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 FamineWed Jul 02 2025 - 16:01
‘People don’t care that much’: Frustrated sighs audible as students asked the ‘British or Irish’ questionLagan College opened during the dark days of the Troubles as Catholic and Protestant parents wanted their children to learn togetherSun Jun 29 2025 - 06:00
British ambassador to leave diplomatic service but remain in Dublin after ‘falling in love with the city’‘The people we’ve met have been the highlight of our time here,’ says Paul JohnstonThu Jun 26 2025 - 20:48
Economic concerns growing across the island, warns InterTrade IrelandRetail and construction industry especially worried, with professional services less concerned about coming monthsFri Jun 20 2025 - 06:00
A Nigel Farage-led UK goverment could herald a united Ireland – VaradkarFormer taoiseach hopes Farage win does not happen, but Irish Government should be ‘just-in-case’ planningThu Jun 19 2025 - 18:30
Stormont is slow, afraid of new thinking and costly, says report Former ministers and senior civil servants outline litany of failures, blockages and short-sightedness in Assembly and Executive Thu Jun 19 2025 - 00:06
Windsor deal an opaque mess, says Democratic Unionist Party leader Framework agreement frustrates ‘the ability for ordinary, routine and at times complex and serious engagement’ Wed Jun 18 2025 - 21:37
Rory Stewart: Britons’ view of Ireland has gone from ‘patronising superiority to complete ignorance’Ireland is the UK’s best route back to better ties with the EU, says the former Conservative ministerMon Jun 16 2025 - 07:03
PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riotsAll parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill saidFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:00
Three teenagers charged with riot in Ballymena while leisure centre set alight in Larne in third night of violenceThe leisure centre in Larne, which had been used as emergency shelter, was set on fire by masked vandals Thu Jun 12 2025 - 15:24
US multinationals will be slow to return operations to US, Ibec leader saysUS firms will think carefully before bringing investments ‘back into a regime that’s so chaotic’ says Danny McCoyThu Jun 12 2025 - 15:23
Cross-Border workers refused mortgagesSubstantial decline in numbers officially working across the Border from where they live since Brexit, conference is toldWed Jun 11 2025 - 16:30
Ireland must stop ‘free-riding’ on security ‘gifted by others’, says former Chief of StaffMark Mellett calls for more defence spending: ‘State security is inextricably linked with economic security'Tue Jun 10 2025 - 06:00
‘We Irish were never homogeneous. Always hybrids, always mongrels’New RTÉ TV series tells the story of the island over thousands of years in a way that both informs and challengesSat May 31 2025 - 17:57
Hauliers seek to keep post-storm Holyhead ferry schedule after ‘transformative’ impact on trade flowStena line, which owns the port, plans to revert to the previous sail timesSun May 18 2025 - 06:00
Northern Ireland youth keen on a more integrated society but feel it is a long way offGroups sought additional funding for youth clubs, sports and other settings to create sustained contactsThu May 15 2025 - 00:06
‘Nobody knew things were going to get so bad’: Catholic RUC officer’s defaced headstone at centre of Troubles exhibition Exhibition part of efforts to help people on both sides of the Border who are suffering due to traumatic experiences caused by terrorismSun May 11 2025 - 19:00
A former British army officer and author on former IRA members opening up to him: ‘Trust is a huge issue’Jonathan Trigg says it has been slow work getting former IRA members to open up to him, but some have done so, sharing their experiences and thoughts - and asking about British army training Sun May 11 2025 - 07:00
Michael McDowell ‘a man with a fearsome devotion’ to Ireland, says ex-president Mary McAleese Tribute paid to former minister for justice and attorney general on launch of The Definite Article – a collection of his Irish Times columnsWed May 07 2025 - 21:38
The Irish passport at 100: Not just a travel document but a declaration of hope and of reclaiming identityA new exhibition traces the Irish passport’s journey from independence to biometric hologramsMon May 05 2025 - 06:00
Unionists’ British identity will have to be respected in a united Ireland, says Sinn Féin’s Conor Murphy Sinn Fein's Conor Murphy made comments in speech to Institute for International and European Affairs Wed Apr 30 2025 - 07:53
Abolition of pre-teen pupil selection will not solve North’s school-leaver problem, says leading academicRepublic’s education system should ‘not be too smug’ as it too streams students, Prof Anne Looney saysMon Apr 28 2025 - 22:01
Republic and Northern Ireland must co-operate to attract foreign direct investment to border counties, says TaoiseachESRI research highlights ‘huge untapped potential’ that exists for all-island co-operationMon Apr 28 2025 - 19:28
Taoiseach calls on Kneecap to ‘urgently clarify’ alleged comments about terror groupsKneecap criticised as footage emerges of band member allegedly shouting support for Hamas and HizbullahMon Apr 28 2025 - 13:23
The last confession of ‘Disappeared’ IRA man Joe Lynskey – a priest recalls, more than 50 years onFor the first time, an Irish priest tells the story of the confession he heard from Joe Lynskey shortly before he was murdered by the IRA a half-century agoSat Apr 26 2025 - 06:00
