Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal child sex offences conviction
Solicitor John McBurney confirms lodging of papers on behalf of former DUP leader
Northern Ireland
‘Michael Collins would be pleased’: Sinn Féin praises Harris for Ireland unification presentation
Tánaiste says question is ‘not simply what a united Ireland would cost, but what a united Ireland could create’
Troubles legacy body claims Government has ‘not bought into’ telling truth about conflict
Senior ICRIR officer says co-operation offered by Dublin to earlier investigation into Freddie Scappaticci ‘has completely disappeared’
Common Travel Area can’t become an excuse for hard borders on land or sea
Mainstream parties of government should be able to sell the CTA as a way to regulate immigration while minimising internal borders
‘It’s disappointing’: NI body investigating Troubles cases laments lack of co-operation from Dublin
The Irish Republic’s Government argues the ICRIR is not a police force, and therefore cannot be given confidential information
Why inquest into Noah Donohoe’s strange and lonely death was adjourned
Irish Times Northern correspondent Seanín Graham talks through the evidence heard by jurors
PSNI begins murder investigation after three family members found dead in Co Antrim home
Residents of ‘lovely, peaceful area’ express shock after remains discovered at house in Ballymena’s Old Cullybackey Road area
With July 12th falling on a Sunday, Orange Order parades come alive on the 13th
Red, white and blue bunting flutters around Hillsborough as pipe, accordion and flute bands march past
Tens of thousands to take to streets across North for Twelfth Orange Order parades
Main festivities taking place on Monday July 13th because July 12th fell on a Sunday
Moygashel bonfire reveals disturbing positions prevalent in North
DUP is alone in not referring to burning of mosque effigy as a hate crime
‘It’s part of our culture’: The Orange Order parade in Donegal
Co Donegal event provides ‘a wonderful shop window for the very best of Orangeism’, says Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
North’s fire service deals with 303 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires lit
Among incidents firefighters dealt with were row of terraced houses on fire, along with two oil tanks and shed
Man dies after accident at bonfire site in Belfast
A ‘tragic accident’ occurred at the bonfire, organisers say
Ceremony to remember Irish war dead reflects on shared suffering of Battle of the Somme
Hundreds attend annual Islandbridge commemoration in Dublin
Presidential election displayed Republic’s ‘intolerance,’ says head of Orange Order
Behaviour towards Protestants and Orange Order members during presidential election campaign ‘shameful’, says Harold Henning
Hundreds of bonfires to be lit across North ahead of July 12th Orange Order marches
Significant policing operation in place following ‘hate display’ incident in Tyrone
‘We were torn apart’: Border Protestants still reeling from abuse of Heather Humphreys
In Drum, Co Monaghan, vitriol aimed at Fine Gael’s presidential candidate still chills residents almost a year on
Randox culls R & D jobs amid ‘post-Covid realignment’ of business
Northern Ireland-headquartered diagnostics group played a central role in Britain’s pandemic testing regime
Man arrested over Moygashel bonfire claims he was enlisted due to his work as tree surgeon
Judge refused bail to man charged with incitement to hatred over loyalist bonfire topped with mosque replica in Co Tyrone
Prodcast: ‘It’s about being proud to be Irish, proud to be a Prod, proud of my country’
Two Irish Protestants have started a new podcast on life in contemporary Ireland
Mosque on loyalist bonfire is ‘sickening and cowardly’, says NI Secretary Hilary Benn
PSNI has arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with the incident and he remains in custody
DUP may be destroyed by Jeffrey Donaldson scandal
Unhappy voters stay at home, so unionism could cease to be Stormont’s largest designation next May
There is nothing inevitable about a united Ireland
The proportion of the electorate voting for nationalist parties in Northern Ireland has fallen
O’Neill calls on Little-Pengelly to clarify what she knew about Jeffrey Donaldson’s behaviour
Northern Ireland First Minister says she found silence from Stormont colleague ‘astonishing’ in wake of media report
United Ireland conversation may be just beginning, but the conclusion seems clear
Patriotism brings with it a reluctance to contemplate changes to the Irish Republic as it exists today
Alleged sexual abuse by nun at NI mother and baby home should be investigated, says report
Truth Recovery Independent Panel says claims made against ‘Sister Z’, now deceased, merit ‘special attention’ at upcoming inquiry
Immigration will increase challenges to the Common Travel Area
Brexit created ‘unrealistic’ expectations in the UK about controlling Border between Nort and the Republic, says academic
What happens to Northern Ireland after unity? Answers are starting to emerge
Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?
