Sinn Féin ‘border hopping’ on criticism of mobile phone pouches spend, says Norma FoleySmartphone usage a ‘serious health and welfare issue’ for thousands of students, according to Minister for EducationSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin failed to return Stormont security pass of ex-employee convicted of child sex offences Former party press officer Michael McMonagle was suspended following 2021 arrest and last week pleaded guilty to multiple chargesFri Oct 04 2024 - 20:47
Stranded luxury cruise ship departs Belfast after four months with some frank parting wordsWhat’s next for the cruise ship after it spent four months in Belfast due to technical problems, followed by paperwork issues?Fri Oct 04 2024 - 06:00
PSNI chief contradicts Sinn Féin claim about potential prejudice in former press officer caseTwo Sinn Féin press officers gave references to the British Heart Foundation on behalf of a former colleague who was subsequently convicted of child sex offencesThu Oct 03 2024 - 20:51
PSNI fined more than €900,000 over staff data breachThe force mistakenly released the surname, first initial and employment details of every serving police officer and civilian member of staff, which was then published onlineThu Oct 03 2024 - 00:01
Michelle O’Neill ‘horrified’ Sinn Féin staff gave references to ex-colleague later convicted of child sex offencesFormer press officers Seán Mag Uidhir and Caolán McGinley quit party at weekend after controversy over Michael McMonagle aroseWed Oct 02 2024 - 19:59
Long-awaited upgrade of A5 road between Derry and Aughnacloy to begin early next yearMore than 50 people have died on section of main route from Dublin to Donegal since project first approved in 2007Wed Oct 02 2024 - 19:22
Two Sinn Féin press officers resign over references for former colleague convicted of child sex offencesPress officers provided references for Michael McMonagle who will be sentenced in NovemberMon Sept 30 2024 - 11:36
Death of baby who suffered severe brain damage during birth was ‘avoidable’, coroner rulesTroy Brady was born prematurely at 33 weeks ‘in a state of collapse’ in Craigavon Area Hospital in August 2016 and died six days laterFri Sept 27 2024 - 19:10
Varadkar and Eastwood speak to Derry students - but only the Catholics show upThe word ‘safe’ comes up a lot from the students, as does the desire for a peaceful future, more university places in their home city and the chance of a job locallyThu Sept 26 2024 - 19:34
Leo Varadkar says vote on Irish unity could involve a ‘two-stage referendum’Former taoiseach says people could first vote on the idea in principle before getting a subsequent confirmatory vote on a proposed new constitutionThu Sept 26 2024 - 18:48
‘No reason why Dáil couldn’t sit for a time in Stormont,’ says VaradkarFormer taoiseach calls for all parties to make pledge on Irish unityThu Sept 26 2024 - 13:15
Abuse survivors in North have received nearly £100m in compensation, committee hearsConcerns raised that some institutions required to contribute to cost of redress scheme have failed to appear before committeeWed Sept 25 2024 - 19:06
Katie Simpson: Coroner to ask BBC to hand over relevant material about murdered showjumperBroadcast set out certain matters relating to 21-year-old’s death and the late Jonathan Creswell’s involvement coroner Joe McCrisken saysTue Sept 24 2024 - 20:20
UK Covid inquiry: More should have been done to allow visits to loved ones, says NI chief medical officerProf Michael McBride says he was not certain ‘we always got the balance right around end-of-life decisions around visiting’Tue Sept 24 2024 - 19:45
‘People in the Republic don’t understand unionists. But they don’t understand northern nationalists either’Prof Mary C Murphy, the new head of Boston College’s Irish Institute, says there’s nothing good to say about the ‘hugely destabilising’ Brexit periodSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Taoiseach ‘not ruling ... out or in prospect of additional Government funding for Casement ParkNorthern Secretary said stalled rebuild of Belfast GAA groundd would not be funded by UK due to risk of project not being completed on timeMon Sept 16 2024 - 16:55
Taoiseach to hail ‘new era’ in British-Irish relations in Derry speechSimon Harris due to emphasise Government’s commitment to investing in the North’s future through the Shared Island fundMon Sept 16 2024 - 00:01
Voices of the dead speak again, telling unheard stories of the IRA ceasefire 30 years onNew writing and never-previously broadcast interviews bring alive the negotiations and nervousness before a critical moment in the Belfast peace processSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leaderMike Nesbitt in line to become next Ulster Unionist Party leader as deputy leader and Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announces he would not standTue Aug 27 2024 - 20:43
Mike Nesbitt likely to succeed Doug Beattie as Ulster Unionist Party leaderLagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler announced he would not stand and gave backing to NesbittTue Aug 27 2024 - 18:25
Derry mayor speaks on ‘unprecedented … level of hate’ she has received since taking on postLilian Seenoi-Barr moved to Northern Ireland from Kenya 14 years ago and was elected to her office in JuneTue Aug 27 2024 - 17:56
Man arrested on suspicion of murder of woman found dead in flat in DerryThe body of Montserrat Martorell Elias was found in a flat near the city centre early on Saturday morningMon Aug 26 2024 - 17:39
