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‘When Ministers get together, they do work as politicians’: North-South council fostering all-island co-operation

‘When Ministers get together, they do work as politicians’: North-South council fostering all-island co-operation

Ireland’s Ambassador to London believes recent council meetings have been ‘probably the best’ for 20 years

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 18:53
Head of Troubles legacy body condemns ‘unwarranted attacks’ on its  independence

Head of Troubles legacy body condemns ‘unwarranted attacks’ on its independence

Court of Appeal judgment ‘should be respected by all’, says ICRIR’s Declan Morgan

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 06:00
From Big Tom to John McGahern: New digital archive celebrates Border’s artistic legacy

From Big Tom to John McGahern: New digital archive celebrates Border’s artistic legacy

Ireland’s Border Culture records work of artists living along the Border from 1921 until today

Sun Sept 22 2024 - 09:45
Tax and welfare systems should be reformed to encourage cross-Border working, young people’s forum hears

Tax and welfare systems should be reformed to encourage cross-Border working, young people’s forum hears

The Shared Island Youth Forum has also called for public service jobs to be advertised across the island of Ireland to encourage travel by young people

Fri Sept 20 2024 - 20:51
‘The system isn’t working’: one in three people in Northern Ireland on a medical treatment waiting list

‘The system isn’t working’: one in three people in Northern Ireland on a medical treatment waiting list

Nearly half of all NHS patients in North waiting over year for operation compared with just 4% in England, says NI Secretary

Thu Sept 19 2024 - 20:36
UK press regulator rejects complaint by NI local authority against the Impartial Reporter

UK press regulator rejects complaint by NI local authority against the Impartial Reporter

Fermanagh and Omagh council angered by articles on its decision to offer meals to councillors attending meetings

Thu Sept 19 2024 - 08:00
London’s abandonment of plans to fund Casement Park revival will come as no surprise

London’s abandonment of plans to fund Casement Park revival will come as no surprise

Without the Euro 2028 target, a difficult job for the GAA becomes even more difficult

Sat Sept 14 2024 - 14:51
Cross-Border co-operation to ensure mother and baby home records in North can be found

Cross-Border co-operation to ensure mother and baby home records in North can be found

Issue featured during meeting of North South Ministerial Council in Dublin, the second in less than four months

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 18:10
Twenty five years on, there are calls for more North/South co-operation

Twenty five years on, there are calls for more North/South co-operation

Bertie Ahern calls for an end to prevarication and caution - ‘Get on with it’ he says

Fri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
Cities need to be run in new ways, and not just by officials, or councillors, says former British mayor

Cities need to be run in new ways, and not just by officials, or councillors, says former British mayor

Voters must take more ‘than 10 seconds’ of interest in politics, says Marvin Rees, or live with the consequences

Tue Sept 10 2024 - 05:32
Bertie Ahern calls for end to ‘paranoia’ over North-South co-operation

Bertie Ahern calls for end to ‘paranoia’ over North-South co-operation

Former taoiseach says joint work could be done informally outside of institutions created as a result of Belfast Agreement

Mon Sept 09 2024 - 21:34
‘From friction to friendship’: Harris, Starmer pledge Anglo-Irish reset

‘From friction to friendship’: Harris, Starmer pledge Anglo-Irish reset

The two leaders vow to end Brexit discord ahead of talks in Farmleigh at the weekend

Sat Sept 07 2024 - 05:00
‘The trajectory is very good’: can Simon Harris and Keir Starmer cleanse the Anglo-Irish palate?

‘The trajectory is very good’: can Simon Harris and Keir Starmer cleanse the Anglo-Irish palate?

Starmer’s first visit to Ireland since becoming UK prime minister is another opportunity to strengthen ties frayed by the nadir of the Truss-Johnson era and Dublin’s sometimes sharp tone

Fri Sept 06 2024 - 15:00
Stormont Executive guilty of ‘enormous shortcomings’, warns report

Stormont Executive guilty of ‘enormous shortcomings’, warns report

Northern Ireland facing ‘persistent challenges’ in all public services with ‘little evidence of proper plans to take these on’ being shown by Stormont, warns report

Mon Sept 02 2024 - 00:01
Ahern ‘worried’ for years that IRA ceasefire would break down

Ahern ‘worried’ for years that IRA ceasefire would break down

Former taoiseach speaks of obstacles to peace on 30th anniversary of IRA’s initial cessation of violence

Sat Aug 31 2024 - 16:23
Idea of Sinn Féin in Áras should not impede voting rights, says Coveney

Idea of Sinn Féin in Áras should not impede voting rights, says Coveney

Former minister for foreign affairs strongly backs exension of franchise in presidential elections to Irish people overseas

Sat Aug 31 2024 - 15:41
Enda Kenny rules out Áras an Uachtaráin run in 2025

Enda Kenny rules out Áras an Uachtaráin run in 2025

Former Taoiseach (73) will not seek Fine Gael nomination as Michael D Higgins’ second term comes to an end

