Northern Ireland protocol: James Cleverly in talks with EU as part of ‘intensive’ push for a deal‘Momentum’ behind protocol agreement but no certainty of a deal this week, Tánaiste saysMon Feb 20 2023 - 13:13
Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation may expose the deep fissures within Scotland’s SNPThe Scottish National Party is divided on many key issues and a leadership contest may expose the fissuresThu Feb 16 2023 - 19:22
Nicola Sturgeon stuns UK politics with surprise resignationScotland’s first minister is to step down as soon as a successor is chosenWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:54
Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation triggers speculation as to replacementDominant force of Scottish politics stuns UK by announcing her departure as first minister and leader of SNPWed Feb 15 2023 - 20:08
Keir Starmer is the big winner from Nicola Sturgeon’s departureAnalysis: The shock of the SNP leader’s resignation has reverberated from Edinburgh to London and back. Nobody expected itWed Feb 15 2023 - 17:12
‘Speaking truth to power’: Blood lessons from the Troubles come to LondonA play involving victims of the conflict will be seen by officers investigating collusionWed Feb 15 2023 - 05:00
Nicola Bulley search: Real detectives vie with amateur sleuths in Lancashire villageLocals, online commentators and the missing woman’s partner are sceptical of the police’s theory that the mother of two fell into the river WyreSun Feb 12 2023 - 15:04
Britain looks into supplying fighter jets to UkraineUK government promises to step up provision of arms to Kyiv after Zelenskiy addresses WestminsterWed Feb 08 2023 - 20:55
‘Give us wings’: Ukraine’s president asks Britain for fighter jets in Westminster speechVolodymyr Zelenskiy addresses Houses of Parliament in London before heading to meet King CharlesWed Feb 08 2023 - 15:49
UK plans crackdown on arrival of asylum seekers in Dover but locals rarely see refugeesLondon hints at UK leaving European Convention on Human Rights if outside courts try to dilute its planned crackdown on migrantsTue Feb 07 2023 - 19:37
Map showing extent of sewage released into Thames shocks many LondonersThe city has come a long way since the Great Stink of 1858, but the river may be going back to its futureTue Feb 07 2023 - 17:21
Liz Truss comeback bid gets cool reception from UK governmentFormer PM re-enters the fray to defend her views on cutting taxes ahead of Britain’s upcoming budget in MarchSun Feb 05 2023 - 17:02
Boris Johnson claims Brexit ‘saved lives’ in the pandemicFormer British prime minister also warns that a Labour government would be too close to the European UnionFri Feb 03 2023 - 20:01
‘We’re not being shot or blown up. That doesn’t mean we have peace’Women activists from Northern Ireland speak at Irish embassy event in London for St Brigid’s DayThu Feb 02 2023 - 20:01
Mark Paul: Britain’s striking teachers aim to give government a lesson Cauldron of industrial action is bubbling in high-tension, low-growth BritainWed Feb 01 2023 - 20:13
Volunteering key to British creed of keeping calm and carrying onBig Help Out initiative for King Charles’s coronation may rekindle solid aspect of national identity in time of uncertaintyWed Feb 01 2023 - 05:00
Rishi Sunak’s first 100 days marred by ‘Tory sleaze’He may feel compelled to act more ruthlessly when he deals with his next ministerial scandalTue Jan 31 2023 - 05:00
Rishi Sunak denies dithering over sacking of Nadhim ZahawiFresh criticism focuses on British prime minister’s handling of tax scandal, details of which had first surfaced last JulyMon Jan 30 2023 - 20:44
Beloved London church with links to Alice in Wonderland destroyed by fireSt Mark’s Anglican church, on a hill between St John’s Wood and Maida Vale, was frequented by author Lewis CarrollFri Jan 27 2023 - 17:48
Michael McGrath awaits answers from regulator about concerns over overpriced ‘vulture fund’ mortgagesMinister for Finance’s officials write to Central Bank asking for its views on its legal powersFri Jan 27 2023 - 05:00
Dominic Raab under pressure as bullying inquiry widensDeputy prime minister and Boris Johnson loyalist could be facing allegations from more than 30 civil servantsThu Jan 26 2023 - 17:55
Westminster PMQs is a political mad tea party and everyone has a cupLondon Letter: Rishi Sunak will feel heat of opponent’s breath in Commons chamber as every self-inflicted Tory wound helps Starmer and LabourWed Jan 25 2023 - 05:00
Labour will ‘reconnect’ Britain with Europe if it wins powerShadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, promises a raft of fresh co-operation with European countries but reiterates it will not roll back BrexitTue Jan 24 2023 - 18:46
Green and grey: Irish among oldest ethnicities in Britain, new figures showFresh census data for England and Wales shows Irish people and their descendants are almost twice as likely to be pensioners as the overall populationTue Jan 24 2023 - 05:00
Nadhim Zahawi: Tory Party chairman fights for political survival over £5m tax settlement Questions raised over what Prime Minister Rishi Sunak knew of the affair when he appointed himMon Jan 23 2023 - 15:22
