Northern Ireland: A Triumph of Politics: Interviews and Analysis 1988-2008

Millar, Frank

ISBN 10: 0716530023 / ISBN 13: 9780716530022

Editore: Irish Academic Press, 2009

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Titolo: Northern Ireland: A Triumph of Politics: ...

Casa editrice: Irish Academic Press

Data di pubblicazione: 2009

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In this collection of new and published material, landmark interviews and unrivaled analysis, the award winning London Editor of the Irish Times chronicles the slow triumph of Anglo-Irish diplomacy over the counsel of despair about a Province long perceived as a problem without a solution. Author Frank Millar's interviews include John Hume, Bishop Cathal Daly, Patrick Mayhew, David Trimble, Seamus Mallon, Gerry Adams, Ian Paisley, Peter Robinson, Tony Blair, and Bertie Ahern. In the face of widespread indifference and sometimes hostility during the years of political impasse, many journalists and broadcasters helped foster an understanding of the conflict and those trapped in it. Insiders attest to the role played by Millar and the Irish Times, by their insistence on speaking to politicians who at times refused to speak to each other. As early as 1989, Millar was talking to John Hume and Cathal Daly about dual referendums, the legitimacy of the Northern state, and the vexed question of policing. Millar remained ahead of the game at St. Andrews in October 2006. He was the first journalist to divine that Sinn Fein's endorsement of the PSNI would see the Rev. Ian Paisley form a power sharing government with Martin McGuinness. Northern Ireland: A Triumph of Politics - now available in paperback - chronicles a vital chapter in Irish history as it happened, by the people who made it.

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Frank Millar s articles and interviews have always been required reading for anyone who wants to understand the ins and outs of the Irish peace process. His writing provides a valuable and informed insight into the positions adopted by all the main political players. --Gerry Adams from jacket

Mr Millar is the best informed and most acute commentator on Northern Ireland politics. --Lord Trimble from jacket

Frank Millar was well ahead of the game in grasping the importance of the policing issue...and understanding that securing republican support for the police would be not just significant but transformative. --Ian Paisley from jacket