The US-Ireland Alliance said that the George J Mitchell Scholarship Programme would no longer bear his name. Mr Mitchell chaired the negotiations which led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, which largely ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. The US-Ireland Alliance said its board of directors had unanimously agreed to drop the former senator’s name “due to new information that has come to light as part of the release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein by the department of justice on Friday”. George Mitchell, front row third left, at the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement (Brian Lawless/PA)The scholarship sends US postgraduate students to Irish universities and was set up to honour Mr Mitchell for his work in Northern Ireland. “This decision allows us to focus on our mission to strengthen the ties between the US and the island of Ireland.

Source: The Herald February 02, 2026 09:17 UTC