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Trump’s ‘America First’ policy will hurt the US, warns Simon Coveney

Trump’s ‘America First’ policy will hurt the US, warns Simon Coveney

Former minister for foreign affairs says Ireland needs to ‘double down on our investment in relationships’

Wed Mar 19 2025 - 16:41
Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience told

Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience told

Ireland can be guiding light for US during ‘turbulent, divided and disputatious time’

Tue Mar 18 2025 - 13:52
Fewer St Patrick’s Day fairytales in New York for today’s ‘undocumented’ Irish

Fewer St Patrick’s Day fairytales in New York for today’s ‘undocumented’ Irish

A new generation of emigrants never arrived to replenish the ranks who came in droves in the 1980s, but the connection is still precious

Sun Mar 16 2025 - 19:00
St Patrick not ‘the sole preserve of Irish nationalism’, says Orange Order

St Patrick not ‘the sole preserve of Irish nationalism’, says Orange Order

Protestant organisation sends greeting card to Irish embassies to mark St Patrick’s Day

Fri Mar 14 2025 - 19:00
US multinationals will protect their Irish interests despite Trump pressure, says congressman

US multinationals will protect their Irish interests despite Trump pressure, says congressman

Long-serving Democrat Richard Neal says Micheál Martin’s visit to White House will be seen internationally as a victory for Ireland

Thu Mar 13 2025 - 19:00
End of segregation in Northern Ireland is a long way off, report finds

End of segregation in Northern Ireland is a long way off, report finds

More than two-thirds of parents in Northern Ireland want their children to be educated alongside those from the other tradition

Thu Mar 13 2025 - 06:00
North’s business leaders and politicians look to deepen ties with US during trade mission

North’s business leaders and politicians look to deepen ties with US during trade mission

Northern Ireland going for growth as it develops stronger links with North Carolina

Tue Mar 11 2025 - 05:00
Trump urged to appoint NI special envoy to support US interests after Kennedy departure

Trump urged to appoint NI special envoy to support US interests after Kennedy departure

Two congressmen call for envoy to give US companies certainty over investments

Mon Mar 10 2025 - 17:31
‘It’s about women North and South learning about each other, learning about the grassroots issues in their communities’

‘It’s about women North and South learning about each other, learning about the grassroots issues in their communities’

Talk of a new Ireland is one thing, but it must focus on improving people’s lives to be worth anything, women declare in Longford

Sun Mar 09 2025 - 17:00
Anglo-Irish relations have suffered badly over the last decade, and the work to repair them will take time and effort

Anglo-Irish relations have suffered badly over the last decade, and the work to repair them will take time and effort

The key will be to keep London’s attention as Martin, Starmer and ministers meet for talks amid geopolitical upheaval

Wed Mar 05 2025 - 06:00
Young people want Northern Ireland to work, not endless debates about unity, say Alliance members

Young people want Northern Ireland to work, not endless debates about unity, say Alliance members

Irish unity poses difficulties for the party leader, Naomi Long, who has changed stance on Border poll

Sun Mar 02 2025 - 17:04
Plans to talk to loyalist paramilitaries disgraceful, says Alliance

Plans to talk to loyalist paramilitaries disgraceful, says Alliance

Naomi Long opposes decision of Dublin and London to look at merits of appointing representative to deal with the gangs

Sun Mar 02 2025 - 16:18
‘Who killed my husband? My brother? My father?’: Martin Dillon on the forgotten women of the Troubles

‘Who killed my husband? My brother? My father?’: Martin Dillon on the forgotten women of the Troubles

In a new book, The Sorrow And The Loss, the Belfast journalist turns his attention to the impact of the conflict on women on both sides of the Border

Sun Mar 02 2025 - 06:00
Democratic Unionists Party now ‘fan boys’ for Donald Trump, says Alliance

Democratic Unionists Party now ‘fan boys’ for Donald Trump, says Alliance

Alliance Party, along with Sinn Féin, will not travel to White House in Washington for St Patrick’s visit

Sat Mar 01 2025 - 15:24
‘Different currency, same people.’ All-island market offers opportunity and challenges on both sides of the Border

‘Different currency, same people.’ All-island market offers opportunity and challenges on both sides of the Border

North-South trade has grown rapidly, but more could be done to turn the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor into a powerhouse, a conference has heard

Fri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
SMEs now dominating Cross-Border trade

