‘Ball is in the DUP’s court,’ says Mary Lou McDonald as hopes of Stormont breakthrough grow Speculation mounting that DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson will announce return to powersharing at its party conferenceThu Oct 12 2023 - 18:54
Using AI in election administration could harm democratic process, study findsQueen’s University Belfast study warns that using AI technologies such as video monitoring to tackle fraud may impair integrity of elections if widely usedThu Oct 12 2023 - 00:01
Creeslough memorial: ‘Ten beautiful souls’ who died will be ‘forever held in our hearts’ Parish priest says community has long journey to healing, but will travel it together, as Donegal village marks one-year anniversary of tragedySat Oct 07 2023 - 22:12
‘Croke Park is class but in Casement you felt like you were playing on a carpet. It was the perfect surface’Excitement is building in west Belfast now that it looks like Casement Park, derelict for a decade, is finally to be redeveloped ahead of Euro 2028Fri Oct 06 2023 - 14:00
DUP executive to meet amid speculation of Stormont returnParty leader Jeffrey Donaldson expected to take the temperature of 130-strong executive ahead of his speech to party conference next weekendThu Oct 05 2023 - 06:00
Euro 2028: Costs and benefits of Ireland bid scrutinised ‘in great detail’ after Minister questioned financial basisPaschal Donohoe had questioned whether estimated value of events would be reachedWed Oct 04 2023 - 21:48
Euro 2028: DUP opposes rebuilding Casement Park with a ‘blank cheque’ of public moneyParty plans to argue against allocation of funds for GAA’s plans to redevelop Belfast stadium, dormant since 2013, into 34,000 capacity groundsWed Oct 04 2023 - 20:21
PSNI chief constable: Jon Boutcher picked as preferred candidate for interim positionFormer English police chief to take up role following Simon Byrne’s departureWed Oct 04 2023 - 13:31
Bob Geldof tells summit that Pepsi’s remarks on food crisis make him ‘puke’Activist-rock star tells international summit in Belfast that giant drinks producers are ‘talking b****cks’ about addressing global food shortagesTue Oct 03 2023 - 19:14
‘This is not the endgame’: abortion clinic buffer zones come into effect in Northern Ireland‘I’ve been spat on, I’ve been abused,’ says former Green Party leader Clare Bailey, who used to volunteer at a private Belfast clinicSat Sept 30 2023 - 10:24
NI body for victims and survivors finds 10% of people in Republic may be a casualty of the TroublesYoung men living in State’s Border counties among those who had been affected by 30 years of violence in the North, notes researchMon Sept 18 2023 - 00:00
Peter Sheridan to become commissioner for investigations on new Northern Ireland legacy bodyFormer senior police officer to join the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information RecoveryThu Sept 14 2023 - 08:35
‘It’s as if my whole life has been this waste of time’: Protest in Belfast over Troubles legacy BillRelatives protest outside Belfast conference attended by Northern secretary Chris Heaton-Harris as controversial Bill passes through WestminsterWed Sept 13 2023 - 21:30
‘Only one person asked me if I was a spy’: a Presbyterian minister on his Falls Road welcomeA cross-community exhibition in west Belfast tells the colourful history of a Presbyterian church that was forced to close early in the TroublesSat Sept 09 2023 - 07:00
Who will be the PSNI’s next head? Candidates who could take on ‘toughest job in policing’Analysis: With morale on the floor, the budget blown and public trust in need of rebuilding, the job will be a challengeTue Sept 05 2023 - 21:28
Catholic PSNI officers asking whether to bring firearms to Mass after data breachRepresentatives from policing organisations give evidence to the Northern Ireland affairs committee on security impact of breachTue Sept 05 2023 - 15:59
PSNI seeks new chief as Simon Byrne resigns in wake of damaging controversiesDUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson says it is ‘first step towards rebuilding confidence in the PSNI’Tue Sept 05 2023 - 05:00
Simon Byrne’s departure inevitable after series of controversies and gaffes Passionate about reforming and ‘normalising’ the PSNI through community policing, Byrne also became known as one of the most gaffe-prone police chiefsMon Sept 04 2023 - 22:09
PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne resigns ‘with immediate effect’Resignation statement: ‘Regardless of the rights and wrongs it is now time for someone new to lead this proud and resolute organisation’Mon Sept 04 2023 - 15:28
Founding DUP member says there is an ‘inevitability’ about some form of Irish unityWallace Thompson expresses willingness to talk to groups such as the civic pro-unity organisation Ireland’s FutureMon Sept 04 2023 - 13:31
North’s political standstill producing myriad problems and failure to plug gaps Independent think tank Pivotal issues salutary warning on absence of strategic planning amid budget crisisMon Sept 04 2023 - 00:01
London will not ‘throw money’ at North to coax DUP return, says Heaton-HarrisNorthern Secretary says there will be no ‘sticking-plaster funding’, adding new Executive must address ‘structural problems that have been building for years’Sun Sept 03 2023 - 12:08
Student accommodation in Northern Ireland: ‘It’s a three bedroomed house, which is about £375 a month. It’s a lot cheaper’Far lower rents are encouraging more and more students from south of the Border to attend universities in Northern IrelandSat Sept 02 2023 - 06:00
‘Significant failings’ in PSNI investigation of teenager’s murder in Belfast 20 years agoReport finds no evidence that police could have prevented killing of Gerard Lawlor (19) or evidence of ‘collusive behaviours’Wed Aug 30 2023 - 15:41