Coillte’s British partner attempts to soothe fears over Irish forestry dealChief executive of Gresham House understands ‘sensitivities’ following deal with semi-State firmFri Jan 20 2023 - 17:00
‘Very real’ prospect of Northern Ireland protocol deal, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar downplays prospects of agreement by 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement in April, saying it will take a ‘couple of months’Fri Jan 20 2023 - 11:38
Sinn Féin warns British government that delaying unity poll could spark legal battleParty leader Mary Lou McDonald tells world media in London she isn’t ‘Oliver Twist’ pleading for voteThu Jan 19 2023 - 18:30
Nuance takes the day off as Scottish nationalists row with Tories in Westminster over transgender lawBoth sides revert to type as UK government limbers up for a constitutional battle with the ScotsTue Jan 17 2023 - 18:13
London Letter: The city is a bubble, afloat on its own importanceAs Britain struggles with a cost-of-living crisis, life in the capital follows a different trajectoryTue Jan 17 2023 - 16:46
EU and British government pledge to continue intensive talks on Northern Ireland protocol Growing expectation that Stormont poll will be postponed a second timeMon Jan 16 2023 - 21:15
British teachers turn up the heat as cold snap bitesThe government faces a raft of public sector pay claims, but its finances still must add upMon Jan 16 2023 - 20:15
DAA warned Government of Dublin Airport queue issues months in advance October 2021 letter to regulator that was copied to politicians warned cash squeeze would affect security and cleaning staff numbersSat Jan 07 2023 - 05:00
Ireland’s economic path suddenly seems much clearer than Britain’sThis time it is our turn to watch as our neighbour is buffeted by formidable challengesFri Jan 06 2023 - 05:15
European stocks make strong start to 2023 as hopes rise that inflation has peakedIseq index in Dublin finishes ahead by 2.6 per centTue Jan 03 2023 - 19:35
Housing market slows but buyers still ‘stretched’ by high pricesReport from property website Myhome.ie says "froth" in the market could continue to unwind early in 2023Tue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Digicel wins eight-year legal battle with US rival it accused of fraudDenis O'Brien's Caribbean telco is awarded more than $10m over 'bypass fraud'Tue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Supermarkets gird for price war as inflation bitesThe return to normal trading after the pandemic was short-lived as the war in Ukraine fuelled the cost-of-living crisisMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Time to end debate over tourism’s special 9% VAT rate Minister for Finance Michael McGrath must decide what to do about the stray dog of Irish fiscal politics in the coming weeksFri Dec 30 2022 - 05:15
High Court orders Mediahuis and Leslie Buckley to furnish lists of confidential documents related to INM19 investigationBuckley’s request for earlier cut-off date on discovery is also denied in case taken by Karl Brophy and Gavin O’ReillyFri Dec 16 2022 - 15:23
Medtech firm plans €15m finance round to fund expansionDermView, whose backers include former AIB director Bernard Somers, is also eyeing a push into BritainFri Dec 16 2022 - 12:18
How is there such high demand for charity in one of Europe’s strongest economies?The economy is holding up better than almost any in Europe yet, in some corners things are as bad as they have ever beenFri Dec 16 2022 - 05:00
Tetrarch plans €20m cemetery on old Citywest golf courseHotel owner submits plan for more than 8,000 burial plots on west Dublin siteThu Dec 15 2022 - 06:00
Mobile spectrum auction for next-generation 5G brings in €448m in bidsFull awarding process by Comreg is on hold pending a legal action taken by mobile operator ThreeWed Dec 14 2022 - 18:54
An Post row with UK Post Office causing return of online purchases Implementation of post-Brexit customs rules triggers dispute among heavyweight carriersTue Dec 13 2022 - 05:09
Porterhouse wants to build bedrooms on top of its flagship Dublin brewpub as suitors try buy itMMA star Conor McGregor is believed to be among those who have expressed an interest in buying the pubFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:45
ESRI urges State to issue more visas to non-EU construction workersResearch paper also suggests domestic banking sector could struggle to finance the expansion in construction necessary to hit housing targetsFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
Booking an NCT with Ireland’s monopoly provider is Waiting for Godot on wheelsApplus, the sole provider of NCTs in the State, has little incentive to stump up to solve the current delaysFri Dec 09 2022 - 05:00
Central Bank research suggests pace of wage growth may have peakedData culled from Indeed.com job ads suggests risk of a wage-price spiral may be recedingThu Dec 08 2022 - 05:00
Huge north Dublin housing scheme faces court challenge ‘regardless’ of plan to scale it backCannon Kirk’s €360m Corballis East scheme in Donabate has run into significant local oppositionTue Dec 06 2022 - 19:42
