The Irish Constitution: Leading judge on how it could impact the drive for a united IrelandThe 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’Sun Feb 08 2026 - 18:13
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 TroublesSat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Fading trust hitting Stormont’s ability to deliver, report saysBelfast-based think tank Pivotal says Northern Ireland’s ministers seem to be operating individually, not collectivelyThu Jan 29 2026 - 00:01
Loyalist paramilitaries ‘community workers by day, terrorists at night’ – former PSNI chiefGeorge Hamilton tells Westminster how loyalists are behaving in ‘same coercive, controlling way’Wed Jan 21 2026 - 15:00
Economic inequality is worsening in Northern Ireland, report saysStudy from Ulster University Economic Policy Centre shows Belfast now well ahead of other regions economicallyWed Jan 21 2026 - 06:00
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’Fri Jan 16 2026 - 20:51
‘We haven’t had one bad experience’: Why cross-Border trade has leapt fourfold since BrexitInterTradeIreland offers assistance, including up to €21,500 to put a salesperson on the ground in the other jurisdiction for a yearThu Jan 15 2026 - 06:00
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 Tue Jan 13 2026 - 06:00
Government withdraws file alleging Gerry Kelly IRA leadership role from National ArchivesLetter written by senior Garda Noel Conroy outlined group’s most influential figures in 1996Sat Jan 10 2026 - 06:00
British army morale at ‘low ebb’ in Crossmaglen months before ceasefireBarracks required construction work to boost security and lack of heavy casualties was ‘due to luck’Tue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
Venal, unscrupulous, ambitious gambler: Irish papers scathing of Winston ChurchillRising star of British politics tried to use abdication of Edward VIII to his advantage, official note saidTue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
Unionist legal challenge to Anglo-Irish Agreement sparked panic in Dublin and LondonMcGimpsey brothers claimed treaty was unconstitutional under Articles 2 and 3 of Irish constitutionTue Dec 30 2025 - 06:00
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 BrutonMon Dec 29 2025 - 06:00
Opus Dei worried high-ranking members would be revealed after Fr Brendan Smyth scandalSenior office holders faced questions over whether they belonged to conservative Catholic institutionMon Dec 29 2025 - 06:00
Irish presence at second World War event not in conflict with neutrality - officialsFrancois Mitterand invited leaders to ceremony attended by other neutral states - and even GermanyMon Dec 29 2025 - 06:00
Republican no-go areas for Protestants in rural Northern Ireland, loyalists claimedTensions in 2002 worse than any time since 1969, loyalist representatives told Bertie AhernSun Dec 28 2025 - 06:00
Northern nationalists increasingly ‘anti-British’ rather than ‘anti-unionist’ by 1980sSecurity action by Thatcher likely to alienate nationalists more, senior official warned Garret FitzgeraldSun Dec 28 2025 - 06:00
Studio Ulster: ‘We can create environments that are impossible to find anywhere else’Studio Ulster, which opened earlier this year in Belfast, offers film-makers cutting-edge technological capabilitiesSun Dec 28 2025 - 05:00
Gerry Kelly named as ‘dominant figure’ of 1996 IRA leadership in Garda security documentProvisional IRA’s leadership outlined by assistant commissioner, who highlighted rank-and-file dissatisfactionSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
State carried out secret study on asking UN to make Northern Ireland a trusteeshipConfidential report on inviting peacekeepers to North was ‘very helpful’ to minister Garret FitzgeraldSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Northern Bank robbery ‘symptom’ of IRA criminality, Ahern told AdamsTaoiseach expressed anger at 2004 raid, carried out while Sinn Féin continued negotiations with British and Irish governmentsSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Christy Moore complained about questioning at Holyhead under terror laws in 2004Hours-long interview in locked room for ‘entertainment’ value, Irish officials arguedSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Pádraig Flynn ‘shouted at’ John Major over calls to drop constitutional claim on North‘Éamon de Valera has been insulted’, Fianna Fáil minister complained in talks alongside Albert ReynoldsSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Visiting dignitaries causing too many delays for passengers, Dublin Airport complainedActivity on tarmac halted for 15-minute welcome ceremonies, causing disruption to normal business and flightsSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
British ID card plan caused concern for Irish citizens in UK before being abandonedIdea, revived by current PM Keir Starmer, led to fears for identity rights under Good Friday AgreementSat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Manufacturing in Northern Ireland definitely not a thing of the pastNearly 100,000 people work in a sector critical to the North’s economic success Tue Dec 02 2025 - 05:00
