Mitchell scholarship renamed after George Mitchell referenced in newly released Epstein files

George Mitchell's name first surfaced in connection with Epstein in 2019. File picture: Leon Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The US-Ireland Alliance has removed the name of George Mitchell — the former US senator, diplomat, and architect of the Good Friday Agreement — from its prestigious scholarship programme after the release of almost three million files related to Jeffrey Epstein’s underage sex-trafficking network in which Mr Mitchell is referenced multiple times.

Yesterday, the US-Ireland Alliance issued a statement saying its board of directors had “unanimously agreed that its George J Mitchell Scholarship programme should no longer bear the former senator’s name”.