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 21:53
Public faces State bureaucracy designed ‘around everyone but themselves’, Taoiseach says

Public faces State bureaucracy designed ‘around everyone but themselves’, Taoiseach says

Simon Harris tells Kennedy Summer School he has low tolerance of bureaucratic reasons for delay or inaction

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 21:06
Ireland faces a ‘bloody cold, bloody wet’ future unless action on climate speeds up, warns Ryan

Ireland faces a ‘bloody cold, bloody wet’ future unless action on climate speeds up, warns Ryan

Scientists increasingly concerned Atlantic current could shift, drastically changing climate in northern Europe

Fri Aug 30 2024 - 16:41
London wants Troubles legacy case changes to be accepted by Dublin and North’s political parties, says ambassador

London wants Troubles legacy case changes to be accepted by Dublin and North’s political parties, says ambassador

Officials met on Thursday to ‘find solutions’ to outstanding issues as Labour government brings new approach, Paul Johnson says

Thu Aug 29 2024 - 20:30
Thirty years after the ceasefire, former IRA members believe the battle of history is being won

Thirty years after the ceasefire, former IRA members believe the battle of history is being won

Three republicans who served time during the Troubles have no regrets about the long IRA campaign of violence

Sat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Spycatcher may have one final chapter

Spycatcher may have one final chapter

Author Tim Tate returns to battle with the Cabinet Office over the release of secret files; perhaps more fodder for the paperback edition

Fri Aug 23 2024 - 16:18
Northern secretary Douglas Hurd faced criticism from Catholic priests during private dinner

Northern secretary Douglas Hurd faced criticism from Catholic priests during private dinner

Clerics condemned the behaviour of the Ulster Defence Regiment and the Royal Ulster Constabulary

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 10:00
South Armagh farmers dominated compensation list over animals allegedly harmed by British soldiers’ actions

South Armagh farmers dominated compensation list over animals allegedly harmed by British soldiers’ actions

More than £10 million was paid in compensation by the UK government to farmers in South Armagh from April 1996 to March 1998

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 08:00
Holy Cross school crisis has left a long shadow over Northern Ireland

Holy Cross school crisis has left a long shadow over Northern Ireland

A protest by Protestant loyalists of a Catholic primary school in Belfast dominated international headlines about Northern Ireland in 2001 but its shadow continued for long after

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
Footballer Neil Lennon showed ‘remarkable courage’ after sectarian abuse, said unionist minister

Footballer Neil Lennon showed ‘remarkable courage’ after sectarian abuse, said unionist minister

Glasgow Celtic player Neil Lennon, a Catholic, withdrew from the Northern Ireland team in 2002 after a death threat was received against him

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 05:00
Irish Border could not be sealed, Stormont ministers told during 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis

Irish Border could not be sealed, Stormont ministers told during 2001 foot-and-mouth crisis

Newly released state papers in Northern Ireland reveal private concerns among ministers about the spread of the contagious disease and its impact on food exports

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 02:00
Pregnant women in parts of Belfast declined antenatal care due to religion, report found

Pregnant women in parts of Belfast declined antenatal care due to religion, report found

Draft 2001 study on cost of polarisation in Northern Ireland found three decades of sectarian strife created ‘two distinct and separate communities’

Thu Aug 22 2024 - 00:01
Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers

Doug Beattie steps down as UUP leader due to ‘irreconcilable differences’ with party officers

The Upper Bann Assembly member said leading the Ulster Unionist Party had been a ‘lonely’ experience at times

Mon Aug 19 2024 - 19:54
Belfast riots were ‘intolerable’ and the actions of racists, says Keir Starmer

Belfast riots were ‘intolerable’ and the actions of racists, says Keir Starmer

British prime minister meets injured PSNI officers during a visit to the city

Mon Aug 19 2024 - 18:56
Man who tried to kill Hitler remembered by Irish relatives

Man who tried to kill Hitler remembered by Irish relatives

UCC’s Andy Bielenberg says family are ‘very proud’ of Fritz-Dietlof von der Schulenburg for part in plot

Sun Aug 11 2024 - 15:22
Team Ireland or Team GB? For Northern Irish Olympians, there’s no identity crisis

Team Ireland or Team GB? For Northern Irish Olympians, there’s no identity crisis

The middle ground in Northern Ireland can ‘get their heads around’ multiple identities, says former rugby international Trevor Ringland

Sun Aug 11 2024 - 12:30
Israel must face boycotts, human rights lawyer says

Israel must face boycotts, human rights lawyer says

Self defence gives ‘blank cheque’ to countries to attack others inside UN rules, Prof Conor Gearty says

Sun Aug 11 2024 - 12:07
Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’

Simon Coveney: ‘Theresa May’s efforts on the Irish question should be recognised. Her successors didn’t share that’

