‘Everybody wants this to end’: Protestant group pushes UK government to end Drumcree standoff
Standoff entered sixth day on Friday as residents prepare to lodge fresh legal challenge on Monday
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Andy Burnham has a mission. Now he needs a mandate to deliver it
Popular prime minister might be tempted to call an early election, but keeping out Reform UK means tactical voting
‘Made in Europe’ rules should not ‘undermine’ UK relations, Britain’s new envoy tells EU
UK ambassador to EU Caroline Wilson cautions against bloc becoming ‘insular and inward-facing’
When is the time to trigger a Border poll?
Irish unification stirs widespread debate but the decision for a vote on the matter falls to one person under the Belfast Agreement
The Brexit debate is back. Could Britain rejoin the EU?
Ten years after leaving the bloc, shifting public opinion is reopening a question once thought settled
Suspect in RAF base terror investigation called police to report incident
Man dialled 999 before he and four others were arrested near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire
Interest payments on State’s debts could exceed €6bn, ESRI warns
Bond yields worldwide are soaring as creditors are unnerved by inflation and growing public borrowing
Why Israel fears settlement sanctions are just the beginning
Passengers arriving in Amsterdam from Tel Aviv say Dutch customs searched luggage for goods from West Bank settlements
Criteria for a Border poll: context is key in Belfast Agreement
Evidence used to show support for union also points way to proof needed of majority backing for Irish unity
Voters open to Irish unity, but not enthusiastic about footing the bill
A sizeable majority of voters express concerns about the potential costs of unification
Omagh inquiry names 27 ‘key individuals’ related to 1998 bomb attack
Analyst outlines people linked to bomb that killed 31, including unborn twins
Children trafficked into criminality face ‘horrific’ level of victim blaming, report says
Eighteen child victims of trafficking were identified in the State last year, but none were born in Ireland
Radiologists concerned over patient scans reviewed by unregistered doctors abroad
Patients wishing to pursue complaints ‘may struggle to find a clear pathway’
Any Celtic crusade against the imperialists in London would be very unwise
Remember, flags and anthems and all that is the easy stuff
Hackers say they breached Italian state email to target Revolut ‘crypto whales’
Group ‘spent months posing as law enforcement’ to obtain confidential data on hundreds of customers
Europe is entering a new phase. Ireland may lose out
As Ukraine and Canada seek closer EU ties, winners in this latest version of the bloc are clear
KPMG UK to cut another 200 jobs, including roles working on AI
Latest cuts come just six months after KPMG put close to 600 UK jobs at risk
Donald Trump’s successful Irish visit highlights benefits of being his friend
US president’s brief tour resulted in win on whiskey tariffs and put life into debate on unity
I learned a lot about Englishness on a packed train leaving Reform UK’s conference
From a packed Birmingham to Oxford train, questions of class, belonging and national identity follow the Reform UK conference
Air traffic control issue that led to dozens of Irish flight cancellations ‘resolved’
Nats, which provides services to 15 UK airports, apologises for disruption and says it is working to clear the ‘backlog of flights’
Israel closes UK consulate over West Bank sanctions row
British foreign secretary says ‘settler terrorists’ have carried out ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Palestinian territories
Does it make sense to keep buying back UK state pension rights at higher price?
British government has changed rules, significantly increasing cost of voluntary National Insurance contributions
Man charged with organised crime offence following extradition from UK
Jake Hannam charged with alleged participation in attempted murder of Daniel Harty for a criminal organisation
Javier Milei says ‘winds of change’ support Argentina’s claim to Falkland Islands
Argentinian president’s declaration follows hint from Donald Trump that US could withdraw backing for UK stance
Apathy and ignorance south of the Border remain significant blocks to Irish unity
A Border poll was never really on the table, and that is where there is considerable Anglo-Irish agreement
More than 70,000 pints worth of Guinness stolen from English depot
Police believe two lorries driven into facility near Liverpool with estimated value of items taken to be roughly €238,000
Ed Miliband to join EU foreign ministers meeting in Wicklow this week
Helen McEntee to bring Meath twist to foreign ministers' dinner in Druids Glen
A long road to Ireland: ‘The Irish are very secretive. They don’t tell you stuff’
Colleen Murrell says Australians franker than Irish people and leave everything out in the open
Growing number of doctors in Ireland are women and from outside the EU
Asked to identify the main barriers to patient care from a list of options, doctors most often selected ‘pressure on workloads’
Irish man in Birmingham: The English often seem less interested in us than we are in them
I feel settled in the West Midlands, an area Irish people have been calling home for generations
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported from US to UK
Yiannopoulos was returned to UK after being arrested in Louisiana having failed to appear at an immigration hearing
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE as a ‘visa overstayer’
He ‘chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws’, say officials in US
Western officials believe Russia aiming to spread alarm with warnings of UK drone factory attacks
Much of combative language coming out of Kremlin is a classic case of Moscow using ‘rhetoric to exploit fears’, official says
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