SMEs now dominating Cross-Border trade

Most companies on Ireland do first exports across Border

Thu Feb 27 2025 - 16:55
‘This new generation doesn’t like the past’: A night at a unionist meeting

‘This new generation doesn’t like the past’: A night at a unionist meeting

Unionists are ‘allowing republicans/nationalists to get inside our heads’ and control narrative on Irish unity being ‘inevitable’

Fri Feb 21 2025 - 06:00
North of England and its discontents: Long shadow left by Hillsborough remains

North of England and its discontents: Long shadow left by Hillsborough remains

The 1989 football disaster changed everything about the way the region thought about London and the ruling elites

Thu Feb 20 2025 - 16:34
‘Simon Harris is not interested in this, period’: How Irish unity has slid down the political agenda

‘Simon Harris is not interested in this, period’: How Irish unity has slid down the political agenda

Tánaiste Simon Harris’s suggestion in Stormont recently that unification is ‘not a priority’ for him surprised few people

Tue Feb 18 2025 - 06:00
Northern businesses setting up firms in the Republic to benefit from lower corporation taxes

Northern businesses setting up firms in the Republic to benefit from lower corporation taxes

Some British-based companies increasingly reluctant to trade with Northern Ireland because of the paperwork challenges

Mon Feb 17 2025 - 16:52
‘I’ve a full head of anger in me’: Family of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan say justice denied

‘I’ve a full head of anger in me’: Family of hit-and-run victim Joe Drennan say justice denied

Student’s family are deeply critical of the concurrent sentence handed down to a Limerick gangland criminal who left him dying under his car

Fri Feb 07 2025 - 06:00
Mark Durkan: There’s a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ about united Ireland

Mark Durkan: There’s a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ about united Ireland

Former SDLP leader Mark Durkan says there is a ‘John Hume-sized hole in the conversation’ surrounding the options for constitutional change

Mon Feb 03 2025 - 06:00
Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final

Student solicitors win place in Irish Times debate final

David Rattigan and Emer Nolan take team place, while Trinity’s Mary Woods makes individual final

Fri Jan 31 2025 - 06:51
‘I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the Aviva’

‘I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the Aviva’

Dublin-based English academic Mike Cronin says atmosphere at recent Ireland-England soccer match highlights lack of respect for ‘the other’ built into partition of island

Sat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island

On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island

Some 800,000 people made cross-Border journeys by cruiser, bicycle or foot - a story that Waterways Ireland’s chief John McDonagh says must be told more

Wed Jan 01 2025 - 06:00
Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives

Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives

State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down

Mon Dec 30 2024 - 00:00
Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned

Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned

The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair

Mon Dec 30 2024 - 00:00
Northern Ireland’s construction industry was ‘rotten’ with paramilitary links, officials told

Northern Ireland’s construction industry was ‘rotten’ with paramilitary links, officials told

IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries were able to ‘cream off’ millions through extortion rackets

Mon Dec 30 2024 - 00:00
‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records show

‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records show

Kidnapping of dissident Tohill in 2004 heightened tensions, with McDowell comparing Sinn Féin to Nazis

Sun Dec 29 2024 - 12:00
Nationalists feel ‘sense of ease’ when they travel south, Dick Spring told

Nationalists feel ‘sense of ease’ when they travel south, Dick Spring told

Residents of Dunloy village, north Antrim, suffered sectarian abuse and oppressive policing

Sun Dec 29 2024 - 00:01
US attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers reveal

US attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers reveal

Bill Clinton overruled objections to let Gerry Adams fundraise – and to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in White House

Sun Dec 29 2024 - 00:00
Concessions to Loyalist Volunteer Force horrified Dublin, records show

Concessions to Loyalist Volunteer Force horrified Dublin, records show

Irish officials suspicious of ‘malign mandarins’ encouraging ‘King Rat’ Billy Wright

Sun Dec 29 2024 - 00:00
Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told

Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told

Issue raised over possible elevation of well-regarded lawyer Ronnie Appleton to bench

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 00:01
Stakeknife allegations ‘traumatised’ Sinn Féin, Ahern and Blair believed

Stakeknife allegations ‘traumatised’ Sinn Féin, Ahern and Blair believed

Disclosure ignited ‘all kinds’ of conspiracy theories about who was being protected and who eliminated

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 00:00
NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed

NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed

Eamonn McKee complained the report’s ‘studied neutrality’ was not intended to reflect Catholic attitudes accurately

