Election of Simon Harris as Taoiseach a chance to ‘reset relationships’, says DUP chiefGavin Robinson says new leader a chance for Dublin Government ‘to learn from missteps of previous administration, which gravely damaged southern relationship with unionists’Tue Apr 09 2024 - 20:42
‘Emotional’ David Cameron meets Donald Trump as he urges US Republicans to unblock Ukraine aidBritain’s foreign secretary stops for private dinner at Trump’s Florida resort en route to WashingtonTue Apr 09 2024 - 19:37
Labour MP Creasy criticises Republic for silence over Rwanda plan’s impact on Belfast AgreementTánaiste Micheál Martin ignored pleas for intervention, high-profile MP saysFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Inside Sellafield: behind the razor wire, gun-toting guards and blast barriers at the toxic nuclear siteThe site in Cumbria in England directly across the Irish Sea is now an enormous nuclear dump. The Irish Times is given rare access to the most dangerous nuclear facility in western EuropeSat Mar 30 2024 - 06:00
England’s campus free speech tsar says ‘shocking’ ideas must be protected and foreign interference rebuffedFormer Cambridge philosophy professor Arif Ahmed will oversee a new complaints regime from AugustSat Mar 30 2024 - 05:00
Luminaries of the men-only Garrick Club draw attention to London’s elite private cliquesLondon Letter: Private members clubs are enmeshed in the power fabric of the cityWed Mar 27 2024 - 05:00
Britain shocked by news of Kate Middleton’s cancerThe Princess of Wales records a video from her Windsor home to reveal she is undergoing chemotherapySat Mar 23 2024 - 06:00
‘They patronise the north’: Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on why he lost faith in WestminsterLabour veteran is making a bid for a third term as the directly elected mayor and ‘King of the North’Fri Mar 22 2024 - 15:06
Tory cheers cannot hide their fears as Rishi Sunak struggles to keep his party onsideThe UK prime minister is under pressure from his restive backbenchers as the polls won’t budgeWed Mar 20 2024 - 19:07
Diane Abbott racism rows highlight baffling ways of British politicsLabour leader Keir Starmer will understand the maxim that justice delayed is justice deniedWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:00
Scotland’s neglected island communities: ‘London ignores us, Edinburgh hates us’ The stunning Outer Hebrides are threatened by depopulation and a ferries fiascoSat Mar 16 2024 - 10:57
Dublin’s migrant tent city ‘unacceptable’ and plan for refugees needed quickly, Harris saysMinister for Higher Education urges Roderic O’Gorman to bring a long-term plan to GovernmentFri Mar 15 2024 - 14:47
Angela Rayner wants Diane Abbott to return as Labour MPSuspended from the party over bigotry comments, Abbott has recently been the victim of racist remarks by a Tory donorThu Mar 14 2024 - 17:48
SNP leader looks to Republic in bid to free Scotland from Britain’s flagging economyHumza Yousaf suggests an independent Scotland could be as much a competitor as potential partner for the RepublicWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00
The Granite City wants a solid future if the oil boom endsAberdeen’s future as the oil capital of Europe has become an election issue in ScotlandWed Mar 13 2024 - 05:00
‘I want my country back’: Tories fear more defections after Lee Anderson quits for Farage-linked Reform UKFormer Tory deputy chairman leaves the Conservatives and exposes the fractures that threaten to overwhelm its ‘red wall’Mon Mar 11 2024 - 19:39
‘Sometimes I can’t sleep at night’: Adi Roche warns of nuclear risks of Ukraine conflict as she picks up peace awardAdi Roche, founder of Chernobyl Children International has been honoured with a peace award by the Ahmadiyya Muslim communitySat Mar 09 2024 - 18:00
‘S**t’s f**ked up. It’s going to get really bad’: Millionaire financial whizzkid on the economic disaster heading our wayLondoner Gary Stevenson, who was Citi’s highest-paid trader worldwide in his early 20s, is despondent about the future as economic inequality deepensSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
Hunting for growth: Britain covets tax cuts but chancellor’s options were slimChancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt was under pressure to deliver the Tory holy grail of slashing income tax in this week’s budget but the prospect seems remote before the upcoming general electionFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
National insurance cut leads UK budget as Tories also steal flagship Labour policy on ‘non-doms’No surprises in the budget delivered this afternoon by UK chancellor Jeremy HuntWed Mar 06 2024 - 14:17
The elusive Andrius and Andris must be laughing all the way to the bankUsing fake names that sound like something from Moe’s Tavern in the Simpsons, apparent fraudsters are registered to my addressWed Mar 06 2024 - 05:00
Galloway’s election means Gaza deaths, Starmer’s Achilles heel, stays on top of agendaThere are only so many constituencies where the firebrand’s influence can hurt LabourTue Mar 05 2024 - 19:58
From Cork to Westminster: meet the latest ROI-born person elected to the House of CommonsDamien Egan’s background as an immigrant, a gay man and a Jewish convert gives him a nuanced view on lifeFri Mar 01 2024 - 07:00
George Galloway favourite to win chaotic Rochdale byelection dominated by accusations of bigotryIn the Rochdale byelection George Galloway could capitalise on anger directed towards Labour in Muslim communities over the party’s stance on Israel’s Gaza campaignWed Feb 28 2024 - 18:26
Drinking wine the trick to surviving an overnight rail ‘sleeper’ service from Scotland to LondonNationalisation of Britain’s railways back on the agenda, but a good night’s sleep is notWed Feb 28 2024 - 05:00
