The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has claimed that the peace process is at risk after a Loyalist parade led to three nights of rioting in Belfast.

Queen Elizabeth has played a larger behind-the-scenes role as a 'steadying influence' on the North's peace process than most people realize, First Minister Peter Robinson revealed this week. Robinson told the Newsletter in Belfast that the British monarch has privately been 'an encourager' of those attempting to renounce violence.

When William J. Flynn was celebrated in a special issue of Irish America in 2008, the outpouring of praise from both sides of the Atlantic was immense. Irish President Mary McAleese, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness, Edward Cardinal Egan, Governor Hugh Carey, and many more came forth with words of great appreciation for Flynn and all that he has done. Though certainly impressive and meaningful, none of this was all that surprising.

As a major supporter of the Irish peace process, Bill Clinton moved mountains.  The 42nd President of the United States took the strongest position on Irish issues ever taken by an American president. In 1994, he granted a visa to Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams, fulfilling a campaign promise and stating “the U.S.  cannot miss this rare opportunity for our country to participate in the peace process.”

The leaders of Northern Ireland's four main churches met with DUP leader and First Minister Peter Robinson on Tuesday in an effort to stabilize Northern Ireland's political future.

Dissident IRA members exchanged gunfire with the Northern Irish police force, the PSNI, and attempted to blow up the Northern Ireland Policing Board headquarters in Belfast with a 400 lb. car bomb over the weekend.

Irish President Mary McAleese addressed the 2009 graduating class at Mount Holyoke, the prestigious women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts, this past weekend.