UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections
First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age
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Better-off families ‘sailing away from the have-nots’, warns Ombudsman
Government unable to inform Ombudsman how much it spends on children, says Dr Niall Muldoon
A tricky question on Good Morning Britain for Mary Lou McDonald
Sinn Féin’s message to the British public is ‘let us take this expensive burden off your hands’, while to the Republic it’s that reunification will be almost painless
The Open 2025: Rory McIlroy will become the stuff of legend if he lifts the Claret Jug at Portrush
World’s best players are expecting a stern test at Dunluce links when tournament tees off on Thursday
Many people won’t decide how to vote in a Border poll until they see what’s on offer
Why can’t Sinn Féin spell out exactly what it means by a united Ireland and allow unionists to consider it?
UK’s Labour government facing backbench revolt over plan to repeal Troubles Legacy Act
Veterans minister said to have threatened to resign over plan to revoke immunity for British soldiers and others
Bryson DeChambeau focuses on links test over Rory McIlroy rivalry as he arrives in Portrush
The Open: American, who has struggled with links courses in past, plans to be strategic at championship
Shane Lowry: ‘If I win another one, I’ll celebrate twice as much’
Irishman explains the emotion of winning the Open at Portrush in 2019, the relief from getting over the line, and plans to add to his solitary major
Keir Starmer was quick to condemn Kneecap, but strangely silent on Moygashel
There is something rotten about leveraging an expression of long-standing culture and tradition to deliver a contemporary declaration of racist hate
Orange Order parade passes through Ardoyne interface without incident
Traditional events organised by the Royal Black Preceptory in the village of Scarva, Co Armagh, will take place on Monday
Twelfth of July: ‘We’re not into the bonfires, but the parades are different. Today is a family day’
As communities across Northern Ireland celebrate, there are calls for understanding, education, tolerance and respect
Tens of thousands to take to streets across Northern Ireland for Twelfth of July celebrations
NI firefighters deal with ‘challenging night’ ahead of Orange Order parades
In pictures: Eleventh Night bonfires across Northern Ireland
Traditional fires lit before the main date in the parading calendar of Protestant loyal orders, the Twelfth Of July
‘It makes us look like Neanderthals’: UDA leader laments loyalist street violence but sees role for ‘paramilitary influence’
The complete disbandment of loyalist paramilitaries would leave a dangerous vacuum, argues Jackie McDonald
There’s nothing casual about how The Open arrives at any venue but Portrush is better prepared than most
The Co Antrim seaside town hosted its first Open 74 years ago, when you could sneak in for free and send a postcard from the course
Taoiseach condemns effigy of refugees on loyalist bonfire and expresses concern about health risks
Kneecap posters placed on bonfires; burning of asbestos could cause lung cancer, Micheál Martin warns
An Orange Order parade in Donegal: Rossnowlagh’s annual event in pictures
Thousands attend march in coastal Donegal town to commemorate the Battle of the Boyne
Killing of pregnant Co Down woman (27) has left ‘deep wound’ on family and community, funeral hears
Mother of two remembered as ‘loving’ ‘born carer’
Major incident declared by PSNI over controversial loyalist bonfires
One of the bonfires is close to electricity substation in south of Belfast city which powers two hospitals
A GP strike could be the beginning of the end of free primary care in Northern Ireland
Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?
RTÉ’s Noraid: Irish America and the IRA leans towards the Che Guevara version of history
Television: First of two episodes leans ever so subtly towards Che Guevara version of history – never mind the body count; look at the cool poster we got out of it
Former loyalist UVF prisoner addressed anti-immigration protest at Dublin’s GPO
‘Problem of open borders’ was significant in North and ‘we have to contain what’s going on’, Mark Sinclair told crowd
Rory McIlroy: ‘I feel very fortunate that I’m of the generation that I am in Northern Ireland’
McIlroy has a score to settle when he returns to the Antrim coast for next week’s Major
Unionism must offer a positive future, not hark back to a past that was often dark and divided
Can political unionism paint a vision of a better future for everyone in Northern Ireland, rather than presenting itself often as being unable to do much about a worsening one?
Loyalist bonfire in Belfast set to spark legal action
Location is close to electricity substation that powers two hospitals
Partition was ‘designed to be intractable’, says Micheál Martin
Boundary Commission report brought ‘radicalising moment’ in Irish history, says Taoiseach
Wage bill at Spar operator Henderson Group eats into profits
Sales at Northern Ireland retail group reached £1.4bn last year, new accounts reveal
Robin Masefield: Public servant played key part in reform of Northern Ireland policing and parades
Former head of North’s prison service had great talent for engaging with people at all levels, and across all communities
Rathlin Island’s puffins: We have quite a lot of people who arrive and say, ‘So, where exactly are the penguins?’
The island, with its rare golden hare, corncrakes and large seabird colonies, sustains a tourism economy
Irish unification would cost €152m annually to give Northern Irish civil servants pay parity, report says
Joint study points to evidence that unification is affordable
Eir seeks £67m in damages from rival BT relating to dispute over NI public sector contract
Eir claims it was kept in the dark by BT on key information when tendering for a large public contract in Northern Ireland in 2018
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson and former Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay cleared in Nama misconduct trial
Then SF activist Thomas O’Hara also cleared in case related to 2015 Stormont finance committee hearing over £1.2bn property sale
Fees for students from Republic in Northern Ireland need to rise
Students from south of the Border apply for capped places in NI and pay the local £4,855 fee, while students from Britain pay double. There’s a good argument for why that should change
The people behind the numbers as Ireland’s population grows by nearly a third in 20 years
In 2022, the population of the island exceeded seven million for the first time since the Famine
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