PSNI chief warns of ‘dangerously low’ numbers in force: ‘No votes in funding the police here’ Jon Boutcher says Northern devolution has failed the force, with budget stuck at 2010 levelsMon Dec 01 2025 - 06:00
Dublin must move ‘in lock-step’ with London on tackling Troubles legacy, say MPs House of Commons Northern Ireland committee complains about ‘lack of commitment’ from Republic on investigationsMon Dec 01 2025 - 00:01
Irish secret Troubles files can be shared with Northern legacy body, Minister saysNew Garda unit agreed as part of Anglo-Irish deal to be created before end of year but will not investigate Troubles killingsWed Nov 19 2025 - 06:00
All-island children’s heart surgery now world class, say doctors Republic and Northern Ireland together have the critical population needed to make centres of excellence viable, politicians hearTue Nov 18 2025 - 19:49
Longer wait time for Irish citizenship under consideration as UK overhauls asylum system Moves come after new policies unveiled in Britain which may require State to tighten procedures furtherTue Nov 18 2025 - 06:00
Asylum seekers should not view Ireland more favourably than UK, says O’Callaghan‘Over 80%’ of those claiming asylum in Republic are reaching Dublin via Northern Ireland, says MinisterMon Nov 17 2025 - 18:43
Noel Dorr: ‘To understand the Troubles, you must go back much further’Forty years after the Anglo-Irish Agreement, the former diplomat still sees Sunningdale as the peace deal that got waySun Nov 16 2025 - 06:00
Flautist James Galway to be honoured in native Belfast for ‘extraordinary contribution’ to musicJames Galway says his home city gave him his ‘grounding in music’Fri Nov 14 2025 - 19:00
Social media companies not co-operating with police, says PSNI Chief Constable Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly noted the role played by international social media actors in the recent disturbances at the Citywest HotelFri Nov 14 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s not about lessening English’: Belfast’s Gaelscoils see numbers growWith 181 pupils, Scoil an Droichid is at capacity but will finally have a permanent home come next SeptemberThu Nov 13 2025 - 06:00
Plan for a united Ireland to avoid Brexit-style mess, says author from unionist backgroundBen Collins favours Irish unity and encourages others of similar heritage to engage with subjectWed Nov 12 2025 - 06:00
Island of Ireland is ‘not ready’ for a unification referendum, says former tánaisteDick Spring urges political leaders ‘to jump one fence at a time’ on 40th anniversary of Anglo-Irish AgreementTue Nov 11 2025 - 16:57
UK/EU food deal to ease Windsor problems could come at too high a price, says former British minister Comments made by former Conservative minister Greg Hands at seminar hosted in DublinWed Nov 05 2025 - 19:34
Ivan Yates’s role on Path to Power podcast ends following presidential campaign revelations Undeclared involvement with Fianna Fáil candidate caused difficulties for podcast creators and co-host Matt CooperSat Nov 01 2025 - 15:16
‘Is Orange a proxy for Prod?’ - what the presidential election says about a united Ireland Abuse of Heather Humphreys will feed into unity debate in Northern IrelandSat Nov 01 2025 - 06:00
‘We couldn’t have done this before’: On board the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise servicePassenger numbers on the Enterprise service are up by 40% in a year Fri Oct 31 2025 - 10:10
Juice Jar wins top prize at new cross-Border awards set up by EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-IoannouSilver awards worth €100,000 each were awarded to a partnership between the Galway-based Grá Chocolates, and Needi, which supplies corporate giftsThu Oct 30 2025 - 16:39
Sectarian abuse directed at Heather Humphreys will leave a bitter aftertasteFine Gael campaign team rejected advice to promote candidate’s background as unique selling pointTue Oct 28 2025 - 15:35
Belfast Film Festival: A child of the peace process turns 25Founded in west Belfast by Michele Devlin and Laurence McKeown, the festival now attracts 25,000 visitors each yearMon Oct 27 2025 - 05:07
Sectarian abuse ‘never okay’, says Mary Lou McDonald after Heather Humphreys targetedUlster Presbyterian said she was subjected to ‘awful’ comments over course of campaignSun Oct 26 2025 - 14:13
‘I’ve got an amazing múinteoir’: Kara Owen, the new British ambassador to IrelandOwen talks about her marriage to a Galwegian, the Irish phrases that were common in her Cumbrian childhood, and her daunting Irish-speaking debut with Michael D Higgins Sun Oct 26 2025 - 06:00
Unionists shocked by level of sectarian abuse during election, says HumphreysFG candidate says unionist asked ‘if that’s what they put you through, Heather, what hope have the rest of us?’Sat Oct 25 2025 - 17:04
Heather Humphreys concedes presidential electionFine Gael presidential election candidate Heather Humphreys congratulates rival Catherine Connolly. Video: Mark HennessySat Oct 25 2025 - 14:21
Irish State must offer same honesty it demands from Britain on Troubles, Belfast meeting toldMember of Northern Ireland legacy commission said Republic must do more to properly address the pastSat Oct 18 2025 - 17:17
