Stronger economic growth in Republic has positive ‘spillover’ in North
New macroeconomic model highlights cross-Border dynamics between two economic
Common Ground
Evolving Islands: Ireland & Britain - a special series from The Irish Times exploring the complex relationship between the two
‘It’s an ongoing torture for the families,’ says man leading search for North’s Disappeared
Jon Hill reveals investigators were contacted by people affected by Say Nothing, the Disney+ series that includes scenes portraying final hours of Jean McConville and Joe Lynskey
Sinn Féin is mistaken if it thinks Conor Murphy in the Seanad will inch us closer to a united Ireland
Party’s vision of early Border polls followed by a united Ireland is in stark contrast to the new government’s approach
‘I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the Aviva’
Dublin-based English academic Mike Cronin says atmosphere at recent Ireland-England soccer match highlights lack of respect for ‘the other’ built into partition of island
Ken Reid obituary: Journalist who covered Northern Ireland from war to peace
Reid had an agreeable nature and could make friends with anybody
Loyalism needs a new way forward – let’s start with the name
Opinion: It is time for loyalists to engage with debates about the future and to shape them in ways which contradict the image of resistance and intransigence
Sobering reality for Sinn Féin is that many voters don’t share its focus on unity
As united Ireland advocates discovered in 1925, possible routes to the desired outcome need to be understood in language and methods that are clear and precise
Daft Brexit rules have brought havoc for the Alliance Party as well as Northern shoppers
Alliance doesn’t sit on the fence, it walks a tightrope - but it has fallen off over EU regulations
Mary Lou McDonald reiterates demand for Border poll ‘in this decade’
Sinn Féin leader aims to advance the goal of Irish unity while in opposition
On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island
Some 800,000 people made cross-Border journeys by cruiser, bicycle or foot - a story that Waterways Ireland’s chief John McDonagh says must be told more
Death threats against Fr Aidan Troy over Holy Cross protests taken seriously by police, records show
The Wicklow-born priest did not want to move because news of the threat would scare local children
Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives
State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down
Assembly elections postponement ‘the biggest single setback in years’, Sinn Féin warned
The unreasonableness of David Trimble’s behaviour sometimes obscured the reasonableness of his argument, said Tony Blair
John Bruton believed nationalists were not properly represented by Sinn Féin or SDLP
New taoiseach caused concern as IRA grappled with ceasefire and decommissioning decisions, papers show
Northern Ireland’s construction industry was ‘rotten’ with paramilitary links, officials told
IRA and Loyalist paramilitaries were able to ‘cream off’ millions through extortion rackets
‘Show some respect’, Brian Cowen told Gerry Adams in furious Belfast meeting, records show
Kidnapping of dissident Tohill in 2004 heightened tensions, with McDowell comparing Sinn Féin to Nazis
A doctor writes from the North: The grass is looking greener down the road
While the NHS as a whole in the UK falls down the world league of health systems, here in the North we are in a league of our own – and it isn’t a very good one
Nationalists feel ‘sense of ease’ when they travel south, Dick Spring told
Residents of Dunloy village, north Antrim, suffered sectarian abuse and oppressive policing
Trimble blocked Tourism Ireland campaign in Britain, records show
Unionist leader objected to Britain being designated part of ‘overseas’ market
US attorney general believed IRA tried to buy weapons after 1994 ceasefire, State papers reveal
Bill Clinton overruled objections to let Gerry Adams fundraise – and to celebrate St Patrick’s Day in White House
Irish officials thought proposed Anglo-Irish talks chair was ‘bitchy’, ‘petulant’ and ‘widely disliked’
Former House of Commons speaker was a ‘Welsh Uncle Tom’, Foreign Affairs note records
John Hume faced party pressure over focus on IRA distracting from SDLP interests
Deputy leader Seamus Mallon warned against ‘hand-holding’ of Sinn Féin in 1995
Concessions to Loyalist Volunteer Force horrified Dublin, records show
Irish officials suspicious of ‘malign mandarins’ encouraging ‘King Rat’ Billy Wright
House prices prompt growing number of young professionals to live in Newry while commuting to Dublin
Post-pandemic remote working, cheaper rents and a lower cost of living are among the reasons for Southern-based workers to rent or buy in the town
Senior Northern Ireland judge disliked Jews just as much as he did Catholics, officials told
Issue raised over possible elevation of well-regarded lawyer Ronnie Appleton to bench
Hoax water threat could have been a loyalist smear, British officials believed
Alleged attempt to put weed killer in English water supplies was taken seriously
Stakeknife allegations ‘traumatised’ Sinn Féin, Ahern and Blair believed
Disclosure ignited ‘all kinds’ of conspiracy theories about who was being protected and who eliminated
Remembered Fragments. A Memoir: compelling, informative and entertaining
This story turns on complicated relationships between different traditions in Ireland and how barriers can be overcome