Plans to restrict BBC Sounds outside UK delayedBBC seeking to ensure radio stations can be found on other platforms ahead of shiftThu Apr 17 2025 - 19:22
More Northern Ireland students likely to apply for college places in the Republic this year, says MinisterJames Lawless says changes made to CAO qualifying conditions will make it easier for northern students to study in the SouthWed Apr 16 2025 - 21:01
‘A handful of hopefuls can create change’: George Mitchell passes on the torch to a new generationFormer senator addresses students at Queen’s University Belfast about a future of hopeWed Apr 16 2025 - 19:00
Omagh bombing inquiry: State reaches deal clearing way for information to be sharedMemorandum sets out arrangements for ‘lawful disclosure of material from government departments’Tue Apr 15 2025 - 15:57
Workers in Republic pay twice as much tax as those in North but are still better off, says ESRI reportTrade between North and South has increased since BrexitTue Apr 15 2025 - 00:01
‘Worrying’ quality of life gaps growing every year between North and South, says reportInfant mortality is rising in Northern Ireland and life expectancy there is worse than in the RepublicTue Apr 15 2025 - 00:01
New appeal made to find IRA victim 50 years onInformation sought on the location of remains of Seamus MaguireMon Apr 14 2025 - 00:01
Irish-America crucial in ‘great cause’ of Irish unity, Leo Varadkar tells US audienceFormer taoiseach stresses importance of Irish-American voice in ‘political project of our generation’Fri Apr 11 2025 - 00:01
Ireland and UK increasingly seen as global ‘safe zones’ for investors, Taoiseach saysTwo governments provide stability that is appealing for investment, Micheál Martin saysThu Apr 10 2025 - 18:02
Titanic Belfast lost 2,000 bookings in one phone call: how new Brexit visa rules are hitting Northern Ireland tourismFrom this month, holiday visitors to UK from EU member states other than the Republic must apply for £16 visaTue Apr 08 2025 - 06:00
Unionists and Sinn Féin have ‘common goal’ of making NI work, says Ulster Unionist leaderSF must make idea of Irish unity ‘look attractive to people in Dublin and Limerick and Galway’, says Mike NesbittFri Apr 04 2025 - 18:42
‘The new visa is going to put the kibosh on things’: Northern Ireland’s tourist industry braces for impact of travel changesFrom April 9th, the introduction of a £16 tourist visa raises unique problems for the North, since nearly 70% of its visitors arrive in Dublin and travel across the BorderFri Apr 04 2025 - 07:00
Fears new UK digital immigration system could disrupt Irish tourism Electronic Travel Authorisation scheme comes into force for European travellers on WednesdayTue Apr 01 2025 - 13:45
Boy’s letter about not being able to play outside after Bloody Sunday touched taoiseach, new State records showDerry boy Cormac Quigley’s note arrived during some of the darkest days of the TroublesMon Mar 31 2025 - 15:54
US airlines’ demand to be allowed to land at Dublin threatened Aer Lingus and west of Ireland, Lynch told NixonWashington put pressure on government in early 1970s to stop forcing passenger planes from US to land at ShannonSun Mar 30 2025 - 15:00
Reforms that undermine Belfast Agreement will be ‘dangerous’, experts warnNorthern Ireland facing a ‘mounting list of problems in healthcare, public finance and other aspects of good governance’, new report saysFri Mar 28 2025 - 13:23
George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck: The Broadway audience gasps at Musk’s ‘Nazi salute’ New York Letter: The actor was called a traitor 20 years ago for condemning George W Bush. Today, the problem is worseMon Mar 24 2025 - 05:00
Trump’s ‘America First’ policy will hurt the US, warns Simon CoveneyFormer minister for foreign affairs says Ireland needs to ‘double down on our investment in relationships’Wed Mar 19 2025 - 16:41
Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience toldIreland can be guiding light for US during ‘turbulent, divided and disputatious time’Tue Mar 18 2025 - 13:52
Fewer St Patrick’s Day fairytales in New York for today’s ‘undocumented’ Irish A new generation of emigrants never arrived to replenish the ranks who came in droves in the 1980s, but the connection is still preciousSun Mar 16 2025 - 19:00
St Patrick not ‘the sole preserve of Irish nationalism’, says Orange OrderProtestant organisation sends greeting card to Irish embassies to mark St Patrick’s DayFri Mar 14 2025 - 19:00
US multinationals will protect their Irish interests despite Trump pressure, says congressmanLong-serving Democrat Richard Neal says Micheál Martin’s visit to White House will be seen internationally as a victory for IrelandThu Mar 13 2025 - 19:00
End of segregation in Northern Ireland is a long way off, report findsMore than two-thirds of parents in Northern Ireland want their children to be educated alongside those from the other traditionThu Mar 13 2025 - 06:00
North’s business leaders and politicians look to deepen ties with US during trade missionNorthern Ireland going for growth as it develops stronger links with North CarolinaTue Mar 11 2025 - 05:00
Trump urged to appoint NI special envoy to support US interests after Kennedy departureTwo congressmen call for envoy to give US companies certainty over investmentsMon Mar 10 2025 - 17:31
