Seanín Graham

Seanín Graham

Seanín Graham is Northern Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Jury sent home, to resume deliberations on Friday

Judge tells jurors case turns on whether they accept complainants’ accounts or that of former DUP leader

Jeffrey Donaldson accusers ‘not sufficiently reliable’ for guilty verdict, jury told

Defence barrister for former DUP leader says jury of seven men and five women must ‘ignore the noise’ surrounding case

‘No reason’ why women who claim Jeffrey Donaldson sexually abused them would ‘lie’, court told

Prosecution barrister delivers closing arguments at former DUP leader’s sex offences trial in Newry

Defence closes case in Jeffrey Donaldson sex offences trial with no further witnesses called

Barrister for Eleanor Donaldson tells court wife of former DUP leader is ‘incapable of taking part’

A visual timeline of how foreign agitators helped spark racist riots in Belfast

Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police

Water cannon deployed as Belfast sees second night of public disorder

‘Eyes of the world are watching us,’ say Executive Ministers, ‘actions will shape how we are viewed’

‘Our little girl had just had a bath and was petrified’: Belfast residents in fear after unrest

Many schools and businesses closed by noon in advance of further planned protests

Family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane believe inquiry can deliver ‘whole truth’

Finucane shot dead by Ulster Defence Association in 1989 in attack found to have involved British state collusion

Several homes and bus set on fire as hundreds take to Belfast’s streets after knife attack

PSNI repeat appeal for calm as vehicles set alight

Jeffrey Donaldson told police alleged incident ‘absolutely categorically did not happen’

Jury heard recordings of police interviews made after DUP leader’s arrest in 2024

Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial

Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box

Husband of woman who claims Jeffrey Donaldson abused her as child breaks down in court

Witness tells court how his wife confided in him about the alleged abuse: ‘I recognised this was massive for her’

Stephen McCullagh jailed for 31 years for murder of Natalie McNally

YouTuber (36) will serve full prison term for ‘cold-blood and calculated’ killing of pregnant 32-year-old in Co Armagh

Rape will be ‘seared into my brain for rest of my life’, says alleged victim of Jeffrey Donaldson

Former DUP leader accused of rape, several counts of gross indecency and indecent assault

Eleanor Donaldson ‘did nothing’ after being told of incident with husband, court hears

Woman who accuses Jeffrey Donaldson of child sexual abuse said she was ‘terrified’ after incident

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