Derry Girls finale wins prestigious literary and peace award in LondonFinal episode of third series of the comedy scoops Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial PrizeTue Feb 27 2024 - 19:39
Jacob Rees-Mogg says decision to strip Shamima Begum of UK citizenship is ‘racist’ and ‘wrong’London schoolgirl who fled to Syria to join Islamic State in 2015 lost her latest appeal last week against UK government decisionMon Feb 26 2024 - 20:39
‘I hate this job’: What makes Keir Starmer tick?The Labour leader and favourite to be next UK prime minister has co-operated on a revealing biographySat Feb 24 2024 - 08:00
As Hoyle was accused of having ‘undermined the confidence’ of the House, the Tories and SNP may seek revengeWhatever happened behind the scenes, Hoyle ignored advice from Commons officials and handed Starmer a way out of his quandaryWed Feb 21 2024 - 19:39
‘I cannot go back there’: Russian dissidents protest against Putin on the leafy streets of west LondonThe Russian embassy sits on one of the most expensive, and heavily-guarded, avenues in the cityWed Feb 21 2024 - 04:55
‘I’m proud of the Britain Brexiteers and right-wing politicians seem to hate’The son of an illiterate immigrant, Sanghera has become a hate figure of the right for his unflinching examinations of the history of the British empireSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
Humza Yousaf faces questions over his political judgment in ministerial iPad affair Scotland’s health minister Michael Matheson suddenly quit this week, three months after it emerged an £11,000 holiday roaming charge had been racked up on his taxpayer-funded iPadSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
Mary Lou McDonald to ‘reflect’ and ‘correct things’ in wake of poll slump for Sinn FéinParty leader responds to latest Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll showing a six-point drop in supportThu Feb 08 2024 - 15:37
Every rough sleeper in London has a story. This is Stephen’sThe panhandlers on the Tube are usually polite and often rehearse what they are going to sayWed Feb 07 2024 - 05:00
Liz Truss's new political grouping launches amid circus music and bad timingFormer UK prime minister launches her Popular Conservatives pressure group in WestminsterTue Feb 06 2024 - 18:15
Former Ukip leader Nigel Farage praises Dublin anti-immigration marchRight-wing politician accuses Irish political establishment of ignoring issue of migration for too longTue Feb 06 2024 - 17:41
Hamas raped and mutilated Israeli women ‘like garbage’ in October 7th attack, campaign launch hears Ex-Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg and Cherie Blair bring global profile to campaign highlighting systematic sexual violence against women by militant groupSat Feb 03 2024 - 11:00
Judge says transphobia was a motive as she sentences killers of British teenager Brianna GheyPolice had previously said they did not think the Warrington teenager was killed because she was transgenderSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:30
Brianna Ghey murder: Extraordinary and savage crime marks a moment of reckoning for BritainScarlett Jenkinson, the ring-leader in the murder of Brianna Ghey, scoured the dark web for goreFri Feb 02 2024 - 19:45
NI powersharing government to return after DUP confirms end of boycott Northern Ireland Assembly to sit at Stormont on Saturday afternoonFri Feb 02 2024 - 06:58
Powersharing returns to NI as UK fast-tracks legislation to deliver on Stormont dealAssembly members will meet at 1pm on Saturday as DUP and UK government reach deal on post-Brexit arrangementsThu Feb 01 2024 - 19:35
‘I’m scared’: Britain to come face to face with teenage killers of Brianna GheyMurderers of 16-year-old transgender girl from Warrington will be sentenced and named on FridayThu Feb 01 2024 - 04:48
DUP deal to provide ‘real change’ for North, says Donaldson, as restoration of powersharing loomsEU to ‘analyse carefully’ agreement that pledges ‘unfettered access’ to Britain while removing most post-Brexit checks on goodsWed Jan 31 2024 - 20:42
A night in Luke Littler’s home town with punters, pubs and The Great British kebabThe running joke is that curry, particularly the UK’s indigenous effort of chicken tikka masala, is the real British national dishWed Jan 31 2024 - 05:00
Varadkar and Sunak clash over UK Troubles lawOn Tuesday night, a spokesman for the Taoiseach played down the reports of the difficult aspects of the callTue Jan 30 2024 - 21:34
Conservative peer wants ‘shot across bows’ of mystery donors behind poll predicting Tory election wipeoutIntrigue in Westminster over identities of people behind new pressure group Conservative Britain AllianceMon Jan 29 2024 - 19:54
‘I don’t want a Welsh army’: Mark Drakeford on his love for devolution and republicanism, but not independenceThe outgoing Welsh leader on Labour, the Tories and why the UK should not have a kingSun Jan 28 2024 - 12:00
Storm Isha pounded the Lake District but couldn’t defeat its beautyCumbria Letter: No matter the weather, the local fell top assessors go out to check conditions on the mountainsWed Jan 24 2024 - 05:00
Tory rebellion melts away as Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan wins crucial House of Commons voteFailed rebellion was third time in a year that supposed revolt by right wingers against British prime minister’s leadership failed to materialiseWed Jan 17 2024 - 21:56
MP asks Rishi Sunak to intervene in ‘immoral’ case of tower block built by Irish developerNama owns loans secured on freehold of troubled tower scheme built by Cork developer John FlemingWed Jan 17 2024 - 19:32
