New Stormont programme for government focuses on ‘lifting everybody up’, says O’NeillFirst Minister acknowledges aims are ambitious but executive ministers are in ‘listening mode’ ahead of eight-week public consultationMon Sept 09 2024 - 19:32
Guildford pub bombings among first cases to be examined by commission into Troubles-era crimesFormer judge says ICRIR aiming to present ‘unvarnished truth’ but acknowledges dealing with events of 50 years ago will be ‘difficult’Mon Sept 09 2024 - 13:51
SDLP endorses Claire Hanna to succeed Colum Eastwood as party leaderConnemara-born South Belfast MP (44) was sole candidate for role and will be ratified at party’s annual conference in OctoberFri Sept 06 2024 - 16:43
Northern Ireland Executive agrees government programme but withholds detailsFirst Minister Michelle O’Neill describes draft plan as ‘milestone’ but SDLP opposition leader calls for ‘less waffle’Thu Sept 05 2024 - 17:54
Delays to planned improvements in Northern Ireland’s water quality create ‘worrying picture’Algae problems at Lough Neagh which is the source of 40% of NI’s drinking water illustrate gravity of situation, says WatchdogTue Sept 03 2024 - 17:51
Claire Hanna: SDLP’s likely new leader is party’s ‘only hope’ against Sinn Féin dominanceGalway-born MP for South Belfast is in pole position to take over as leader of the nationalist partyMon Sept 02 2024 - 18:15
‘Everyone I know is thinking about leaving’: Belfast’s immigrant business owners rethink their futuresFour weeks after racist attacks on businesses in the city, immigrants fear for their livelihoods and their childrenSun Sept 01 2024 - 06:00
New Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt urges colleagues not to ‘wash dirty linen in public’Sole candidate said he was confident he had support of vast majority of UUP representativesFri Aug 30 2024 - 19:04
Eastwood departs with the SDLP’s future in question. Is there room in nationalism for the ‘critical friend’?Sinn Féin strategists are already eyeing up his Foyle seat, and if Eastwood decides not to run, it will be a hammer blow for the partyFri Aug 30 2024 - 06:00
Colum Eastwood steps down as SDLP leader saying it is time for ‘change’Claire Hanna, MP for South Belfast and Mid Down, considered to be among the front runners to be the party’s new leaderThu Aug 29 2024 - 15:39
A nurse in Belfast: ‘I’m scared to live here now - you could get attacked at any time’The North’s largest NHS trust is aware of 10 overseas nurses who are considering leaving their jobs in the wake of anti-immigration disorderSat Aug 10 2024 - 05:15
Michelle O’Neill condemns ‘pure racism and hatred’ behind Belfast riotingPSNI chief constable says minority communities in fear after violence in cityThu Aug 08 2024 - 19:51
Hundreds of confidential MI5 documents relating to Stakeknife discovered after inquiry endedThe Operation Kenova team was alerted to the discovery in AprilWed Aug 07 2024 - 18:51
‘Our kids were born here, where else can they go?’: Belfast Muslims consider future after attacksAhmed Hussen’s barber shop was targeted by rioters after the protest on Saturday afternoonWed Aug 07 2024 - 06:00
‘We’re not ready for it in BT9′: bilingual street sign defaced in Belfast’s most affluent suburbHundreds of bilingual signs have been installed across Belfast since the delayed scheme was finally passed by Belfast City Council two years ago. For some, they are still unacceptableTue Aug 06 2024 - 05:00
Daughter of slain British agent Denis Donaldson critical of Coalition over persistent inquest delays Dublin’s ‘victim-centred and human rights compliant approach’ on legacy issues rings hollow, claims Jane DonaldsonFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Omagh bombing inquiry: Government is ‘committed to new legislation if required’Inquiry examining whether atrocity could reasonably have been prevented by UK authoritiesTue Jul 30 2024 - 12:16
‘When Armagh does something, Armagh does it in style’: Victorious team returns homeLocals downplay controversy over footage showing PSNI officers waving flags and sounding sirens following unionist complaintsMon Jul 29 2024 - 21:05
‘An extremely bad man’: Ballymoney reacts to news of Kamala Harris’s Irish slave-owning ancestorOne woman with links to Co Antrim-born slaver Hamilton Brown says it will be a difficult history to packageFri Jul 26 2024 - 11:14
Orange Order leaders urge members to ignore ‘spin’ about a united Ireland ‘being around the corner’Twelfth parades pass off peacefully as commission bans Orange Order from nationalist Ardoyne shopfrontsFri Jul 12 2024 - 21:09
‘The assaults are the busiest part’: Emergency services, health experts, and locals on the Eleventh Night bonfiresAhead of the Twelfth of July Orange Order marches, an estimated 300 bonfires were lit across Northern IrelandFri Jul 12 2024 - 06:00
Martin hopes for ‘friendly settlement’ in controversial Legacy Act disputeTánaiste speaking in advance of first official meeting with newly appointed Northern Secretary Hilary BennThu Jul 11 2024 - 20:53
Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland workforce for the first time – studyTrend of increasing share for Catholic community continued at a slower rateThu Jul 11 2024 - 06:00
UK will act as ‘honest broker’ on question of Border poll, says StarmerNew British prime minister, however, makes no firm policy commitments as he meets party leaders in BelfastMon Jul 08 2024 - 13:58
