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In today’s newsletter: The ‘most Irish president since Kennedy’ embarks on a visit to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement – and to influence the region’s politics

The agreement has played a significant role in shaping NI

25 years on from the Good Friday agreement, the Iron Lady’s implacability and its unintended consequences are a lesson in humility, says Guardian Ireland correspondent Rory Carroll

"But they did what was right for the people they represented and history will judge them favourably"

DUP leader denies lack of governance at Stormont is increasing threat of violence, as police adopt tactics not seen in years amid ‘exceptional circumstances’

Historic peace treaty brought republicans and unionists together after decades of violent political conflict in Northern Ireland, a period of trauma and turmoil known as the Troubles

Between 1820 and 1920, four million people emigrated from Ireland to the US. Many were fleeing hunger and destitution and so brought with them an “exile” nationalism – a conviction that they were forced to leave by British misgovernment and exploitation of Ireland. Little wonder, then, that the Irish diaspora…

A drama about the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement – 25 years ago this month – might sound a dry affair. But Owen McCafferty’s “searing” new play is anything but that, said Jane Coyle in The Irish Times. Agreement is a “compelling political thriller with echoes of…