Murders involving British army’s IRA double agent Stakeknife could have been stopped, inquiry set to reportOperation Kenova expected to find that interventions could have been made to save multiple livesFri Mar 08 2024 - 06:00
Families hope to glean truth of Britain’s complicity in murders linked to IRA double-agent ‘Stakeknife’ Findings of £40m Operation Kenova to review if police in North failed to investigate up to 18 killings in bid to safeguard IRA moleThu Mar 07 2024 - 21:00
‘It’s an alternative to orange and green politics we’ve had for so long’: Why some Northern Ireland youth are turning to AllianceClimate, jobs, health, welfare and equality trump constitutional politics for young and centrist voters at Alliance party conference in BelfastSat Mar 02 2024 - 17:59
UK government should ‘step up’ and reform Stormont, Naomi Long tells Alliance Party conferenceAlliance Party leader says Northern Secretary would be largely to blame if Assembly were to collapse againSat Mar 02 2024 - 15:02
Retired British soldiers, alleged IRA members investigated in Scappaticci inquiry will not be prosecutedTwelve people investigated as part of Operation Kenova inquiry into British army’s top agent in North during TroublesThu Feb 29 2024 - 20:45
Legacy Act: Immunity for Troubles-era killings breaches human rights law - judgeVictims of the Troubles took judicial review against UK government legislation and welcome review’s findingsWed Feb 28 2024 - 14:22
Civic nationalist group seeking united Ireland says Border poll ‘could and should be held in 2030′Ireland’s Future outlines in a discussion paper proposals to ‘prepare the ground’ for the next six yearsTue Feb 27 2024 - 21:41
Stalled Northern Ireland infrastructure projects prompt calls for ‘immediate action’Up to 77 delayed flagship schemes such as roads and a hospital will cost £2.45 billion more as prices have spiralled, Northern Ireland Audit Office saysTue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00
At least 16 Troubles inquests will not be completed by Legacy Act cut-off dateUK government has rejected claims that state bodies are openly running down clock to May 1st deadlineSat Feb 24 2024 - 14:00
UK not considering Belfast Agreement reform ‘at this time’ in light of powersharing reportRecent restoration of North’s devolved institutions earlier cited as main reason for keeping existing arrangementsThu Feb 22 2024 - 16:47
Loyalist killings: ‘If this case had been properly investigated by the RUC at the time, we wouldn’t be where we are now’Decision not to prosecute ex-RUC officer linked to Glenanne Gang leaves victim’s family still seeking truth almost 50 years laterWed Feb 21 2024 - 20:02
A5 road upgrade: ‘Everyone who has lost a loved one on that road will be happy’Pledge to invest €600m on North dual carriageway upgrade is welcomed by crash victims’ families and pressure groupsWed Feb 21 2024 - 11:31
Rebuilding one of Ireland’s most dangerous roads will use most of €800m Shared Island packageTaoiseach also commits €50m to redevelopment of Casement Park in BelfastWed Feb 21 2024 - 06:00
Casement Park redevelopment: ‘People said it will never happen but I was firm believer it would’Preparation work gets underway for derelict Belfast GAA ground’s next role as a venue for Uefa Euro 2028 soccer tournamentMon Feb 19 2024 - 19:48
Stormont is back - what are the eight key challenges facing Northern Ireland’s new government?Ministers face an array of problems and the top priority will be attempting to extract more money from the UK treasury to pay for everythingSat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
British government urged to put North’s finances on ‘sustainable footing’Letter presented to British PM Rishi Sunak by Stormont Ministers setting out ‘inadequate NI funding model’Tue Feb 06 2024 - 19:15
Operation Kenova: ‘Insufficient evidence’ to provide prosecutions against four peopleProsecutors considered six files reported to them as part of investigation into Freddie Scappaticci, alleged to be IRA spy StakeknifeTue Feb 06 2024 - 15:21
Real work starts now, Rishi Sunak tells Stormont leadersTaoiseach Leo Varadkar, also at Stormont, said it was a ‘very positive day’Mon Feb 05 2024 - 12:02
In Profile: the new Ministers in the Northern Ireland AssemblyRestoration of the powersharing Executive comes two years to the day since DUP collapsed institutionsSun Feb 04 2024 - 11:25
Michelle O’Neill elected first nationalist First Minister in ‘new dawn’ for Northern Ireland politicsSinn Féin vice-president pledged to work with unionists in an ‘Assembly for all - Catholic, Protestant and dissenter’, as Stormont reconvenes following two years of political deadlockSat Feb 03 2024 - 20:39
Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill to be sworn in as first nationalist First Minister Assembly recall in Parliament Buildings at 1pm will see the election of a Speaker before the nomination of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister rolesSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
UK MPs to vote today on DUP deal with Northern Ireland Assembly likely recalled on SaturdayTaoiseach Leo Varadkar says there will be ‘questions’ about the deal and its effect on trading arrangements but that as things stand there are no major ‘red flags’Thu Feb 01 2024 - 05:00
Stormont deal: North’s ‘integral place’ within UK and access to its internal market key to accord Safeguarding the Union document welcomed by Rishi Sunak, Chris Heaton-Harris and Jeffrey DonaldsonWed Jan 31 2024 - 20:48
Irish unity in ‘touching distance’ after DUP vote, says McDonaldRecall of the Assembly to elect Speaker could take place as early as SaturdayTue Jan 30 2024 - 21:21
Jeffrey Donaldson briefs DUP executive on possible deal to end two-year powersharing boycottA small group of protesters holding banners emblazoned with ‘Stop DUP sell-out’ gathered outside Larchfield EstateMon Jan 29 2024 - 20:39