Supermac’s Pat McDonagh: ‘If I were 25, I’d be on a flight to Sydney or New York tomorrow’
Entrepreneur says ‘fun is going out of business’ and flags concerns over red tape, rules and high costs
Once a political force, Irish America is now a shell of itself
The relationship between Ireland and the US is under profound stress, from both internal changes and external pressures
Jeffrey Donaldson’s not-so-secret double life leaves DUP in turmoil
Stories about Donaldson’s behaviour while party leader have raised questions about how he was able to remain in charge for so long
Irish unity questions complicated by political instability in the UK
Worldview: Radical change can come faster than anyone expects
A Better Locksmith by Jane Coyle: Chronicle of an astonishingly fecund time in the theatre of Northern Ireland
The critic’s love and care shine through in this compendium of her theatre writing from 1984 to the present
Lyra McKee’s family says justice system ‘completely failed’ as men found not guilty of murder
Journalist was shot while watching disturbances in Derry in 2019
Mother whose daughter died from meningitis calls for ‘urgent review’ of State vaccination policy
Kerrie O’Connell’s family only learned of existence of Meningitis B vaccine after her death in 2024
Unionist leaders face losing voter trust, warns former communications chief Alex Kane
Big choices loom: ‘Their clash is between what they want and what the long-term intentions of a British government may be’
Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims finding ‘media frenzy’ since verdict difficult, PSNI chief says
Jon Boutcher warns against ‘wild speculation’ regarding former DUP leader, who will be sentenced for sex offences in September
One takeaway from the Jeffrey Donaldson scandal is the value of a scurrilous press
Some of the people now demanding to know why the press did not expose Donaldson earlier can be the sniffiest about the tabloid tactics that would have entailed
British MI6 officer Michael Oatley who played key role in ending the Troubles dies
Oatley’s 1991 meeting with Martin McGuinness in Derry is regarded as a key moment in the peace process
Jury in Noah Donohoe inquest to continue deliberations on Wednesday
Missing Belfast school boy was found dead in storm drain in June 2020
Sinn Féin’s compliance with new financial disclosure rules queried by Irish academic
Non-inclusion of US fundraising body in party’s annual accounts ‘difficult to understand’, says DCU professor
Northern reading lights: There’s a real children’s books community out there to discover
There’s a huge opportunity in Northern Ireland for existing institutions to recognise books for children and young people as a vital part of our widely respected literary output
‘Soundbites’ on Irish unity not helpful, says Taoiseach, after recent O’Callaghan comments
Government’s €2bn Shared Island Fund succeeding because it has not become embroiled in constitutional debate, says Martin
Resident doctors in North stage 24-hour strike over pay
Action follows strike by consultants and specialist doctors last week
‘It gives me the shivers to think what may happen if I can’t manage,’ my mother told a newspaper in 1981
I recall a picture in a newspaper of my mother years ago, only to unearth it and find the story behind it as real today as it was back in 1981
Man of the church: How Jeffrey Donaldson weaponised his faith to cover up sexual abuse
DUP leader fits pattern of abusers who use religion ‘to put pressure’ on victims to stay quiet, says child protection expert
Why did economists get the impact of Brexit on Ireland so wrong?
The consequences are still playing out in the UK, as it prepares for its seventh prime minister in ten years. Yet Ireland is thriving
Would Jeffrey Donaldson have faced justice if he committed his crimes south of the Border?
Former DUP leader’s conviction shows North’s Public Prosecution Service regards no one as untouchable
Unity supporters must be prepared to make Northern Ireland work, says leading unionist
‘A Border poll will come at some stage, but that’s not where we are now’, former UUP senator tells SDLP conference
‘Savage’ European heatwave due to climate change, says UN expert
Rising death toll includes 212 fatalities over four days linked to high temperatures in Spain alone
NI consultants and specialist doctors stage 24-hour strike action
Routine surgeries cancelled across Northern Ireland as doctors strike over pay dispute
Government accused of role in alleged campaign to undermine fundraising for Mitchell fund
Irish-American scholarship scheme will not have any scholars again in 2027 due to funding issues
Eirgrid’s new strategy includes 20-year-old plan for power line
Power line connecting Meath with Tyrone key to easing electricity grid bottleneck
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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