PSNI officers ‘unlawfully disciplined’ after arrest made at Troubles commemorationHigh Court judge rules officers were disciplined to allay threat of Sinn Féin abandoning support for policing in Northern IrelandTue Aug 29 2023 - 19:54
Freddie Scappaticci: Even in death, the IRA double agent commands ‘a wall of silence’ In Northern Ireland, talking about the British mole in the IRA is taboo, even months after his deathSat Aug 19 2023 - 06:30
Life on Rathlin island: ‘You either get the island or you don’t … It’s not an easy place to live’On Northern Ireland’s only inhabited island, 150 people enjoy a gentler pace of life that would ‘break’ some peopleTue Aug 15 2023 - 05:00
More than half of Troubles inquests outstanding as time runs out amid controversial British legacy plan‘Vast majority’ will not be heard before cut-off date set as part of the UK government’s legacy legislation, says families’ solicitorMon Aug 14 2023 - 05:00
Dissident republicans claim to hold information about PSNI staff after data breachMore than 500 staff raise concerns about their safety and an assessment is under way about the possible redeployment of some officers, says chief constableThu Aug 10 2023 - 20:20
Varadkar flags improved Dublin-London relationship on trip to Belfast ‘Northern Ireland works best’ when the both governments in step to achieve mutually beneficial outcomesWed Aug 09 2023 - 20:24
Troubles-linked trauma in North untreated for decades, report findsResearchers say more psychological services needed for mental health of victims and survivorsMon Aug 07 2023 - 19:15
New inquests ordered into loyalist paramilitary murders of five Catholic men more than 30 years agoNorth’s attorney general orders fresh inquests due to ‘deficiencies’ in the original hearings and investigationMon Aug 07 2023 - 15:47
Inside Sinn Féin: Who really makes the big decisions in Ireland’s most popular party?Unelected people are prominent and important in the leadership and decision-making processes of Sinn FéinSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
PSNI officers and staff not allowed to attend Belfast Pride parade in uniformDecision described as ‘deeply misguided’ by councillor amid warnings it will ‘damage’ LGBT+ confidence in policingFri Jul 14 2023 - 17:43
Armagh’s Orange parade: ‘Burning posters and flags is not how we would celebrate the Twelfth’Parade is billed by the Orange Order as the ‘largest Orange gathering in the world’Wed Jul 12 2023 - 19:30
Loyalist bonfires should not target ‘other people’s culture’, says Orange Order leaderOrganisation’s grand secretary says burning of Irish flag and picture of Taoiseach in Moygashel pyre shows need for more educationMon Jul 10 2023 - 20:06
BBC orders ‘content’ review of Stephen Nolan radio show in North amid nationalist boycottInternal investigation launched to resolve row between The Nolan Show and SDLP after party’s Stormont leader taken off-air in MarchWed Jul 05 2023 - 20:18
Fresh inquest granted into councillor Patsy Kelly’s murder 50 years ago Nationalist politician (35) was found by fishermen in shallow water, shot six times and weighed downThu Jun 29 2023 - 21:14
Majority in UK oppose legacy bill, with 9 in 10 saying perpetrators of serious crimes should still be prosecutedBill provides immunity for those accused of conflict-related offences as long as they co-operate with a new truth recovery bodyMon Jun 26 2023 - 00:01
John Finucane tells IRA commemoration event that remembrance is a right for every section of societySinn Féin MP gives keynote speech at South Armagh Volunteers Commemoration amid criticism by DUP and TánaisteSun Jun 11 2023 - 20:39
Irish State’s investment in NI nurses should ‘embarrass’ Northern Secretary, DUP saysMinister for Health Stephen Donnelly signed off €10m investment in response to Stormont budget cutsSun Jun 11 2023 - 15:16
Republic to fund 250 nursing places in North in unprecedented cross-Border moveThe €10m investment will result in 200 undergraduate places for students from the Republic and 50 for students from the NorthSat Jun 10 2023 - 05:00
‘We all have a right to remember our dead’: Michelle O’Neill defends IRA commemorationTánaiste among those to criticise Sinn Féin MP John Finucane’s planned attendance at event this weekendThu Jun 08 2023 - 05:00
Coalition sources admit strain of ‘keeping manners’ on overspendingIrish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%Thu Jun 08 2023 - 04:55
Finucane should not attend IRA volunteer commemoration, says TánaisteSinn Féin needs to ask itself ‘some hard questions in respect of legacy’, says Micheál MartinWed Jun 07 2023 - 21:54
Government ministers concerned about ‘sportwashing’ implications of PGA Tour and Saudi PIF dealDepartment of Enterprise rejected only application for license to export military goods to Saudi Arabia that had been made in last five yearsWed Jun 07 2023 - 21:00
Michelle O’Neill to meet Congress members and US officials in WashingtonFirst Minister designate accuses British government of showing ‘no sense of urgency’ in dealing with the DUP’s ongoing boycott of devolved governmentSun Jun 04 2023 - 19:01
Harris pledges that the search for the remains of the Disappeared will not stopSearch resumes at Bragan Bog, Co Monaghan, to find Columba McVeigh who was 19 years old when he was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1975Mon May 29 2023 - 20:27
‘I was very surprised at how down-to-earth and interested they were’: Charles and Camilla visit ArmaghRecently crowned king makes 41st visit to Northern Ireland alongside new queen on first official trip since coronationThu May 25 2023 - 18:30
British-Irish group will meet to form plan for Stormont restoration, says Michelle O’NeillSinn Féin vice-president calls on UK and Dublin governments to come together after party’s historic win in NI council electionsWed May 24 2023 - 19:26
