Pugnacious Reid joins fray to persuade Scottish electorate to stay within unionOpposing sides in Scottish referendum present final campaigns todayMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
Tories have spring in their step after Newark byelectionFarage now facing charge that Ukip has passed high-water markSat Jun 07 2014 - 01:00
Conservatives top UKIP to win significant byelectionFarage claims Newark outcome a ‘big result’ for party despite losing by some 7,000 votesFri Jun 06 2014 - 06:38
Badger controversy casts shadow over idyllic English countrysideA Gloucestershire farmer’s blog has highlighted the issue of badgers and TBFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Study shows cannabis smoking affects male fertilityOver 2,000 recruited by University of Sheffiled for researchFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
British ministers sanctioned torture of NI interneesMerlyn Rees told prime minister Callaghan in 1977 of torture use, it has emergedThu Jun 05 2014 - 01:06
Heathrow’s £2.5 billion Terminal 2 opens without a glitchFor Irish passengers, new terminal will end the days of much-disliked ‘long walk’Thu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Richard Molloy: ‘Write what you’re afraid of . . . you have to upset people’Divorce is a source of painful shame in Richard Molloy’s new play, ‘The Separation’Thu Jun 05 2014 - 01:00
Heathrow’s Terminal 2 opens after six-years in the makingAer Lingus flights will begin using new terminal at the London airport in early JulyWed Jun 04 2014 - 12:43
EU must meet concerns of its citizens, warns Tony BlairFormer British prime minister tells ‘The Irish Times’ he is not seeking a role in EuropeTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Ukip seeks ‘Krakatoa moment’ in byelectionFarage courts ‘permanent protest vote’ in NewarkMon Jun 02 2014 - 01:00
What memories do you have of Heathrow’s Terminal 1?Aer Lingus will move into the new, swish Terminal 2 from July 9thFri May 30 2014 - 12:55
Goodbye to all that: Aer Lingus transfers operations from Heathrow’s Terminal 1Airline to transfer its 44 flights to and from Dublin, Cork, Belfast and Shannon in JulyFri May 30 2014 - 12:41
Irish writer charts changing attitudes to immigrantsAs Tom O’Brien’s new play runs in the land of Ukip, racism is back on agendaFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
Former Irish foreign minister Gerry Collins backs Scottish independenceMost Irish politicians would support a Yes vote, says former Limerick West TDFri May 30 2014 - 01:00
British fugitive ‘Skullcracker’ planned to flee to Ireland‘The plan was to start a new life, regrettably he committed a robbery to fund that new life”Thu May 29 2014 - 21:50
Liberal Democrats heading for disaster, says OakeshottWealthy peer forced to resign over leaked pollWed May 28 2014 - 18:00
Stephen Hawking reveals formula for World Cup successEngland shouldn’t get too excited ahead of World Cup in Brazil, according to HawkingWed May 28 2014 - 13:39
Made in the Balkans: the man blamed for starting the first World WarIn a biography of Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Franz Ferdinand, journalist Tim Butcher puts his crime in context and disagrees with Churchill’s verdict that he was the worst terrorist who ever livedWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
UK politics plays out in ‘miserable’ Essex borough of ThurrockUkip’s success in Thurrock has focused attention of other partiesWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Ally of Vince Cable behind bid to topple CleggMatthew Oakeshott paid for poll that predicted British deputy PM would lose seat in next electionTue May 27 2014 - 23:37
Leaders must not be ‘railroaded’ over next EC head - CameronEU leaders meet in Brussels tonight to discuss European Commission president jobTue May 27 2014 - 17:52
Clegg holding firm despite calls for his resignationLib Dems leader defends decision to enter coalition as party is reduced to one MEPTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
UKIP wins largest share of Europe vote in BritainParty leader Nigel Farage describes result as ‘an earthquake’ in British politicsMon May 26 2014 - 06:54
Ukip success puts pressure on David CameronUK has seen ‘an earthquake’, Farage says after storming performanceMon May 26 2014 - 00:16
Independent Scotland would need to apply for EU, says Danish ministerCopenhagen criteria must be met if country passes referendum, says LidegaardSun May 25 2014 - 18:51
Traveller, prisoner, writerOne in 20 prisoners in Britain today is Traveller, Romany or Gypsy, and illiteracy is a key reason. One Irish Traveller in Wormwood Scrubs, is trying to read and write his way out of jailSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Farage says party poised for European victoryUkip leader declares European Parliament confidence after triumph in local electionsSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Commons success for Ukip far from a certaintyFarage’s party may be the voice of the disaffected but a long road lies aheadSat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Officers stunned as Theresa May lays into Police FederationReform must happen, Britain’s home secretary warns police forceFri May 23 2014 - 01:00
Grandson of Donegal Fine Gael TD runs for Liberal Democrats in London‘It’s the fourth most complained about council, with the fifth highest council tax’Thu May 22 2014 - 01:00
Referendum on EU membership looms over electionsOpinion: The European Parliament elections are usually ignored in Britain, but this time they matterThu May 22 2014 - 00:01
E-cigarettes beating patches and gum for quitting smokingLong-term use of e-cigarettes carries some risks, new research showsWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Ukip discord at mini-carnival in CroydenThe party’s effort to combat allegations of racism descend into chaosWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Larger than life actor Peter O’Toole remembered at Old VicÁras holding star’s ashes ahead of final journey – along Clifden’s Sky RoadMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Church can help heal divisions in Scotland, says queenUnusual intervention reflects monarch’s concern over possible break-up of UKMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
President to attend Peter O’Toole London memorialPresident Michael D Higgins ‘honoured’ to be asked to speak at actor’s serviceSat May 17 2014 - 01:01
Farage ‘car crash’ radio interview interrupted by Ukip officialParty leader challenged over expenses and attitude to immigrantsSat May 17 2014 - 01:00
Life after abduction: Michelle Knight‘I see myself as a victor’ – her book recounts 11 years ‘locked away in hell’Fri May 16 2014 - 01:00
A coalition staying together ‘just for the kids’The question is not whether this coalition will split, but howFri May 16 2014 - 01:00
Number of Romanians and Bulgarians working in Britain fallsImmigration since EU rules relaxed ‘little more than a trickle’, says Labour MPThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
No pound if Scotland chooses independence, says OsborneChanceller accuses Salmond of misleading the Scottish peopleThu May 15 2014 - 01:00
Trimble denies knowledge of on-the-runs schemeFormer Northern Ireland first minister claims Sinn Fein used letters for disciplinary purposesWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
New research in United States says rugby players suffer brain shrinkageMany of the findings found in American Rules football being replicated in rugbyWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
A duty to the French?During the long month of July, the British public enjoyed summer, listening occasionally to ever more strident tones from the Continent. For a while, however, they mostly did not choose to do soWed May 14 2014 - 01:00
British soldiers to be investigated for war crimes in IraqInternational Criminal Court to reopen inquiry following new information from human rights groupsTue May 13 2014 - 20:34
Bitter row within British Labour over Troubles amnestyFormer Labour Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain furious his views have been ‘misrepresented’Tue May 13 2014 - 10:58
