British-Irish Relations in the Twenty-First Century: A strong examination of the Belfast Agreement’s legacy and the impact of Brexit
Etain Tannam argues that John Hume’s central three-stranded idea for the agreement has been neglected
Common Ground
Evolving Islands: Ireland & Britain - a special series from The Irish Times exploring the complex relationship between the two
Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’
Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’
‘It would be a waste’: Little appetite in Sinn Féin for Mary Lou McDonald to run for president
Party figures move closer to idea of backing Catherine Connolly
A Marshall Plan is needed for loyalist communities, and so much more
Policing, education and engagement needed to set the stage for difficult period of change
Whether the abuse happens in Rathfarnham or west Belfast, the story is the same
Máiría Cahill’s isolation was rooted in terror of the tribe. For the Brennan sisters theirs was about protecting reputations
Former US ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith turned against Sinn Féin after 9/11, British files claim
She also thought Tony Blair ‘should be much tougher with IRA’, friend told British prime minister’s chief of staff
Convicted soldiers’ return to service showed it was ‘all right to kill a Paddy’, Sinn Féin figure complained
Gerry Kelly said British army decision to readmit soldiers jailed for murder was a ‘disgrace’
US government offered to use spy satellites to verify IRA arms dumps were decommissioned
White House official put forward the idea to the British in 2000, documents show
Michael McDowell pushed for British amnesty for IRA members without trial, UK files reveal
Treatment of the so-called ‘on-the-runs’ later became a major controversy
‘I was asked if I was a terrorist every day’: The Mayo woman helping expats make a soft landing in the UK
Eimear Maguire and her ex-husband run a successful family law practice in Manchester and Cheshire - ‘We are the poster people for divorce’
Dexys’ Kevin Rowland: ‘Growing up in England, you had an inferiority complex. Our dads were judged as scruffy Paddies’
In Bless Me Father, his new memoir, the Dexys leader reflects on his Irish lineage, difficult relationship with his father, music success, addiction and more
Negative attitude toward HSE is increasingly corrosive and destructive, says Stephen Donnelly
Negative attitude toward health service is increasingly corrosive and destructive, says Stephen Donnelly
Supreme Court is still changing society, says Attorney General
Declarations of unconstitutionality still happening, says Rossa Fanning, but there is less ‘low-hanging fruit’
Ulster is well acquainted with those who leave their homes on boats for hope of a better life
Moygashel fire is bitterly ironic given how central the migrant experience is to Ulster’s history
‘As an Irish person with an English accent in Ireland, you have to sit there and take it’
The author’s show Am I Irish Yet? explores the experiences of a second-generation London-Irish person trying to fit in in small-town Ireland
Better-off families ‘sailing away from the have-nots’, warns Ombudsman
Government unable to inform Ombudsman how much it spends on children, says Dr Niall Muldoon
A tricky question on Good Morning Britain for Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin’s message to the British public is ‘let us take this expensive burden off your hands’, while to the Republic it’s that reunification will be almost painless
Many people won’t decide how to vote in a Border poll until they see what’s on offer
Why can’t Sinn Féin spell out exactly what it means by a united Ireland and allow unionists to consider it?
The unsung Irishman behind Live Aid. Not Bono, not Bob, but Paddy
Co Down man Paddy Coulter briefed reporter who broadcast original Ethiopian famine story
Twelfth of July: ‘We’re not into the bonfires, but the parades are different. Today is a family day’
As communities across Northern Ireland celebrate, there are calls for understanding, education, tolerance and respect
‘It makes us look like Neanderthals’: UDA leader laments loyalist street violence but sees role for ‘paramilitary influence’
The complete disbandment of loyalist paramilitaries would leave a dangerous vacuum, argues Jackie McDonald
An Orange Order parade in Donegal: Rossnowlagh’s annual event in pictures
Thousands attend march in coastal Donegal town to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne
A GP strike could be the beginning of the end of free primary care in Northern Ireland
Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?
Some see July 12th bonfires as sectarian. For others, they’re about social cohesion
Northern Ireland’s bonfire season is a source of tension between communities, but for some it’s a source of pride
Unionism must offer a positive future, not hark back to a past that was often dark and divided
Can political unionism paint a vision of a better future for everyone in Northern Ireland, rather than presenting itself often as being unable to do much about a worsening one?
