Rachel Reeves: the UK chancellor with the ‘toughest job since WW2′London Letter: Reeves will deliver a difficult budget in the House of Commons on WednesdayWed Oct 30 2024 - 05:00
Derek Quinlan: The ex-property king who had to declare haircuts to a bankruptcy officialBankruptcy finally caught up with tycoon Derek Quinlan, an ex-tax inspector famous during Ireland’s boomTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
Bankrupt property tycoon Derek Quinlan gave undeclared €2.5m tax refund to his wifeNewly obtained UK court records show that the Celtic Tiger property investor who still owes €400 million through Nama used tax rebate to fund his living expensesTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
A forgotten deal, a €2.5m tax rebate: How Irish tycoon's ‘worrying’ conduct kept him in bankruptcyA €2.5m Irish tax rebate was cited among reasons the Dubliner stayed in economic purgatoryTue Oct 29 2024 - 06:00
My remuneration ‘was substantial’: The interview transcript Derek Quinlan didn’t want made publicIn October 2023, the Irish financier attended a meeting in London to discuss elements of his financial affairs with one of the trustees of his bankruptcy in the UKTue Oct 29 2024 - 05:55
Kinahan leader ‘gave names’ to UK police over guns stashDublin criminal Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh’s barrister suggested he had ‘put himself at risk’Wed Oct 23 2024 - 06:00
Housing shortage sends property prices rocketing in east London’s hipster heavenLondon Letter: Tech workers pay big sums to rent small houses built in the shadows of Guinness Trust blocks of affordable homesWed Oct 23 2024 - 05:00
Liam Byrne was smiling by the end as it became clear he could be out by next ChristmasKinahan cartel member seemed relaxed by the end of his sentencing hearing at the Old BaileyTue Oct 22 2024 - 13:43
Kinahan gang leader Liam Byrne sentenced to five years in prison for firearms offencesCo-accused Thomas Kavanagh sentenced to six years but Byrne could be out by next Christmas due to time served alreadyTue Oct 22 2024 - 11:28
‘WhatsApp for criminals’: Court hears of Kinahan cartel’s use of encrypted messagesDublin criminal Liam Byrne sourced pistols and machine guns for his brother-in-law Thomas ‘Bomber’ KavanaghTue Oct 22 2024 - 06:00
Kinahan crime boss plans to lead ‘honest life’ once released, sentence hearing toldLiam Byrne and fellow senior Kinahan crime group member Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh are before a court in London over weapons plotMon Oct 21 2024 - 14:00
Aberfan disaster ‘seared in the minds’ of Welsh people as work continues to ensure it cannot happen againOn the anniversary of the 1966 disaster in which a school was buried by coal waste, politicians are working on a Bill to deal with safety concerns of legacy coal tipsMon Oct 21 2024 - 05:00
‘I met Nigel Farage in the bar’: the vicar’s daughter who ‘liked to party’ and is now first minister of WalesEluned Morgan travels to Cork on Thursday for a bilateral with the Irish Government, but first she must learn a cúpla focail for her trip to the ÁrasWed Oct 16 2024 - 17:30
Cardiff’s football ‘Mona Lisa’ underscores the city’s long-standing ethnic diversityThe Welsh capital was a hub for immigrants a century before the Windrush generation landed in EnglandWed Oct 16 2024 - 05:00
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s talented and flawed ‘colossus’ who idolised Charles Stewart ParnellScottish nationalist politician died suddenly on Saturday, as his friends insist his independence dream will live onSun Oct 13 2024 - 11:50
Keir Starmer’s first 100 days: after a ‘good start’, his Labour government has lost its shine at an alarming speedThe UK’s budget this month takes on near-totemic importance for Labour as it tries to reset the narrativeFri Oct 11 2024 - 14:10
Keir Starmer may be the real winner as James Cleverly is eliminated from Tory leadership raceJames Cleverly's sensational exit sees Conservatives move further to the right with either Kemi Badenoch or Robert JenrickWed Oct 09 2024 - 20:31
‘I may not be as lucky as my dog’: Britain gets ready to consider whether there is a right to an assisted deathCampaigners such as Esther Rantzen, who has lung cancer, welcome the news that Westminster will debate a proposal to give terminally ill people to right to seek help ending their livesWed Oct 09 2024 - 05:00
James Cleverly seizes lead in race to be next Tory leaderKemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick now appear to be in a straight fight to make the final vote of members, after Tom Tugendhat was eliminated in poll of Tory MPsTue Oct 08 2024 - 17:30
When two becomes one: Starmer’s first mistake was to allow competing power bases into Number 10Exit of Sue Gray and consolidation of Morgan McSweeney’s power allows the prime minister a chance to resetMon Oct 07 2024 - 16:24
From almost drowning in Scotland to a bug in his toilet: four of the best moments from Boris Johnson’s bookBritain’s former prime minister has written a memoir, Unleashed, which will go on sale next weekFri Oct 04 2024 - 16:54
Boris Johnson says Joe Biden told him his family origins ‘were not really Irish at all’Former Tory PM makes claim about US president in new memoir, Unleashed, which also focuses on Brexit tensions over Irish BorderThu Oct 03 2024 - 14:44
Robert Jenrick corners favouritism for Tory party leadershipJames Cleverly delivers considered, but occasionally funny speech in which party faithful are urged to be more ‘optimistic’Wed Oct 02 2024 - 18:10
The pub bombs ‘blew away the Irish community’ in Birmingham. Healing is slow Next month marks the 50th anniversary of one of the worst atrocities of the Troubles, as the local Irish community joins victims’ families to rememberWed Oct 02 2024 - 05:00
