David McCullagh

UUP leader David Trimble complained that 'most officials in the NIO were treacherous'

Bad blood between the Northern Ireland Office and UUP

Newly released British State documents reveal just how bad relations between the Ulster Unionist Party and the Northern Ireland Office were during the negotiation of the Good Friday Agreement.

UK • 19 Jul 22

Mo Mowlam thought Sinn Féin were winning a propaganda point by claiming they were refusing the Oath due to Republican principle

Mowlam 'steered off' SF Parliamentary Oath concession

British Prime Minister Tony Blair wanted Mo Mowlam "steered off" a plan to amend the Parliamentary Oath to the Queen to help out Sinn Féin.

UK • 19 Jul 22

British Prime Minister Tony Blair believed Sinn Féin would have to be excluded from the all-party talks

Disagreement over exclusion of Sinn Féin from talks

Newly released British government papers show serious disagreement between London and Dublin over the exclusion of Sinn Féin from political talks because of a number of IRA murders in February 1998 - just two months before the Good Friday Agreement.

UK • 19 Jul 22

May 2021: Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan speaking to media

Review: David McCullagh on Power, Politics and Ireland's Pandemic

Books • 14 May 22

Book Of The Week: David McCullagh on Ireland's Secret War

Books • 30 Apr 22

Haughey uncovered - David McCullagh on the new biography

Books • 29 Nov 21

We Don't Know Ourselves: David McCullagh on Fintan O'Toole's epic

Books • 26 Oct 21

Tony Blair swept to power in Labour's landslide election victory in May 1997

Blair & Northern Ireland - New docs reveal inside story

Secret government documents from the UK now made public tell the inside story of just how Tony Blair and his colleagues approached the issue of Northern Ireland after his election victory in 1997.

Ireland • 20 Jul 21