Man shot dead in busy bar at west Belfast social clubMurder investigation begins after two masked men enter Donegal Celtic Football Club and shoot victim number of timesSun Oct 02 2022 - 18:34
Border poll should aim for ‘largest majority possible’ not 50% plus one, Varadkar says Actor James Nesbitt tells Ireland’s future event that many Northern Protestants are considering idea of united IrelandSat Oct 01 2022 - 17:54
United Ireland campaign’s new recruits: ‘The past matters a lot less to young people’The impact of the UK’s departure from the EU and the continuing tensions over the Northern Ireland protocol have reinforced the concept of a united Ireland for manySat Oct 01 2022 - 04:00
‘No basis to suggest majority in North’ support Irish unity, says UK governmentNorthern Ireland Office reacts to comments from Labour Party’s shadow northern secretary on Border pollMon Sept 26 2022 - 05:00
‘Flying’ ferry to start zero-emissions Belfast serviceArtemis Technologies says first EF-24 electric foiling fast ferry will sail Belfast-Bangor route in 2024Mon Sept 26 2022 - 00:01
Labour’s shadow northern secretary would ‘not be a barrier’ to Border poll in right circumstancesPeter Kyle said that neither Census findings nor recent Sinn Féin election results would justify pollSun Sept 25 2022 - 13:21
Fire crews tackle blaze on ship at Belfast PortInvestigation opened after fire broke out on board ship at Victoria Terminal on West Bank RoadSun Sept 25 2022 - 10:32
Northern Ireland’s atheists: ‘We’re a sizeable section of the population’Latest census has revealed a marked increase in those with no faithSat Sept 24 2022 - 05:00
Fresh calls for Border poll in wake of NI census resultsFigures a ‘clear indication that historic change is happening across this island’, says Sinn FéinFri Sept 23 2022 - 01:20
Northern Ireland census: Another psychological blow for unionismResults will fire up those pushing for a united Ireland poll and dishearten an already insecure unionist populationThu Sept 22 2022 - 17:11
Prosecution of Soldier F for Bloody Sunday killings to resumeSoldier F charged with murder of William McKinney and James Wray and five counts of attempted murderThu Sept 22 2022 - 15:31
More Catholics than Protestants in Northern Ireland for first time, census findsDramatic increase in number of people holding an Irish passport solely or jointly since last study in 2011Thu Sept 22 2022 - 09:55
Northern Ireland set for a long ‘demographic stalemate’No religious grouping has a majority, Northern Ireland census results are expected to showThu Sept 22 2022 - 01:00
Scottish people queue up to pay their respects to the queen: ‘This helps the union’More than 26,000 filed past Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as it lay at rest in St Giles’ Cathedral in EdinburghTue Sept 13 2022 - 23:01
Edinburgh says farewell to the queen: ‘It’s fitting she passed away in Scotland’ Coffin is borne on the Royal Mile to St Giles’ Cathedral, with King Charles III and her other children walking behindMon Sept 12 2022 - 20:34
Queen Elizabeth’s cortege in Dundee: ‘I didn’t expect to feel that kind of emotion’The roadside was lined with crowds of people, but silence fell as the queen’s hearse moved slowly pastSun Sept 11 2022 - 21:53
‘Whenever she shook hands with Martin McGuinness, that was leadership’: Northern Ireland remembers Queen Elizabeth‘She made me feel like the most important person there that day,’ says woman who received an MBE from the queen in 1999Fri Sept 09 2022 - 19:00
Northern Ireland political leaders pay tribute to Queen ElizabethTributes paid to monarch from across the political divideThu Sept 08 2022 - 20:13
New Northern Secretary provides assurances on financial supports as he makes first visit to North Chris Heaton-Harris will meet Sinn Féin and the DUP for discussions on restoration of the Assembly and the protocolThu Sept 08 2022 - 12:17
UK will legislate on North protocol if negotiations fail, new Northern Secretary saysSecond prominent pro-Brexit MP, Steve Baker, appointed to the Northern Ireland OfficeWed Sept 07 2022 - 21:31
DUP urged to re-enter Executive amid rising energy pricesLeaders of North’s main political parties to meet new Northern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris on ThursdayWed Sept 07 2022 - 19:47
Staunch Brexiteer Chris Heaton-Harris appointed as Northern Ireland SecretaryGiving role to ‘fierce Eurosceptic’ will be regarded as sign from Liz Truss there will be no softening of stance on protocolTue Sept 06 2022 - 22:25
Bloody Sunday: Fresh review into case of ‘Soldier F’ to be carried outRelatives of victims call on prosecutors to restart committal proceedings against serviceman following court rulingTue Sept 06 2022 - 19:15
Pathway exists which could solve disagreements between EU and UK over NI protocol, Coveney saysTaoiseach calls on next UK prime minister to give ‘clear and genuine signal’ that priority is to reach negotiated settlement at British-Irish Association conferenceSat Sept 03 2022 - 18:00
‘I want the truth of my Da’s death’: Family of Harry Duffy, shot by a soldier in Derry in 1981, call for justiceNo one was brought to justice for the 1981 death of Harry Duffy, shot by a soldier in Derry, now his family fear new legacy legislation means no one ever willMon Aug 29 2022 - 03:00
