The funeral mass of the late Seamus Mallon will take place on Monday, January 27 at 12pm in Saint James of Jerusalem Church, Mullaghbrack, Co Armagh.

The UN has insisted the Cyprus peace process has not collapsed despite an envoy cancelling talks with rival leaders after they failed to find "common ground" on a summit aimed at securing reunification.

On the eve of the 25th anniversary of Albert Reynolds becoming taoiseach, Ryle Dwyer examines a volatile career which saw him scupper coalitions but help build peace.

Ambassador Zeev Boker has a tough task appeasing sentiment here about Israeli activity in Gaza, but our countries have much in common, he tells Juno McEnroe

The US president Barack Obama has said the North's peace process has become an inspiring example to the world.

United Nations Security Council powers have unanimously approved a resolution endorsing a peace process for Syria including a ceasefire and talks between the Damascus government and the opposition – but with no mention of the most contentious issue: the future role of Syrian president Bashar Assad.

The British government will today convene a fresh round of political talks in Northern Ireland in a bid to resolve a range of thorny disputes causing deadlock in the power-sharing institutions.

Former US president Bill Clinton has urged the people of the North to finish the job of cementing peace.

The North's First Minister Peter Robinson has accused Martin McGuinness of a "visceral hatred of the Orange Institution" and said he is in "political denial".

Tony Blair lied to prevent the collapse of the North's peace process, he has admitted in his memoir.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionist party held a day-long private strategy meeting today in a bid to quell signs of discontent in the ranks.

Sinn Féin could hold a special party conference on policing by next March if all its concerns were properly addressed, Gerry Adams said today.

Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party has issued a cautious response to the St Andrews Agreement, sparking off doubts that the timetable for securing power-sharing in the North by next March could slip.

Sinn Féin today called on the Irish and British governments to forge ahead without the DUP if the unionists refuse to sign up to the St Andrews Accord.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said the timeframe for restoring the Northern Executive must not be allowed to slip.

The Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has welcomed the British government's announcement of a £50bn (€75bn) "peace dividend" for the North.

The British government will not get drawn into a Dutch auction on the multibillion-pound package offered to a future devolved government in the North, Peter Hain warned today.

The leaders of the North's political parties have given a lukewarm reaction to the £50bn "peace dividend" announced by British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown yesterday.

A leading Democratic Unionist Party MP has said he doubts that power-sharing government will be restored in the North by the Irish-British target of March next year.

The Irish and British governments were urged today by Gerry Adams not to let any more deadlines on the road back to power sharing at Stormont slip.

The head of Ireland's Anglican Church, Archbishop Robin Eames, will hold a ground-breaking meeting with Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams at Stormont today.

The British army has said its demilitarisation programme in the North should be completed a full year ahead of schedule.

Troop levels in the North are about to drop to their lowest level in 30 years, it was confirmed today.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, and a senior member of the SDLP have clashed over their views on the UVF.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will be pressed today on his plans for moving the Northern peace process forward amid concerns from the SDLP that he may water down the Good Friday Agreement.