The Irish Constitution: Leading judge on how it could impact the drive for a united Ireland
The Constitution, designed to achieve unity, ‘may ultimately complicate that ambition’, not ‘because it was weak and inflexible’ but ‘rather because it was sufficiently flexible and strong’
Ex-SAS commander in North: ‘The idea that we played hard and fast with the law is nonsense’
Former British special forces soldiers reject allegations the regiment was central to a ‘shoot-to-kill’ policy during the Troubles
Fading trust hitting Stormont’s ability to deliver, report says
Belfast-based think tank Pivotal says Northern Ireland’s ministers seem to be operating individually, not collectively
Loyalist paramilitaries ‘community workers by day, terrorists at night’ – former PSNI chief
George Hamilton tells Westminster how loyalists are behaving in ‘same coercive, controlling way’
Economic inequality is worsening in Northern Ireland, report says
Study from Ulster University Economic Policy Centre shows Belfast now well ahead of other regions economically
File describing Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly as IRA leader returned to National Archives
Historian disputes Minister’s assertion that withdrawal of file was ‘normal’
‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since Brexit
InterTradeIreland offers assistance, including up to €21,500 to put a salesperson on the ground in the other jurisdiction for a year
Drew Harris says prosecuting his father’s IRA killers would make little difference
Former Garda commissioner says short sentences they would receive would not ‘weigh the scales’ for 1989 murder
Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National Archives
Letter written by senior Garda Noel Conroy outlined group’s most influential figures in 1996
Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and London
McGimpsey brothers claimed treaty was unconstitutional under Articles 2 and 3 of Irish constitution
British army morale at ‘low ebb’ in Crossmaglen months before ceasefire
Barracks required construction work to boost security and lack of heavy casualties was ‘due to luck’
Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston Churchill
Rising star of British politics tried to use abdication of Edward VIII to his advantage, official note said
Irish presence at second World War event not in conflict with neutrality - officials
Francois Mitterand invited leaders to ceremony attended by other neutral states - and even Germany
Opus Dei worried high-ranking members would be revealed after Fr Brendan Smyth scandal
Senior office holders faced questions over whether they belonged to conservative Catholic institution
Charles plan for ‘opulent’ yacht visit to Galway Bay and Cork in 1996 annoyed Irish side
Why can’t the prince just fly in by plane to one of the regional airports, asked John Bruton