DUP executive to discuss potential deal on ending boycott of powersharing in NorthExecutive members invited to briefing at ‘secure venue’ where party leader Jeffrey Donaldson will provide ‘update on the current political situation’Sun Jan 28 2024 - 20:05
Jeffrey Donaldson says he was threatened over Stormont negotiations - but won’t be ‘deflected’ from securing dealDUP leader criticised ‘stirring up’ as he rounded on hardline unionistsWed Jan 24 2024 - 18:48
New Stormont deadline on fresh elections if executive not formed set for February 8thTwo-year anniversary of the collapse of powersharing approaches as DUP comes under increasing pressure to end boycott of assemblyTue Jan 23 2024 - 21:01
Almost 2,500 bus and train drivers planning further strike action in Northern IrelandLatest walkout comes after mass strike by 170,000 public sector workers last weekTue Jan 23 2024 - 11:46
Slow-building crisis in North’s health system keeps excess deaths ‘off the radar’, says senior doctorEmergency medicine consultant Russell McLaughlin draws a comparison with lives lost at the height of the Troubles to illustrate the crisis facing Northern Ireland’s health serviceSun Jan 21 2024 - 11:49
Irish Government lodges case against UK in European Court of Human RightsCase lodged over UK’s controversial legislation to deal with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern IrelandFri Jan 19 2024 - 20:04
Legal action against Gerry Adams to proceed but Troubles compensation case thrown outThree men injured by bombs in England allege Gerry Adams was ‘leading member’ of Provisional IRAFri Jan 19 2024 - 16:53
‘Going on strike was our last resort’: public-sector workers in North grittily determined amid snowStriking public-sector workers express frustration at efforts to make progress on pay and conditions amid political stalemateFri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
Porters, bus drivers and teachers marched through Belfast’s streets and roared their demands for fair pay‘It’s not about green, it’s not about orange anymore. It’s about the haves and the have-nots – and the haves don’t seem to care about the have-nots’Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland public sector workers vow ‘this is not the end’ for mass industrial actionMembers of 17 unions representing 170,000 staff took to picket lines on Thursday in dispute over sector funding and payThu Jan 18 2024 - 20:06
Northern Ireland comes to ‘unprecedented’ standstill as public sector workers strikeIndustrial action by nurses, teachers, bus and train drivers shuts schools and suspends public transportThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland strike: Six striking workers explain why they are on the picket linesStriking unions call on the Northern Secretary to release part of a package dependent on a restored Assembly and Executive, and settle the pay disputeThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
Latest round of political talks aimed at restoring Stormont ends in deadlockOn Thursday more than 170,000 public sector workers will stage mass workout in dispute over pay, a dispute the Northern Secretary says is a ‘devolved matter’Mon Jan 15 2024 - 20:08
Northern Ireland parties meet ahead of unprecented strike by public sector workersNo breakthrough expected despite mass walkout of 170,000 workers set to close schools and reduce health and transport servicesMon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
Post Office scandal exoneration ‘must be extended’ to Northern IrelandTyrone sub-postmistress Deirdre Connolly was questioned over alleged discrepancies in a UK-wide scandal subsequently traced to faulty softwareThu Jan 11 2024 - 20:37
Man murdered in Belfast shooting was suspect in gangland killingPolice officers remain at the scene in the Greenan area of west BelfastWed Jan 10 2024 - 13:41
Death of a Belfast street: ‘There’s no shops, there’s not really a reason for coming down here’In its 1850s heyday, North Street was the commercial hub of the city. Now it is ignored and filled with derelict graffitied buildingsMon Jan 08 2024 - 06:30
UK government ‘overindulged’ DUP and must restore Stormont with or without them, says FarryAlliance Party deputy leader says North in ‘farcical situation’ where majority voted for parties who want powersharing but now ‘isolated’ due to DUP’s boycottFri Jan 05 2024 - 16:32
Accused in Belfast extradition court on charge of importing over €20m of cannabis into Europe Egyptian national alleged to be part of narcotics trafficking network involved in running contraband from Morocco in 2013Fri Dec 29 2023 - 18:25
Blair told Mowlam to put abortion law reform ‘on ice’ 20 years before it was legalised in NorthPrime minister’s private secretary wrote that Blair ‘sees little scope for bi-communal support for a change to the law’Thu Dec 28 2023 - 05:00
Doomed plan to create Premier League team ‘Belfast United’ detailed in filesState papers: Tony Blair wanted Wimbledon FC to move to Northern Ireland but senior civil servant warned it could be ‘another focus for sectarianism’Thu Dec 28 2023 - 00:01
Nuclear attack on Northern Ireland viewed as ‘possibility’ after 9/11There were calls for decontamination units to operate at capacity while protective clothing and supplies of antidotes, needles and syringes must be ‘built up’, top civil servant urgedThu Dec 28 2023 - 00:01
Governments urged to reflect amid conflict over UK’s Legacy ActFormer British justice secretary Robert Buckland urges calm amid dispute between London and DublinFri Dec 22 2023 - 13:17
‘Who actually runs this damn country?’: UK reacts to State’s challenge of Troubles legacy BillNorthern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris accuses Government of being ‘misguided’ in taking case to European Court of Human RightsThu Dec 21 2023 - 19:31
UK government offers increased package of £3.3bn to NI parties to restore StormontPackage aimed at restoring Northen Ireland’s political institutions increased after initial offer rejected as too littleTue Dec 19 2023 - 12:17
