Haass – Peter Geoghegan

Ulster is still problematic

By peterPosted on 7th January 2014Posted in Northern Ireland, ScotsmanTagged Haass, Nesbitt, Robinson

After the collapse of the Haass talks, power sharing in Northern Ireland is bound to get even more dysfunctional, writes Peter Geoghegan Have you heard the one about the government minister who, at Christmas, took his cabinet colleague to court in a row over public spending? This might sound like the set-up to a festive […]

Tensions ratcheting up in Northern Ireland

By peterPosted on 7th January 2014Posted in Al Jazeera, Northern Ireland, PoliticsTagged Haass, Northern Ireland, politics

Belfast, Northern Ireland – The Good Friday Agreement in 1998 brought Northern Ireland’s bloody conflict to a close, but signs of division remain 15 years later. In the capital Belfast, Catholic and Protestant communities are separated by euphemistic “peace walls”, most children attend segregated schools, and major questions around the past and future remain unresolved. A […]