University to remove George Mitchell’s name from peace centre over Epstein links

(left to right) Former senator George Mitchell and his wife Heather MacLachlan, former US president Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, former prime minister Tony Blair, Professor Ian Greer President and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University Belfast (QUB) and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris, at the unveiling of a bust for the former senator, during the three-day international conference at Queen's University Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement. Picture date: Monday April 17, 2023.

Queen’s University Belfast is to remove the name of one of the architects of the Good Friday Agreement from a peace centre because of his links with the disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A bust of former US senator George Mitchell will also be removed from the university grounds.