Michael Longley: ‘Most men don’t like intelligent women. I just hang on their every word’
The poet met his wife, Edna, as a student at Trinity College Dublin. She has been the constant in a life that Longley reflects on in his new selected poems
‘I love it. One billion per cent’: Derry girls’ football is having a moment
Plaits and ponytails whizz past on the pitches as passion for sport reaches fever pitch
‘It’s only right that families are given every chance to get to the truth’: Legacy Act change welcome
New UK government committed to reinstating enquiries into deaths during Troubles
‘Difficult’ to build Casement Park in time for Euro 2028, NI Secretary warns
‘Time is running out’ for project to be completed on time, Hilary Benn says
Troubles Legacy Act: repeal commitment from Labour government made in King Charles speech
UK government acknowledges controversial legislation ‘denies justice to families and victims’
Groups of up to 50 young people throw petrol and paint bombs at police in Belfast overnight
Police describe ‘particularly protracted period of public disorder lasting into the early hours’ in south Belfast
Michelle O’Neill calls for ‘further clarity’ from UK government on Casement Park rebuild
First Minister says Northern Ireland must seize 'once in a lifetime opportunity’ of hosting Euros in 2028
Clear change of tone in Belfast as Keir Starmer promises stability and respect
Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald compared working with Labour rather than the Conservatives ‘as the daylight to the dark’
Keir Starmer due in Belfast ahead of meetings with political leaders on Monday
UK’s new Prime Minister says rebuilding public services and generating economic growth in NI a priority
Three main issues on the agenda for Keir Starmer in Northern Ireland
New UK prime minister can expect warm welcome, but difficult decisions lie ahead
Ray of hope for Britain as clouds briefly part for Keir Starmer’s arrival at Downing Street
It poured rain all day in London but there was a sunny interlude at a convenient moment for the new Labour prime minister
DUP suffers ‘bigger than seismic’ defeat with Ian Paisley losing seat held by family for more than 50 years
Ian Paisley jnr suffers historic loss as Northern Ireland election results see party suffer
Jim Shannon’s Strangford win one of few highlights for the DUP
Alliance may wonder what could have been if they had run a higher-profile candidate
SDLP’s Claire Hanna re-elected in renamed Belfast South & Mid Down constituency
UK election: Strong personal vote sees Hanna securing 49 per cent of the vote and 21,345 votes
Sinn Féin’s Paul Maskey retains the safest of seats in Belfast West
Vote share dropped for the re-elected MP but was still comfortably above 50 per cent