One day after the terror attacks which killed more than 2,900 people and injured thousands more, a Government official put together a briefing document on its potential impacts on the peace process. Former US president George Bush (Chris Radburn/PA)Several US legislators had taken a keen interest and been involved in work towards the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, as well as subsequent efforts to maintain the peace deal. “It is likely, therefore, that defeating terrorism will become a central organising principle for US policy for some time to come. “I am deeply shocked and enormously saddened by the terrible and evil events that have occurred in the United States,” he wrote. – This article is based on documents contained in the file labelled 2023/50/525 in the National Archives of Ireland.

Source: The Herald December 28, 2025 00:23 UTC