Omagh bomb inquiry ‘must uncover uncomfortable truths’
First public hearing to be held this week into bombing that killed 29 people in 1998
First public hearing to be held this week into bombing that killed 29 people in 1998
Cabinet poised to back plan amid controversy over claim more than 80 per cent of people applying for asylum in Ireland are coming across the Border
UK denies its stance on asylum seekers threatens agreement with Republic
PM’s refusal to accept back asylum seekers using Border as route from UK to Republic raises tensions at bilateral conference
Brown family members say the development has retraumatised them and express concerns that it could delay a public inquiry by years
Funding totalling €165 million towards the scheme announced by Peace Plus programme
Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reported
Michelle O’Neill rejects suggestion that council’s creation could be seen as undermining peace deal, saying she would not allow anything to do so
A spokeswoman for the Northern Ireland Office on Saturday said there are ‘wider public sector funding challenges’
Alliance Party leader says Northern Secretary would be largely to blame if Assembly were to collapse again
‘My husband is entitled to truth and justice, and that is the last and only thing I can give him,’ says Martina Dillon
Recent restoration of North’s devolved institutions earlier cited as main reason for keeping existing arrangements
Northern Secretary announces terms of reference for UK inquiry and calls on Dublin to follow suit
Taoiseach also commits €50m to redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast
Sense of occasion felt throughout the Assembly Chamber as Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly acknowledged ‘historic moment’, with one lone dissenting TUV voice
There has always been a suspicion that Sinn Féin has never really wanted Northern Ireland to work, but there’s more to it than that
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says there will be ‘questions’ about the deal and its effect on trading arrangements but that as things stand there are no major ‘red flags’
Safeguarding the Union document welcomed by Rishi Sunak, Chris Heaton-Harris and Jeffrey Donaldson
EU to ‘analyse carefully’ agreement that pledges ‘unfettered access’ to Britain while removing most post-Brexit checks on goods
Deal will end routine checks on goods, food products and animals crossing from Britain into Northern Ireland
Heaton-Harris says details of deal to address DUP’s concerns over post-Brexit trade will be published on Wednesday
A small group of protesters holding banners emblazoned with ‘Stop DUP sell-out’ gathered outside Larchfield Estate
DUP leader criticised ‘stirring up’ as he rounded on hardline unionists
Two-year anniversary of the collapse of powersharing approaches as DUP comes under increasing pressure to end boycott of assembly
Latest walkout comes after mass strike by 170,000 public sector workers last week
SDLP’s Claire Hanna says ‘we’re all in this crazy waiting room’ while DUP’s ‘internal psychodramas’ set the pace
Some 170,000 public sector workers in the North are staging 24-hour strike in dispute over pay increases
The trade union movement is avoiding direct criticism of the DUP. And Donaldson can’t be seen to give in on the sea border to avoid embarrassment over public sector pay
Industrial action by nurses, teachers, bus and train drivers shuts schools and suspends public transport
A further attempt to recall Northern Ireland’s powersharing government failed on Wednesday, when the DUP did not support the nomination of a Speaker in the Northern Ireland Assembly
Always the fear that British government, with election looming, would switch off and leave North to its problems
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill says DUP ‘inaction’ means public sector workers in NI ‘being punished’
No breakthrough expected despite mass walkout of 170,000 workers set to close schools and reduce health and transport services
Dispute will not aid relations between states but it is unlikely to worsen them as both sides seek to restore Stormont Assembly
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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