‘Dream on, James’: Tory leadership battle gets all bubblyConservative Party conference attendees shrugged off a few sore heads on Monday morning to debate their futureMon Sept 30 2024 - 19:33
Conservative conference’s leadership beauty parade kicks off with row over maternity payDown in numbers and out of government, Tories gather in Birmingham to lick their wounds after election drubbingSun Sept 29 2024 - 15:55
Tory leadership hopefuls to showcase credentials at party conference beauty paradeKemi Badenoch would be favourite in a vote of party members, but only if MPs decide to put her in the final pairingFri Sept 27 2024 - 16:00
The heaving of Liverpool: A crushing journey shows Britons’ love, and hate, for their train serviceI began to suspect that many were thinking the same as me: that this wasn’t going to end wellWed Sept 25 2024 - 05:00
‘Britain is no longer sure of itself’: Keir Starmer tries to steady his troops as he promises hard work will deliverIn his conference speech at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, the new Labour prime minister tells racist rioters and their supporters: ' We see you and we reject you.’Tue Sept 24 2024 - 18:58
Rachel Reeves accentuates positives as she seeks to puncture gloomy economic mood at conferenceHeckler interrupts the new chancellor’s speech in LiverpoolMon Sept 23 2024 - 19:02
Schisms and sleaze plague Keir Starmer’s first Labour conference, risking long-term damageParty’s first event after 14 years in opposition was meant to be a celebration of election victory but risks being overshadowedSun Sept 22 2024 - 18:29
‘Prime minister Farage’: Reform UK leader says party has ‘come of age’ and could win the next electionUp to 4,000 jubilant members gather for party conference in BirminghamFri Sept 20 2024 - 19:02
Keir Starmer prepares for his first Labour conference as prime minister as infighting breaks out among his teamStarmer’s chief of staff Sue Gray is targeted by anonymous internal criticsThu Sept 19 2024 - 15:07
‘Law subsists by power’: The Old Bailey in modern timesMost famous courthouse in England remains a beautiful bastion of the criminal justice systemWed Sept 18 2024 - 05:00
Party time for reinvigorated Lib Dems as Ed Davey looks to build on election successMembers remain frustrated that party is reluctant to push harder on rejoining the European UnionSun Sept 15 2024 - 18:41
If Britain is broken, here are ideas on how to fix itCentral London gathering of policy experts and academics hears suggestions about how to revive Britain’s public services and stuttering economyFri Sept 13 2024 - 16:20
State will ‘look to co-operate’ with new €10bn GB Energy renewables company - Eamon RyanTransport and environment minister is in London for talks with senior British cabinet membersThu Sept 12 2024 - 12:45
British government orders inquiry into murder of Pat Finucane by UDASolicitor was shot dead in Belfast home in February 1989 by loyalist paramilitaries in attack found to have involved state collusionWed Sept 11 2024 - 18:49
Hilary Benn said he couldn’t give Finucane family their murdered father back, but he could give them ‘transparency’NI Secretary of State explained to the House of Commons that Britain had made a ‘solemn commitment’ to the family of Pat Finucane and it had to be honouredWed Sept 11 2024 - 18:05
A ball of smoke and not much fire as Labour backbench rebellion over winter fuel cut burns outThe row had a little bit for everybody in the audience as Westminster gets back to businessTue Sept 10 2024 - 20:00
Keir Starmer delays appointing Washington ambassador until after US presidential race London Letter: Former Labour heavyweights David Miliband, Peter Mandelson are said to be contenders for the role of UK ambassador to Washington, along with Belfast Agreement negotiator Jonathan PowellTue Sept 10 2024 - 18:04
UK government warns unionists the Republic could help decide the North’s future if Stormont collapses againHilary Benn and Micheál Martin give speeches at British Irish Association conference in OxfordSat Sept 07 2024 - 09:10
‘The fire broke our family’: Grenfell was, above all else, a human tragedyLives and deaths can be pieced together from the witness statements, transcripts and formal findings of this week’s inquiry into the fire at the towerSat Sept 07 2024 - 06:22
‘We need to inject some passion’: Young Scottish independence activists think the movement has lost verveUnion supporters and those in favour of independence are almost ‘eeksie peeksie’ in polls but the Scottish National Party appears to have put its breakaway dream on ice for nowThu Sept 05 2024 - 16:54
Grenfell Tower fire: Starmer issues state apology as inquiry’s damning final report is publishedIrish building firm Kingspan among those criticised in long-awaited report into fire that killed 72 people in 2017Wed Sept 04 2024 - 20:30
Kingspan made false claims about insulation used on Grenfell Tower, says reportIrish multinational ‘knowingly created a false market’, report on 2017 disaster findsWed Sept 04 2024 - 20:29
The Grenfell inquiry report brought truth, but only prosecutions will bring justiceBritish people are getting used to seeing their leaders apologise in parliament for the failings of the stateWed Sept 04 2024 - 20:10
Grenfell fire and a London-Irish family’s loss: ‘I said are you okay? He replied: No sis, I’m not’The family of Denis Murphy recall their anguish as others demand justiceWed Sept 04 2024 - 18:29
Donohoe brings dad energy to London as he tells financiers Europe has a fix for its economic illsThe Minister for Public Expenditure travelled to London as president of the Eurogroup, preaching optimismWed Sept 04 2024 - 06:00
‘Inadequate’: One-word school ratings abolished in England after tragedy involving distraught headteacherLondon Letter: Labour has scrapped controversial gradings that unions say placed intolerable strain on teachersWed Sept 04 2024 - 05:01
