Ian Paisley

Boris Johnson urged ‘hard egg’ approach to NI peace process, papers reveal

Declassified documents suggest Johnson believed in 1996 that Britain could crush the IRA

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

28, Dec, 2022 @1:27 PM

To survive, unionism now has to be inclusive of Northern Ireland’s Catholics | Malachi O'Doherty

Defending the union will mean becoming secular and liberal, says the Belfast writer Malachi O’Doherty

Malachi O'Doherty

22, Sep, 2022 @12:15 PM

The Guardian view on the DUP: back to the past | Editorial

Editorial: Northern Ireland has a new executive. But unionism’s main party seems to be reverting to protest, not power

Editorial

17, Jun, 2021 @6:18 PM

John Hume obituary

Leading Northern Ireland politician awarded the Nobel peace prize for his part in the process that led to the Good Friday agreement

Chris Ryder

03, Aug, 2020 @11:11 AM

Paisley and McGuinness: the movie. But is it a travesty of the truth?

Critics say a film about the friendship plays fast and loose with facts

Henry McDonald in Dublin

06, May, 2017 @11:04 PM

The Journey review – Paisley and McGuinness travel far in odd-couple bromance

Colm Meaney and Timothy Spall play Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley in this well-intentioned what-if drama set during Northern Ireland’s peace talks

Peter Bradshaw

05, May, 2017 @6:00 AM

Colm Meaney on playing Martin McGuinness: 'He was born into this'

The star of The Journey reveals how his own involvement with Sinn Féin helped him understand the late IRA commander turned peacemaker

Esther Addley

03, May, 2017 @6:00 PM

Martin McGuinness obituary

Sinn Féin politician and peace negotiator who went from being an IRA commander to serving for a decade as deputy first minister of Northern Ireland

Anne McHardy

21, Mar, 2017 @6:33 AM

Northern Ireland: an uncertain peace

In the week an election was called and Martin McGuinness quit as deputy first minister, a walk through Portadown reveals political and cultural changes that will radically affect the region’s political future

Matthew Engel

21, Jan, 2017 @8:00 AM

Letter: Sir Robin Chichester-Clark obituary

CDC Armstrong writes: Your obituary of Sir Robin Chichester-Clark leaves much unsaid

CDC Armstrong

29, Sep, 2016 @2:44 PM

How Paisley and McGuinness's journey to peace ended at Venice film festival

Director Nick Hamm and writer Colin Bateman reveal how they negotiated Northern Ireland’s political minefield to find the heart of The Journey, which had its world premiere this week

Andrew Pulver

07, Sep, 2016 @11:00 AM

The Journey review – Northern Ireland history lesson recast as bromance

This fictionalised take on how Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness set aside sectarian hatred to pursue peace talks pitches Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney into odd-couple comedy while simultaneously tiptoeing on eggshells