Who was Robert Nairac and what happened to him?'If remains are discovered, it will answer one of the questions that have swirled around the life and death of this 29-year-old soldier'Mon Aug 26 2024 - 16:32
Search for remains of undercover British soldier Robert Nairac to begin in Co LouthThe undercover British soldier was abducted from the Tree Steps Bar in south Armagh and taken to Ravensdale Forest where he was beaten and shotMon Aug 26 2024 - 00:01
Nell McCafferty ‘changed Ireland for the better’, mourners at her funeral in Derry’s Bogside toldCampaigning journalist and author, who focused on women’s rights, poverty and social injustice, died on Wednesday aged 80Fri Aug 23 2024 - 16:57
Top GCSE grades return to pre-pandemic levels in 2024 resultsMore than 32,000 students in the North receive exam results, with 31.7 per cent receiving grade A/7 or aboveThu Aug 22 2024 - 09:37
Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80Derry woman was founding member of Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and wrote about social injusticeWed Aug 21 2024 - 17:29
Outgoing UUP leader rules out standing in any forthcoming leadership contestDoug Beattie addresses speculation some party members want to see him reinstatedWed Aug 21 2024 - 14:53
UUP opens nominations process as it moves to replace BeattieParty leader resigned this week, citing internal tensions among reasons for departureTue Aug 20 2024 - 18:21
Doug Beattie, like other UUP leaders, struggled to figure out what the party stood forCurrent deputy leader Robbie Butler the most likely to step into the Ulster Unionist Party breach but whoever the next leader is they will face the same internal party tensionsMon Aug 19 2024 - 17:23
Native Irish oysters return to Belfast Lough after a 100-year absenceThe goal is to create a situation where ‘thousands to millions of oysters are creating this really complex structure with so much biodiversity’Fri Aug 16 2024 - 06:00
A-level results return to pre-Covid levels in Northern IrelandThousands of students receive results on ThursdayThu Aug 15 2024 - 09:36
Migrant communities in Belfast ‘feel a fear of the like I have not seen in over 40 years of policing’False narratives are rife as big problems such as lack of social housing are unfairly pinned on tiny migrant communitiesSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
What’s gone wrong with arts funding in Northern Ireland? Paintings by Caravaggio bring the magic of an Italian master to Belfast, yet the North appears to undervalue its own artistsSat Aug 10 2024 - 05:15
Belfast anti-racism protests see about 1,000 people take to city centrePSNI putting ‘significant’ policing operation in place ahead of planned weekend protestsFri Aug 09 2024 - 19:20
Six arrested following racially motivated hate crimes in Belfast as young boy attacked by group of youthsGroup throws eggs at shop on Falls Road as boy sustains facial injuriesWed Aug 07 2024 - 11:34
Police attacked in Belfast and suspected hate crime victim in serious conditionSignificant police presence in the Donegall Road and Sandy Row areas, following incidents after anti-immigration protest on SaturdayTue Aug 06 2024 - 09:56
Analysis: Belfast rioting highlights the racism that has long been the reality of life in Northern Ireland for minoritiesMore action needed from North’s politicians than mere words of condemnation as ethnic minority communities left exposed for yearsMon Aug 05 2024 - 20:13
‘A special time’: Armagh savours season in the sun as even the moon lends support‘It’s just everything you dream that an All-Ireland final build-up could be, and probably a wee bit more,’ says Oisín McConvilleSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Plan in place to fix Lough Neagh’s pollution problems but the ‘challenges faced are gargantuan’For decades excess nutrients from agricultural fertiliser, poor wastewater treatment and septic tanks have polluted its waterSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poemsSat Jul 20 2024 - 05:21
‘I love it. One billion per cent’: Derry girls’ football is having a moment Plaits and ponytails whizz past on the pitches as passion for sport reaches fever pitchFri Jul 19 2024 - 05:05
‘It’s only right that families are given every chance to get to the truth’: Legacy Act change welcomeNew UK government committed to reinstating enquiries into deaths during TroublesThu Jul 18 2024 - 21:00
‘Difficult’ to build Casement Park in time for Euro 2028, NI Secretary warns‘Time is running out’ for project to be completed on time, Hilary Benn saysThu Jul 18 2024 - 20:18
Troubles Legacy Act: repeal commitment from Labour government made in King Charles speechUK government acknowledges controversial legislation ‘denies justice to families and victims’Wed Jul 17 2024 - 12:11
Groups of up to 50 young people throw petrol and paint bombs at police in Belfast overnightPolice describe ‘particularly protracted period of public disorder lasting into the early hours’ in south BelfastTue Jul 16 2024 - 11:22
Michelle O’Neill calls for ‘further clarity’ from UK government on Casement Park rebuildFirst Minister says Northern Ireland must seize 'once in a lifetime opportunity’ of hosting Euros in 2028Tue Jul 16 2024 - 10:17
Clear change of tone in Belfast as Keir Starmer promises stability and respectSinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald compared working with Labour rather than the Conservatives ‘as the daylight to the dark’Tue Jul 09 2024 - 06:00
Keir Starmer due in Belfast ahead of meetings with political leaders on MondayUK’s new Prime Minister says rebuilding public services and generating economic growth in NI a prioritySun Jul 07 2024 - 20:00