Conor Burns: The Tory minister from a nationalist family on rebuilding relationships between Britain and IrelandTory minister from a nationalist Belfast family says the protocol and the broken relationship of the British and Irish governments must be fixedSat Aug 27 2022 - 03:00
Percentage of students receiving highest GCSE grades in Northern Ireland rises after return of examsLast year the proportion of GCSE entries awarded top grades surged to an all-time high after exams were cancelled due to Covid-19Thu Aug 25 2022 - 09:43
Family of man shot dead condemn erection of memorial to Dennis HutchingsFormer soldier died while on trial for attempted murder of John Pat Cunningham in 1974Mon Aug 22 2022 - 18:42
NI survey shows half of voters support a united Ireland within 15-20 yearsSupport for DUP stance on the protocol increases to 50 per cent among unionist votersSun Aug 21 2022 - 15:39
‘We’ve been bidding on houses on and off for probably the best part of three years’In Northern Ireland house prices were historically low, but with a recent hike in demand, that’s no longer the caseSat Aug 20 2022 - 04:30
Trend of relocating to North which began during Covid-19 has slowed but will continueAverage price of a house in North is now just over £205,000, an increase of £30,000 in two yearsSat Aug 20 2022 - 03:00
When people hear I won University Challenge they want to know what Paxman was really likeThey want to know what Jeremy Paxman was like, and they are generally disappointedSat Aug 20 2022 - 01:00
A-levels: Percentage of North students getting top grades falls More than 25,000 students in North received their A-level resultsThu Aug 18 2022 - 12:43
Tories’ rock ‘n’ poll tour rolls into Belfast, but are they in tune with the North’s voters?Leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak play out their battle for the number one slot at hustings eventWed Aug 17 2022 - 20:38
Belfast Tories receive Sunak and Truss pledge to ‘fix’ NI protocol Both politicians restate commitment to ensure Northern Ireland Protocol Bill becomes lawWed Aug 17 2022 - 17:41
Burning of flags and poppy wreaths on nationalist bonfire condemnedProminent figures from DUP, Sinn Féin and SDLP among those to criticise the burning of symbolsTue Aug 16 2022 - 18:06
‘I could talk about them for hours’: Geraldine Mullan preserves her family’s memory in Field of HopeGeraldine Mullan is marking the second anniversary of the deaths of her husband, son and daughter by inviting people to walk through a maze of sunflowers she has grown in their memoryTue Aug 16 2022 - 05:00
Mal O’Hara to replace Clare Bailey as leader of North’s Green PartyFirst openly gay leader of a significant party in NI will focus on winning back Stormont seatsMon Aug 15 2022 - 00:01
Could protocol make Northern Ireland the ‘Singapore of Europe’? NI businesses on both sides of the divide face pressure to stay silent over their views on the protocolSat Jul 16 2022 - 05:00
Johnson successor must provide protocol certainty, civic bodies sayLetter to London: Business community and civic society in Northern Ireland united in desire for clear path forward on Brexit protocolSat Jul 16 2022 - 01:00
Joan Lingard, author of Kevin and Sadie series, dies aged 90The writer was known to generations of teenagers in Northern Ireland as the creator of Belfast’s star-crossed loversThu Jul 14 2022 - 12:17
Dublin must choose between good relations with unionism or NI protocol, senior Orangeman saysFull slate of July Twelfth parades takes place across Northern Ireland for first time in three years after Covid-19 pandemicTue Jul 12 2022 - 16:27
Northern Ireland in ‘precarious situation’ after Boris Johnson’s resignation, Orange Order chief warns Orange Order chief emphasises new British PM must understand protocol issuesMon Jul 11 2022 - 19:23
NI society must decide to tackle sectarianism, says academicAuthor or most recent major study on sectarianism says the lack of political will meant Northern Ireland had only “dabbled” in addressing the problemSat Jun 11 2022 - 07:07
Sectarianism in Northern Ireland: It hasn’t gone away, you knowViral video of men singing song mocking Michaela McAreavey highlights problem of how to tackle embedded sectarianism in NorthSat Jun 11 2022 - 05:00
Police forced false confessions from ‘Derry Four’, watchdog findsNorth’s Police Ombudsman report ‘the final piece of the jigsaw’ in 43-year pursuit of justiceFri Jun 10 2022 - 15:32
Starmer says Labour would scrap proposed law to override NI protocol‘Refreshing’ to have ‘grown-up in leadership in London engaging properly ' SDLP leader saysFri Jun 10 2022 - 13:19
Two arrested in relation to Minister Simon Coveney security alert at peace eventA prominent loyalist is believed to be one of two men arrested by police investigating a hijacking and hoax bomb alert which led to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney being evacuated from a peace event in Belfast in MarchWed Jun 08 2022 - 18:07
Two men apologise for mocking murder of Michaela McAreavey Footage understood to have been filmed at Orange hall in Dundonald, Co DownFri Jun 03 2022 - 21:09
Queen Elizabeth praised for ‘proactive’ contribution to peace in Northern Ireland as jubilee markedSinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill wrote to monarch to mark ‘an historic moment, especially for all those from the unionist and British tradition on the island of Ireland’Thu Jun 02 2022 - 17:23