The former tánaiste reflects on the ‘fun behind the craziness’ of Liz Truss, the ‘intellectual snobbery’ Enda Kenny faced, and Michel Barnier’s shock at the warm welcome he received on the streets of Dublin

Sat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster: ‘We have far too many echoes of the 1930s, with too many crises overlapping’

Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster: ‘We have far too many echoes of the 1930s, with too many crises overlapping’

Historians Margaret MacMillan and Roy Foster see troubling parallels between the events of today and those of a century ago

Sat Aug 03 2024 - 05:15
The ‘snowflakes’ are those who want to deny Britain’s imperial sins, argues historian

The ‘snowflakes’ are those who want to deny Britain’s imperial sins, argues historian

Britain is due a reckoning with its own past, says University of Sussex professor

Thu Aug 01 2024 - 17:56
Decision on future construction at Casement Park must be made quickly, says Hilary Benn

Decision on future construction at Casement Park must be made quickly, says Hilary Benn

Northern Secretary tells House of Commons ‘nothing has happened’ at stadium since announcement it would host European Championship fixtures

Wed Jul 24 2024 - 15:40
White working class moving to Republican Party, yet Trump never delivered for those workers, says academic

White working class moving to Republican Party, yet Trump never delivered for those workers, says academic

Democratic Party has lost touch with this class due to supporting globalised trade and leftist politics, academic Larry Donnelly tells Patrick MacGill Summer School

Sun Jul 21 2024 - 09:20
‘Ireland’s freedom was not won, it was given’: Historian’s new book casts fresh light on old struggle

‘Ireland’s freedom was not won, it was given’: Historian’s new book casts fresh light on old struggle

Cambridge-based historian John O’Beirne Ranelagh interviewed 100 former members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood during the 1970s. Much of the material has been unused - until now

Sun Jul 21 2024 - 06:00
UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty

UK government could face court challenge to force unity referendum, says Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty

Vague rules surrounding trigger mean decisions either way could face judicial review

Sat Jul 20 2024 - 16:06
Keeping RTÉ licence fee would be ‘deeply disappointing’ - Ní Raghallaigh

Keeping RTÉ licence fee would be ‘deeply disappointing’ - Ní Raghallaigh

Ireland has highest evasion rate in Europe for ‘inequitable tax’ on television set owners, former RTÉ board chairwoman says

Sat Jul 20 2024 - 13:29
‘The adults are back in the room in London’: how far will Starmer’s reset of UK-EU relations go?

‘The adults are back in the room in London’: how far will Starmer’s reset of UK-EU relations go?

New Labour government could open door to future talks with EU on defence, trade checks and youth movement, but it will have to face down the right-wing domestic press

Sat Jul 20 2024 - 05:00
‘Department of Infrastructure’ proposed by Taoiseach

‘Department of Infrastructure’ proposed by Taoiseach

Summer school hears Simon Harris on need to escape administrative ‘silos’ to build more housing in a politics of ‘pragmatism’

Fri Jul 19 2024 - 19:47
Asylum protesters ‘are not us’, says Taoiseach at MacGill Summer School

Asylum protesters ‘are not us’, says Taoiseach at MacGill Summer School

Simon Harris says everyone is entitled to protest but not to ‘lawlessness’

Fri Jul 19 2024 - 18:25
Ireland will not nominate a second European Commission candidate, says Taoiseach

Ireland will not nominate a second European Commission candidate, says Taoiseach

Ursula von der Leyen annoyed at decision of 10 of Ireland’s 14 MEPs - including the four Fianna Fáil MEPs, to vote against her

Fri Jul 19 2024 - 18:10
Campaign against global pandemic treaty threatens public health, Tony Holohan says

Campaign against global pandemic treaty threatens public health, Tony Holohan says

Former CMO says volunteer corps capable of stepping in at short notice to carry out basic health and administrative duties needed for next health crisis

Fri Jul 19 2024 - 13:33
Humanity has just five  years  to prevent irreversible climate damage, warns Ryan

Humanity has just five years to prevent irreversible climate damage, warns Ryan

Minister for Climate issues stark warning of looming disaster during address to MacGill summer school

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 19:22
Low earners should pay some income tax, say economists

Low earners should pay some income tax, say economists

Summer school told ‘very low or no tax rates on low income’ is a policy choice that would be very difficult to reverse

Thu Jul 18 2024 - 19:05
Planning for united Ireland must start now, Oireachtas committee advises

Planning for united Ireland must start now, Oireachtas committee advises

‘No insurmountable economic or financial barriers’ to unification, Belfast Agreement committee says

Tue Jul 16 2024 - 20:18
Fractured unionism must learn how to woo support for the union

Fractured unionism must learn how to woo support for the union

Give new prime minister Keir Starmer a chance, unionists told

Fri Jul 12 2024 - 06:00
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