Far-right groups co-operating across Border as shared grievances ‘override sectarian fault lines’
Institute for Strategic Dialogue finds ‘significant shift in political landscape’
A belated appreciation of one of Britain’s oldest ethnicities: the Irish ‘elders’
UK-based Irish people are not celebrated in the same way as those who moved to the US, but that may be changing
Partition was ‘designed to be intractable’, says Micheál Martin
Boundary Commission report brought ‘radicalising moment’ in Irish history, says Taoiseach
Government fears referendum to give Irish diaspora vote in presidential elections ‘could be lost’
Defeat may be the outcome ‘if we hold this referendum without a proper debate ... without letting people know what this means’
Easyjet’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou: ‘Michael O’Leary has this philosophy that if you lower customer expectations, you can lower your costs’
EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou has created the North–South Business Co-operation Awards to encourage cross-Border entrepreneurship
National histories are always something of a stitch-up - English identities in particular
National histories are always something of a stitch-up ... the history of these islands is layered, interwoven, visibly and invisibly mended
Noraid: ‘They started to run it down from the early 1990s – They said I had an image as an IRA supporter’
New RTÉ documentary tells the story of Republican fundraising in the United States during the Troubles
Piers Morgan: ‘My DNA is predominantly Irish whether Ireland wants that or not’
Broadcaster on his famous friends, future of media, ‘pathetic’ Kneecap and why his Offaly roots don’t make him a Biffo
Irish unification would cost €152m annually to give Northern Irish civil servants pay parity, report says
Joint study points to evidence that unification is affordable
The people behind the numbers as Ireland’s population grows by nearly a third in 20 years
In 2022, the population of the island exceeded seven million for the first time since the Famine
You might as well expect Conor McGregor and Paul Murphy to work together as Stormont to function
Stormont is broken and the public is paying the price
‘People don’t care that much’: Frustrated sighs audible as students asked the ‘British or Irish’ question
Lagan College opened during the dark days of the Troubles as Catholic and Protestant parents wanted their children to learn together
Senator George Mitchell: The man Ian Paisley called ‘a foreigner and a pro-Irish republican’
Journalists were used to dealing with aloof ministers during peace talks in Belfast, but the US diplomat was cut from different cloth
British ambassador to leave diplomatic service but remain in Dublin after ‘falling in love with the city’
‘The people we’ve met have been the highlight of our time here,’ says Paul Johnston
Omagh bombing bereaved wish to use inquiry to ‘heap shame’ on Irish Government over ‘failures’
Group ‘sick and tired of platitudes, false assurances’ from Irish State authorities, inquiry hears
The stories of the Omagh bomb victims: from unborn twins to community stalwarts
A total of 31 people died when a car bomb planted by the Real IRA exploded in the centre of Omagh on August 15th, 1998
We like to romanticise Ireland’s past, but too much remembering could be bad for us
Unthinkable: To create a shared future on this island, and internationally, we must move beyond uncritically celebrating the actions of any particular tribe
How the death of an ‘old boy from Ireland’ in London-Irish suburb sparked a misguided viral appeal
The death of Martin Fallon from Sligo recently sparked a viral post about Archway’s evolving Irish enclave
A Nigel Farage-led UK goverment could herald a united Ireland – Varadkar
Former taoiseach hopes Farage win does not happen, but Irish Government should be ‘just-in-case’ planning
As BBC coverage of the Ballymena riots took a while to crank up, I turned to ‘FreedomDad73′
The violence of the past week has been aired with immediacy and intimacy unimaginable 15 years ago
Stormont is slow, afraid of new thinking and costly, says report
Former ministers and senior civil servants outline litany of failures, blockages and short-sightedness in Assembly and Executive
Windsor deal an opaque mess, says Democratic Unionist Party leader
Framework agreement frustrates ‘the ability for ordinary, routine and at times complex and serious engagement’
Rory Stewart: Britons’ view of Ireland has gone from ‘patronising superiority to complete ignorance’
Ireland is the UK’s best route back to better ties with the EU, says the former Conservative minister
Ireland from the 1970s to the 1990s must have been groaning with future celebrities of the diaspora
We should be flattered that, like the ginger guitar-basher Ed Sheeran, so many people yearn to be ‘culturally’ Irish
Irish and English funerals are very different – it would be strange to go to a colleague’s family funeral in England
At nearly 50, I have attended four funerals, which is probably fewer than average but not remarkable
‘I wanted to do something radical’: Wendy Erskine on her debut novel, which deals with class, rape and parenting
The writer on the necessity of humour amid bleakness, how she likes to challenge her readers, and misogyny in the North
Ballymena: Week of violent attacks on Northern Ireland’s small immigrant community ‘akin to 1930s Germany’
14 families burnt out of their homes and children forced to hide from mobs
US multinationals will be slow to return operations to US, Ibec leader says
US firms will think carefully before bringing investments ‘back into a regime that’s so chaotic’ says Danny McCoy
The DUP couldn’t have chosen a worse moment to get tough on immigration
The party may have unleashed sentiments that carry it swiftly to the right
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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