NI Policing Authority report nothing more than RUC ‘propaganda’, Irish official believed
Eamonn McKee complained the report’s ‘studied neutrality’ was not intended to reflect Catholic attitudes accurately
Plans to name IRA Army Council ‘daft’, agreed Irish and British officials
New Blair-era commission may not have understood Sinn Féin-IRA relationship, noted Department of Justice figure
Dublin blindsided on Chris Patten’s appointment as head of NI policing commission, State records show
June 1998 briefing note prepared for then taoiseach Bertie Ahern complained of ‘strong dissatisfaction’ with British handling of the matter
Senior British general ‘furious’ about new Bloody Sunday inquiry he saw as ‘cynical political move’
Department of Foreign Affairs found open criticism of political leaders remarkable
Loyalist paramilitaries’ increased professionalisation in early 1990s concerned Dublin, State papers reveal
One loyalist aroused suspicion after arriving to an RUC station freshly showered, as he was ‘not known for his regular bathing habits’
Irish government feared retaliation over decision not to prosecute Dessie O’Hare
DPP ruled against prosecution of former IRA and INLA member after gun battle left him injured
More should have been done to protect assassinated lawyer Rosemary Nelson, British officials later accepted
Lawyer Rosemary Nelson had reported many death threats and instances of harassment to the RUC before she was killed by a loyalist car bomb in 1999
Stormont staggers on, mostly because no one can agree on an alternative
Preference for a united Ireland has risen from a quarter to a third. Support for direct rule is about 15%, while 10% want an independent Northern Ireland
A novel exploration of the shared Gaelic heritage of Ireland and Scotland
Angeline King and Ciarán Ó Maitiú on the background to her novel, The Secret Diary of Stephanie Agnew
UK government ordered to hold public inquiry into murder of GAA official by loyalists
Judge finds that UK government remains in breach of a human rights duty to investigate full extent of state collusion in the killing
Northern Ireland Assembly set up under Belfast Agreement is 25 years old. How has it fared?
North's parties must now tackle the big issues that affect people’s lives, like the health service, good jobs, schools and the environment
Smart people still insist the truth of a patent absurdity – that Gerry Adams was never in the IRA
The observation that ‘the past is never dead – it’s not even past’ seems especially true in Northern Ireland
Former Tory minister Steve Baker: ‘Ireland has been treated badly by the UK. It’s f**king shaming’
Emotional former Tory minister for Northern Ireland Steve Baker 'embarrassed Ireland was treated the way it was by the United Kingdom’
Protestant churches face a day of reckoning with North’s inquiry into mother and baby homes
The majority of those held in homes across the North came from a Protestant background, and their babies were adopted by Protestant families
My Belfast friends can buy a house and start a family more easily than those in Dublin
In their daily lives, Northerners seem more grown-up than Southerners
‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’: former RUC officer consigned to a wheelchair by the IRA on serving in the Troubles
Former police officers defend the force they served, but feel increasingly forgotten
The rebel women of the North during the War of Independence: hiding rifles in the kitchen and ammunition under bedclothes
There are many neglected stories of Northern republican women in the War of Independence
The real danger now is of Sinn Féin quiet quitting in Northern Ireland
Concerns that Sinn Féin’s electoral setback will destabilise Stormont miss the point. The party is at greater risk of endlessly shirking difficult decisions
Southern Irish Protestants by Ian D’Alton: A work of great originality and scholarship
Author connects particular concerns, often focused on Cork Protestantism, with wider debates
Churches carry huge crosses as they try to move on from mistakes of past
Rite & Reason: All Churches face huge challenges moving on from terrible abuses into an advancing secularism
Ulster 1912-1922: How the Treaty negotiators lost control of the Irish Border amid high pressure and British duplicity
Cormac Moore’s essay on the establishment of Northern Ireland is among the strongest in this collection
Cross-Border worker numbers falling because of tax rules
Companies ‘appear to be struggling’ to comply with rules, especially with remote working, study finds
For flax sake: why is the idea of a new flag for Northern Ireland so controversial?
The flax plant might be bland and its symbolism trite, but the same could be said of the Tricolour
Derek Mahon: A Retrospective - A collection of essays that bring the poetry alive
The poet was always good, and the more Mahon the better, but it’s possible the best came first
One Border, two systems, endless complications: ‘My NI colleagues work from home while I am forced to commute to an empty office’
Companies are increasingly wary of hiring cross-Border workers because of tax, pension and payroll issues, report warns
Search for Disappeared victim Joe Lynskey not linked to Troubles drama, says investigator
Grave in the village of Annyalla in Co Monaghan exhumed by team of experts searching for ‘disappeared’ victim Joe Lynskey
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