By Cillian Sherlock, Press AssociationIrish officials believed the September 11th attacks would impact how US politicians viewed the Northern Ireland peace process, according to a newly released Government file. 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. “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 15:31 UTC