Sat Dec 28 2024 - 00:00
Dublin blindsided on Chris Patten’s appointment as head of NI policing commission, State records show

Dublin blindsided on Chris Patten’s appointment as head of NI policing commission, State records show

June 1998 briefing note prepared for then taoiseach Bertie Ahern complained of ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with British handling of the matter

Fri Dec 27 2024 - 00:00
More should have been done to protect assassinated lawyer Rosemary Nelson, British officials later accepted

More should have been done to protect assassinated lawyer Rosemary Nelson, British officials later accepted

Lawyer Rosemary Nelson had reported many death threats and instances of harassment to the RUC before she was killed by a loyalist car bomb in 1999

Fri Dec 27 2024 - 00:00
Protestant churches face a day of reckoning with North’s inquiry into mother and baby homes

Protestant churches face a day of reckoning with North’s inquiry into mother and baby homes

The majority of those held in homes across the North came from a Protestant background, and their babies were adopted by Protestant families

Sat Dec 14 2024 - 06:00
‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’: former RUC officer consigned to a wheelchair by the IRA on serving in the Troubles

‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’: former RUC officer consigned to a wheelchair by the IRA on serving in the Troubles

Former police officers defend the force they served, but feel increasingly forgotten

Sat Dec 07 2024 - 05:00
Cross-Border worker numbers falling because of tax rules

Cross-Border worker numbers falling because of tax rules

Companies ‘appear to be struggling’ to comply with rules, especially with remote working, study finds

Thu Nov 28 2024 - 07:37
One Border, two systems, endless complications: ‘My NI colleagues work from home while I am forced to commute to an empty office’

One Border, two systems, endless complications: ‘My NI colleagues work from home while I am forced to commute to an empty office’

Companies are increasingly wary of hiring cross-Border workers because of tax, pension and payroll issues, report warns

Thu Nov 28 2024 - 05:00
Irish unity quietly becoming more significant for Dáil parties

Irish unity quietly becoming more significant for Dáil parties

Voters are not talking about Irish unity, but an increasing number of politicians are convinced issue will occupy more time in years ahead

Wed Nov 27 2024 - 06:00
Sinn Féin pledges unity referendums can happen by 2030

Sinn Féin pledges unity referendums can happen by 2030

Mary Lou McDonald outlines how a government led by the party would prioritise a united Ireland

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 19:20
Monaghan Men’s Shed: ‘The HSE has told us that we have kept people out of the hospitals’

Monaghan Men’s Shed: ‘The HSE has told us that we have kept people out of the hospitals’

The group has two politicians among its membership, though they generally tend to leave politics at the door

Fri Nov 22 2024 - 06:00
Bertie Ahern accused of creating ‘mythology’ surrounding role in peace process

Bertie Ahern accused of creating ‘mythology’ surrounding role in peace process

John Bruton’s work on Northern Ireland ‘has been forgotten’, says ex-minister, as author suggests Ahern should be ‘a little bit more generous’ to others

Sat Nov 09 2024 - 14:24
Michael McMonagle, former Sinn Féin press officer, jailed for nine months for child sexual offences

Michael McMonagle, former Sinn Féin press officer, jailed for nine months for child sexual offences

PSNI Detective Chief Superintendent issues a warning to paedophiles and vigilantes seeking to hunt them

Fri Nov 08 2024 - 12:05
John Bruton’s former adviser says history of the peace process needs to be rewritten

John Bruton’s former adviser says history of the peace process needs to be rewritten

Shane Kenny says the then taoiseach never received the credit due for his role leading up to the Belfast Agreement

Mon Nov 04 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland’s young people may change the world, but first they have to learn to vote

Northern Ireland’s young people may change the world, but first they have to learn to vote

Under-25s divide equally between a united Ireland or staying in the United Kingdom

Tue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
‘We live in a messy world’: Harold Good became internationally known as a witness to IRA decommissioning

‘We live in a messy world’: Harold Good became internationally known as a witness to IRA decommissioning

Former Methodist Church president Harold Good, whose house played a prominent role in in ending The Troubles, opens up about the challenges of peacemakers

Sun Oct 27 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s reputation enhanced by stance on Gaza, says Mary Robinson

Ireland’s reputation enhanced by stance on Gaza, says Mary Robinson

Former president says Israel being led ‘by a bad government at the moment'

Thu Oct 24 2024 - 21:13
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