UK government refuses unionist request to use post-Brexit Stormont Brake
DUP leader Gavin Robinson accuses UK government of ‘surrendering to EU diktats’
Northern Ireland
Bird flu cases in Northern Ireland spur setting up of prevention zone
Move places legal requirement on all bird-keepers in North to follow strict biosecurity measures
Search for second smuggling crew after suspected €100m cocaine haul delivered off Kerry
Although five arrests have been made, gardaí suspect second group of smugglers brought cocaine ashore and transported it to Northern Ireland
Concealment of truth about murder of Sean Brown should be a source of ‘shame’ for British state
UK government challenging ‘unprecedented’ decision by judge to establish inquiry into loyalist murder of Co Derry GAA official in 1997
Housing starts boost must continue, experts warn
Key challenges block efforts to tackle crisis, engineers say
Poorest children in North live in lower-income homes but less deprived than those in poverty in Republic
Better public services, more widely available benefits and lower housing costs in Northern Ireland provide better protection to children in poverty, ESRI report indicates
Starmer looking at ‘every conceivable way’ to avoid compensating Gerry Adams
Former Sinn Féin leader and other former internees may seek compensation under Troubles legislation
2024 Northern Ireland property investment market weakest since 2012
£22.7m sale of Bloomfield Shopping Centre and Retail Park in Bangor was largest transaction of the year
Stronger economic growth in Republic has positive ‘spillover’ in North
New macroeconomic model highlights cross-Border dynamics between two economic
Employment of Sinn Féin press officer convicted of sex offences may have ‘resulted in misuse of public money’
The issue of Michael McMonagle’s employment has been referred to the PSNI
Four PSNI officers go on trial charged over fracas in Belfast kebab shop
Off-duty members of force insisted they were ‘defending ourselves’ when questioned about 2022 incident on High Street
‘Athletic’ man who died in leisure centre pool was himself a lifeguard, jury hears
Three lifeguards face counts of breach of duty after death of Christopher Rodgers (20) in pool
Man (35) killed in Bangor crash
Detectives from PSNI collision investigation unit are examining the circumstances of the crash early on Saturday morning
Man (29) in court charged with attempted murder of off-duty PSNI officer
Kyle Knell was charged with nine offences, including unlawful imprisonment and assault
‘It’s an ongoing torture for the families,’ says man leading search for North’s Disappeared
Jon Hill reveals investigators were contacted by people affected by Say Nothing, the Disney+ series that includes scenes portraying final hours of Jean McConville and Joe Lynskey
Sinn Féin is mistaken if it thinks Conor Murphy in the Seanad will inch us closer to a united Ireland
Party’s vision of early Border polls followed by a united Ireland is in stark contrast to the new government’s approach
Man lay at bottom of pool for more than five minutes while lifeguards stood by chatting, court hears
Christopher Rodgers (20) died from oxygen starvation in incident at Orchard Leisure Centre in Armagh in 2017
Conor Murphy’s puzzling move to the Seanad crystallises sense of an unsettled Stormont
Sinn Féin says Murphy will use his new position to advance ‘Irish unity debate in the Oireachtas’, yet he has vastly more scope to do so as a Stormont Minister
Man injured in Newtownabbey shooting was off-duty PSNI officer
One arrest made following incident in Co Antrim which force does not believe is related to terrorism
Mary Lou McDonald pays tribute to republican ‘patriot’ Ted Howell during funeral service
McDonald, Michelle O’Neill and Gerry Adams took turns carrying strategist and negotiator’s coffin to Belfast cemetery
Irish nature’s greatest displays: the most majestic sights in the land and how to catch them
Fill your 2025 with these spectacles, from the seabirds of Rathlin Island to the rutting red deer of Killarney and the murmurations of Westmeath
Statue of Rory Gallagher unveiled in Belfast to honour musician’s connection to the city
Life-sized statue of Gallagher is located outside Ulster Hall, a venue he played regularly
Ireland weather update: Met Éireann forecasts ‘significant snowfall’ as orange warnings extended to 10 counties
Forecaster predicts sub-zero temperatures and ‘very disruptive and impactful’ over coming weekend
‘I actually felt unsafe as an English person in the Aviva’
Dublin-based English academic Mike Cronin says atmosphere at recent Ireland-England soccer match highlights lack of respect for ‘the other’ built into partition of island
Ken Reid obituary: Journalist who covered Northern Ireland from war to peace
Reid had an agreeable nature and could make friends with anybody
Loyalism needs a new way forward – let’s start with the name
Opinion: It is time for loyalists to engage with debates about the future and to shape them in ways which contradict the image of resistance and intransigence
Teenager dies following quad bike incident in Co Armagh
The incident happened on the Low Road in Killeavy on Thursday
Family of GAA official Seán Brown say decision to challenge ruling ordering inquiry into his sectarian killing ‘shameful’
Belfast High Court judge had found UK government remains in breach of a human rights duty to investigate the full extent of state collusion in the May 1997 murder
Brian Friel’s plays to be brought home to cross-Border communities that inspired them
Five-year project will stage each play in a setting relevant to its theme and in the season it was set
The lungs of Belfast: ‘Having good woodlands around the city is vital’
Winnowburn is the first – and so far, only – verified Woodland Carbon Code project in Northern Ireland, the least wooded part of the UK
On the waterways of Ireland: A quiet success of peace on the island
Some 800,000 people made cross-Border journeys by cruiser, bicycle or foot - a story that Waterways Ireland’s chief John McDonagh says must be told more
Ten predictions experts made about the world in 2025. All of them are wrong
When it comes to predicting the future, you might as well ask an astrologer as a rational expert
Seanad bid by Conor Murphy a large blow to Sinn Féin’s Stormont operation
Regarded as a shoo-in for the Seanad post, the current economy minister will quit his job in the Assembly once elected
Jimmy Carter’s Irish intervention facilitated the enormous involvement of his successors
Previous US presidents had not been prepared to risk relations with UK by involvement in Northern Ireland but Carter did not accept that position
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