By the full moon they flew: Irishwomen in the second World WarSecret flights, parachute jumps, Gestapo interrogations – the Irish women who risked their lives in the second World War, writes Mark HennessySat Jul 20 2013 - 00:00
Divisions between London and Dublin over joint trade missionsOver 200,000 Irish jobs depend on UK tradeFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Rise in women dying in Britain due to alcoholStudy blames rise in mortality on cheaper drinks and increased availability of alcoholFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Westminster backbenchers happy campers as they shuffle off for their summer holidaysLondon letter: with calm restored in the Conservative Party, David Cameron has put off a planned reshuffleFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
President says North’s leaders must condemn recent violence in BelfastHiggins on London visit says he wants to be ‘a President for all the Irish’Thu Jul 18 2013 - 01:04
Three Irish architectural firms shortlisted for Stirling PrizePrize has been awarded annually to honour high-quality design in EU buildingsThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Riots show ‘toxins of divisive past have not entirely abated’President says much work remains to promote reconciliation in NorthWed Jul 17 2013 - 13:29
Printing prices in red fools men into paying more, research findsRetail research provides insight into how men approach shoppingWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:14
NHS failures prompt hospitals shake-upSix groups under new management after inquiry revealed litany of blundersWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:01
Health service crisis may be Tories’ opportunityOnce applauded, the NHS is being held to account for some appalling careWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Heathrow should be closed and replaced by mega-airport, says Boris JohnsonMayor says UK’s biggest airport should be dug up and turned into new cityTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Lack of horse-meat scandal prosecutions dismaying, MPs complainFraud blamed on “a complex, highly-organised” network of companiesTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Research shows young gay men 15 times more likely to suffer some types of cancerVaccine should be given to allTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Tory MPs call for teenage mothers to live with parentsGroup of 40 MPs recommends teenage mothers should get welfare only if living with parents or in supervised hostelTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Irishman drives Britain’s top retailer forward into futureThe world of retail is changing rapidly, according to the Wicklow-born chief executive of supermarket giant MorrisonsMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
UK has little room for manoeuvre on EU justice measuresPlans to opt out of EU justice laws will be seen as a partial dress rehearsal for membership renegotiationMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
George Osbourne promises no UK tax hikes if spending is controlledChancellor of the exchequer notes recent indications from IMF that UK economic growth figures may have to be revised upwardsFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:09
Housing shortage in England to keep prices and rents highLondon Letter: Numbers owning their own property at its lowest level since the 1980sFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
The English are feeling more English and increasingly less British, report claimsEnglishness emerging more clearly as a result of devolution elsewhere in UK, says report co-authorWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:16
Changes to Labour’s trades union funding rules could cost the party millionsTime for new politics, Labour leader, Ed Miliband declaresWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:02
Use of ‘stop and search’ powers by British police criticised by watchdogPolice failed to give ‘sufficient grounds to justify lawful use’ in 27% of casesTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Newspaper buys share in ‘Irish Voice’ and ‘Irish America’Publisher says ‘it makes perfect sense’ to link Irish diaspora publicationsMon Jul 08 2013 - 22:52
Labour avoids declaring position on EU voteBritain’s Tories believe referendum has provided them with an electoral weaponSat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
Miliband berates union leader in row over Labour candidate selectionLabour leader urges Unite leader: ‘Face up to your responsibilities’Sat Jul 06 2013 - 01:00
EU referendum question poses difficulties for LabourVoters have been promised poll on exit before end of 2017Fri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Tom Watson resignation exemplifies bitterness within Labour PartyLondon Letter: the Unite trade union’s campaign to choose Labour’s next generation of MPs is ruffling feathersFri Jul 05 2013 - 01:00
Paddy McKillen loses appeal over Barclay brothers’ control of three London hotelsCourt of appeal rules developer’s rights not prejudiced by deal done in 2001Thu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Both sides seek silver lining in ongoing battle for control of London hotelsThe legal battle between Paddy McKillen and the Barclay brothers could run for yearsThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
McKillen loses London appeal over control of hotelsClaim Barclay brothers breached pre-emption rules rejectedWed Jul 03 2013 - 10:53
Dementia casts long shadow over Britain’s immigrantsThere is a crisis ahead for ethnics minorities, warns a new report, with cultural and social barriers worsening an already difficult situationWed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00
Night-shifts blamed for rise in breast cancer ratesRise found amongst those who have worked 30 years, or moreTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:22
British youth: a generation living without predictability or securityOECD warns that youth joblessness is Britain’s biggest challengeTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Authors want rethink on a ‘hell of a drug’Seventy years after LSD was discovered, the authors of a book on the drug say it should be legalised againTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Warning on health needs of Irish elderly in BritainParliamentary group on dementia to highlight risks to ‘non-visible’ Irish minorityTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
McKillen claims Barclay brothers obtained private details illegallyDeveloper alleges billionaires accessed his US social security numberSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:15
UK Muslim leaders warn of sex groomingSermon in mosques follows series of convictions for abuse of underage girlsSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Moors murderer to stay in mental hospital after losing bid to return to jailTribunal says Ian Brady continues to suffer from mental disorder requiring hospital treatmentSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Mamma mia! It’s all over for the Spice Girls musicalIntended to be as successful as the Abba musical, the former girl group’s Viva Forever! has flopped in the West End, with huge lossesSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
UK watchdog bans ad equating eating meat to smokingTwo complaints made over People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals adSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Investors sue Oceanico over golf courseCase follows months of arguments with Nama over company’s loansFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:01
Cash-starved local councils in England turn to cuts and outsourcingEven some Tory MPs fear local services are already at breaking pointFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Reserves of shale gas in UK now twice previous estimatesRegulator warns that Britain faces electricity blackout within two years due to supply shortfallFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
Exhausted-looking British Chancellor hopes for better timesBritish taxpayers’ cash will be used to ensure site of the Battle of Waterloo is restoredThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:19
Lawyer for Moors killer appeals for his transferHospital guilty of “misplaced paternalism”, says Ian Brady’s lawyerThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:01
Osborne to abolish guaranteed annual pay scale rises for State workersLanguage tests for immigrants on benefitsThu Jun 27 2013 - 01:00
Moors murderer Ian Brady killed for ‘existential experience’, he tells tribunalMurderer says he and accomplice Myra Hindley engaged in ‘recreational killing’ of childrenWed Jun 26 2013 - 01:00
Swiss accounts of UK citizens deliver £3.2bn tax windfallOne-off payment to clear unpaid taxesSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Drugs firms told to cut British NHS prices in move to slash medicines billMinisters try to cut more than £2 billion from annual NHS £13 billion drugs billSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Memories of childhood play role in helping London’s elderly IrishLondon Letter: sometimes it is the simple things that can spark memoriesSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Charting a way out of conflict on a Brehon codeAn Irish banker more interested in development now runs an advisory on how to put aid to best effect in conflict-ridden countriesFri Jun 21 2013 - 01:00
