Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Cinderella: 23 Christmas pantos and shows to see around Ireland this festive season
Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights
Belfast
Irish art sale: Standing room only anticipated at live auction return
Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, Roderic O’Conor and Louis le Brocquy are among the highlights at deVere’s Irish art sale
Punctuality of trains at Connolly continues to decline
Irish Rail received more than 1,000 written complaints after new timetable was introduced
‘No mercy’ shown by former Belfast Christian Brother to abuse victims, judge tells court
Judge was responding to request for leniency for Paul Dunleavy (88) on grounds of age ahead of sentencing for historic child sex offences
‘I feel Irish Rail are just running down the time and hoping I will go away’
Family trip to Belfast tarnished after paying a premium, only to be told when they got on board that there was no first class and no catering
North’s sports minister has ‘no objection’ to attending GAA match amid row over Casement funding
DUP minister Gordon Lyons plays down reports of ‘tetchy’ meeting with GAA president Jarlath Burns
Charli XCX announces two gigs in Ireland for 2025
Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts
Family of Pat Finucane call for ‘fully independent’ inquiry at Capitol Hill
Inquiry should have sufficiently wide terms of reference and should facilitate panel of judges with human rights law experience, Finucane family believes
Police officers injured during protest against Hillary Clinton Belfast visit
PSNI investigating scenes of public disorder outside Queen’s University as US presidential candidate spoke at summit
‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute Stormont department over Noah Donohoe’s death
Teenager found dead in north Belfast storm drain owned by Stormont Department of Infrastructure in 2020, six days after he went missing
From enchanted forests to winter wonderlands: 12 Christmas experiences to try around Ireland
Christmas events: Helicopter rides with Santa, light displays in Dublin Zoo and Christmas markets
The Day of the Jackal review: Eddie Redmayne is underwhelming in the cat and mouse drama that cries out for more heart
Television: Who better to embody an international man of mystery than Redmayne who seems half invisible even with the lights on?
Irishman in Canada for 50 years: ‘I was about to return home after three years but then things changed’
Patrick McKenna fitted right into the political hothouse in Montreal in 1978, which provided him with the adrenaline rush he had been missing since leaving Belfast
‘No criminal offences’ detected by PSNI in messages sent by Sinn Féin’s JJ Magee
Police service confirms review conducted after force received report regarding inappropriate messages
Profile: JJ Magee, Sinn Féin
The party member’s cross-community work to ease sectarian tensions has raised his media profile in recent years
Anti-immigration protester who fronted illegal Belfast parade while waving Irish Tricolour is jailed
Anti-immigration protester Bernard Lavery was seen at the front of the crowd, waving an Irish Tricolour
Great restaurants around Ireland for a night out
If you want to make a night of it, here’s where food, wine and interesting surroundings get top billing. Is there DJ in a bright orange booth too? Of course
Criminal barristers in Belfast to withdraw services in protest over fee levels
Barristers voted not to take on any new ‘Category A’ cases going forward, Bar of Northern Ireland says
Poet Paul Muldoon: ‘My dad, a market gardener, was a guy who could barely write his own name’
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US
Dublin-Belfast train users: ‘It’s advertised as an hour from Dundalk. It takes an hour and 20’
Competition with Dart leads to frustration for north-south travellers as well as capital’s commuters
Dublin to Belfast train link expanded to hourly service
Connolly Station and Belfast’s new Grand Central will see 15 services in each direction
Students from Republic missing out on UK places because of junior cycle marking
Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern
‘We live in a messy world’: Harold Good became internationally known as a witness to IRA decommissioning
Former Methodist Church president Harold Good, whose house played a prominent role in in ending The Troubles, opens up about the challenges of peacemakers
From east Belfast to Inishbofin through crafting: ‘They’re just like us, friendly, just get on with things’
A trip to the island of Inishbofin sees women from the North and South take part in Birds of a Feather, a Shared Island initiative
The horrific online crimes of Alexander McCartney, and the questions they raise for the PSNI
Former computer science student sentenced to life in prison with minimum of 20 years is suspected of targeting ‘many, many more’ young victims
Co Armagh man jailed for life for murder of his son (3)
Lewis Oliver Rowland died aged three in October 2018 of earlier ‘non-accidental’ and ‘catastrophic’ brain injuries
Sinn Féin must clarify if ‘leadership figures’ saw incident where former mayor’s portrait damaged, says DUP
MLA Phillip Brett says party has to explain if incident was ‘retaliation’ over removal of Niall Ó Donnghaile’s portrait from Belfast City Hall
Sinn Féin employee resigns after incident that led to damage of DUP portrait in Belfast City Hall
The party confirmed the move in a statement, saying it had notified the PSNI after event took place over weekend
Newry man caused ‘unquantifiable’ harm by threatening and exploiting young girls online
Alexander McCartney to be sentenced next week after pleading guilty to 185 offences from 2013 to 2019
Who is Niall Ó Donnghaile, the former Sinn Féin senator who resigned over ‘inappropriate’ texts to teenager?
A former Lord Mayor of Belfast, he resigned his Seanad seat last year citing health reasons
Why do so few students from Northern Ireland attend college in the South?
A-level conversion rates, the career guidance culture and cost of living are among reasons why just 1% of CAO applicants are from the North
Trains start running from new Belfast Grand Central Station
First Enterprise train left station on Sunday morning on a journey to Dublin Connolly
The quiet campaigner: Geraldine Finucane on her 35-year fight for justice for her husband Pat
The wife of Pat Finucane has always been intensely private. At 74, she reflects on life as she and her family prepare for a public inquiry into his murder
Man (31) charged with murder of Mary Ward (22) in Belfast
Ahmed Abdirahman appears in court in Dublin after being arrested on Thursday
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