same date established by the Republic of Ireland.

By Charles Collins

Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK

Jun 18, 2020

Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Ireland, has died, relatives said Thursday. She was 92.

By Michelle R. Smith

N. Ireland’s experience may offer insight into U.S. policing issues

Jun 16, 2020

The U.S. demonstrations over police aggression toward minorities has an antecedent in Northern Ireland, according to a police commander in Salinas, California, who spent the first 10 years of his life in Northern Ireland in the midst of “the Troubles” there, then later wrote his master’s thesis on the applicability of its policing reforms to the United States.

By Mark Pattison