NI election: Sinn Féin now biggest party in Westminster, Stormont and council after DUP lossesAlliance makes history with first non-DUP MP in Lagan Valley, while TUV unseats Ian PaisleyFri Jul 05 2024 - 21:26
Sinn Féin’s Chris Hazzard wins by comfortable margin in South DownSDLP’s Colin McGrath came in second with DUP candidate Diane Forsythe in thirdFri Jul 05 2024 - 11:36
Sinn Féin’s Dáire Hughes takes Newry and Armagh seat with easeParty’s deputy general secretary gained 2,012 votes from than departing MP Mickey BradyFri Jul 05 2024 - 10:30
DUP’s Carla Lockhart increases vote despite Upper Bann boundary changesNorthern Ireland election results: DUP’s only female MP maintained her seat with Sinn Féin’s Catherine Nelson coming in secondFri Jul 05 2024 - 09:12
Lagan Valley report: Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood becomes first non-unionist to win this seatUK election results: Alliance MLA defeats DUP candidate in seat once held by former DUP leader Jeffrey DonaldsonFri Jul 05 2024 - 07:57
Jeffrey Donaldson sent for trial on sex offence chargesFormer DUP leader attended hearing at Newry Magistrates’ CourtWed Jul 03 2024 - 10:58
‘This is going to be close’: Sinn Féin’s John Finucane facing tight battle in North BelfastSitting MP one of the party’s most high-profile and polished representatives since taking the seat in 2019 electionWed Jul 03 2024 - 06:00
‘Nobody’s vote is guaranteed, no seats belong to any party any more’Constituency profile: East BelfastTue Jul 02 2024 - 05:00
Change afoot in unionist stronghold amid indications of ‘split’ voteNorthern Ireland election: Lagan Valley constituencyFri Jun 28 2024 - 06:00
Taoiseach hails Ulster Canal restoration as embodying benefits of peace process Harris marks phase two completion of landmark €28.4m cross-Border projectWed Jun 19 2024 - 20:00
Sinn Féin under fire from Northern Irish base over shift to ‘middle class’ under failed election strategy‘A blind man on a galloping horse would have told you that you were putting up too many candidates,’ said one senior Northern republicanFri Jun 14 2024 - 06:00
Preliminary enquiry into historical sexual abuse charges against Jeffrey Donaldson to proceed in JulyFormer DUP leader accused of rape, gross indecency with or towards a child and nine counts of indecent assaultWed Jun 12 2024 - 11:36
Local Elections: Monaghan County Council resultsSinn Féin bucks national and gains seats at expense of Fianna Fáil and an IndependentSun Jun 09 2024 - 22:14
‘It was a horrifying scream’: Lyra McKee trial hears of circumstances around deathCasually dressed in mostly jeans and t-shirts, suspects in the murder trial stayed seated as they were called to riseWed Jun 05 2024 - 20:05
Three men arrested following assault linked to flying of Tricolour on boat in Co AntrimBoat in Portballintrae harbour was later set alight and extensively damagedTue Jun 04 2024 - 15:35
Man (85) charged with murder of woman (81) in Co DownWoman has been named by police as Patricia ‘Patsy’ Aust from BangorMon Jun 03 2024 - 22:45
Cross-Border tourism between Republic and North triples in decade, says reportTitanic Belfast and Game of Thrones are among the attractions that make NI an easier ‘sell’Wed May 29 2024 - 05:00
East Belfast GAA club targeted in ‘sinister’ attempt at intimidationPSNI called to Henry Jones playing fields, used by East Belfast GAA, following discovery of suspicious objectSun May 26 2024 - 16:10
‘They wouldn’t touch a bottle I had touched’: Blood scandal victims were treated like ‘lepers’More than 3,000 people died in the UK in what is regarded as the worst treatment disaster in the NHS’s historySun May 26 2024 - 06:15
PSNI facing €750,000 fine over data breach involving more than 9,000 serving officers and staffLast August’s leak caused ‘tangible fear of threat to life’, UK Information Commissioner’s Office saysThu May 23 2024 - 00:01
British government to spend over £530m on post-Brexit service Expenditure forthcoming for businesses moving goods from Britain to Northern Ireland, according to watchdogMon May 20 2024 - 06:00
UK Covid-19 inquiry: Arlene Foster rejects claim Stormont leaders ‘sleepwalked’ into pandemicFormer DUP first minister dismisses counsel assertion that timeline suggests political chiefs caught nappingWed May 15 2024 - 20:11
Michelle O’Neill ‘truly sorry’ for attending Bobby Storey funeral at height of Covid-19 pandemicSinn Féin says party leader Mary Lou McDonald shares regret expressed by First Minister for attending 2020 funeralTue May 14 2024 - 16:38
Belfast court’s landmark ruling on UK Rwanda law: What it means North and SouthConcern that migrants are crossing Border to avoid deportation ‘has no weight any more’, says human rights lawyerMon May 13 2024 - 20:40
Stormont leaks during Covid pandemic ‘became a frustration’, ex-NI minister for health tells inquiryMichelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster also due to give evidence this weekMon May 13 2024 - 17:27
‘It was 24 hours a day of hatred’: whiskey distillery on Crumlin Road Gaol site stirs memories of the TroublesThe former prison, which housed 2,000 republicans and loyalists at the height of the Troubles, is now home to stills that can make 610,000 litres of whiskeySat May 11 2024 - 06:00
