Northern Ireland Protocol: ‘Finishing line’ in sight for EU-UK talks, says ŠefčovičEuropean Commission vice-president suggests deal would bring economic opportunity for North due to the access to UK and EU internal marketsTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:08
‘Huge gaps’ remain between EU and UK on protocol deal, DUP MP says‘Imposition of EU law on Northern Ireland’ remains ‘fundamental issue’ for DUP, says Sammy WilsonMon Feb 20 2023 - 00:01
DUP is finally facing decision time as Northern Ireland protocol deal nearsParty has extended meetings with British PM Rishi Sunak but attempts to shift responsibility for restarting Stormont on to London and BrusselsFri Feb 17 2023 - 19:00
Northern Ireland protocol: ‘Technical issues nearly all worked out,’ say Dublin sourcesExpectations grow that EU and UK are on brink of a dealFri Feb 17 2023 - 13:34
Northern Ireland protocol: Britain and EU on cusp of deal as Sunak travels to BelfastDiplomats in Brussels have also been called to a meeting on Friday to discuss UK-EU relationsThu Feb 16 2023 - 18:22
Controversial commemorative stone marking 100 years of Northern Ireland given go aheadSinn Féin cannot veto project with no member on commission due to North’s political institutions not operatingWed Feb 15 2023 - 16:38
‘Nicola Sturgeon was a friend of Ireland’: Departing Scottish first minister praised by Irish politicians Scotland’s first minister makes surprise announcement that she will be stepping downWed Feb 15 2023 - 13:35
Britain ‘open’ to working with Irish Government on cross-border projects, says UK transport secretaryMark Harper, on visit to Belfast, announces £60m investment in NI green technology companiesWed Feb 15 2023 - 00:01
‘Dáithí’s Law’: DUP vetos attempt to restore Stormont to pass organ donation lawRival parties push for end to boycott of devolution to allow a speaker to be electedTue Feb 14 2023 - 20:49
Weary voters in Northern Ireland wondering if any deadline can restore devolutionIn the North, the lesson of history is that once the Assembly stalls, it takes a long time to restartThu Feb 09 2023 - 18:00
Deadline to bring back Stormont powersharing pushed back until 2024 Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations continue, with speculation mounting that a deal could be doneThu Feb 09 2023 - 17:56
Northern Ireland Protocol: ruling pushes divisive issue towards political resolution Unionists clinging to notion that constitutional position within union eroded; something all sides must addressThu Feb 09 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol: UK Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalityContentious trading arrangements was challenged by a collective of unionists and BrexiteersWed Feb 08 2023 - 21:31
Former British prime minister John Major calls for compromise on NI protocol‘Statesmanlike response’ required from all sides in order to restore devolved government, says ex-PMTue Feb 07 2023 - 18:41
Northern Ireland: ‘Limited and piecemeal’ decision-making process focus of report Think tank urges restoration of Assembly and Executive as services deteriorate and credibility of devolved bodies is underminedTue Feb 07 2023 - 00:01
EU and UK close to deal on ‘express lanes’ for goods staying in NorthMaroš Šefčovič says talks are taking place in a ‘very cordial atmosphere’Mon Feb 06 2023 - 13:37
‘It’s been retraumatising’: Families of six men shot dead by British soldiers seek truth 50 years onCalls for Irish Government to intervene as UK moves towards process families see as British ‘state investigating itself’Fri Feb 03 2023 - 01:00
‘Not possible’ to make Northern Ireland protocol work - EU law expertStormont and UK Parliament should govern NI, EU law expert tells Westminster committeeWed Feb 01 2023 - 19:15
UK government decision due on holding Omagh bomb inquiryBereaved relatives understood to have been advised that Northern Ireland Secretary will make statement in House of Commons on ThursdayWed Feb 01 2023 - 17:59
Report that UK and EU have reached post-Brexit customs deal treated with caution in DublinAccording to Government sources intensive talks between London and Brussels are ongoing the matters being discussed are complex and will require detailed and sustainable solutionsWed Feb 01 2023 - 14:45
Creeslough digger driver who worked for 24 hours ‘done what anyone else would have done’Henry Gallagher speaks for the first time in a new TG4 documentary about aftermath of Donegal disasterTue Jan 31 2023 - 14:54
‘Where words fail us, music steps in’: Concert held in memory of Creeslough explosion victimsNames of the ten people killed are read aloud at the opening of the Together for Creeslough concert in LetterkennyTue Jan 31 2023 - 06:10
‘Incredibly relevant’: Bloody Sunday documents shed new light on atrocityThe archive of civil rights campaigner Kevin Boyle provides a ‘powerful first-hand account’ of eventsMon Jan 30 2023 - 02:00
Bad Bridgets: The murderers, thieves and prostitutes among Irish emigrant womenAt least 7.5m people emigrated from Ireland between 1815 and 1914. Among these millions were women who became murderers, professional thieves, prostitutes and alcoholicsSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Belfast Agreement anniversary should mark ‘new dawn’, Ahern to tell Westminster committeeNI ‘still has to realise the full potential dividend’ 25 years on from agreement, former taoiseach to tell Northern Ireland Affairs CommitteeSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:04
Churches could develop truth recovery process, Archbishop saysEamon Martin says reconciliation can only be achieved by facing the past in apparent criticism of UK government’s planned Troubles amnestySun Jan 22 2023 - 15:00
NI Secretary to meet business and political leaders during US tripChris Heaton-Harris will meet US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Joe Kennedy IIISun Jan 22 2023 - 10:28
‘Very real’ prospect of Northern Ireland protocol deal, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar downplays prospects of agreement by 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement in April, saying it will take a ‘couple of months’Fri Jan 20 2023 - 11:38
Fresh Northern Ireland elections on hold as EU and UK hope for protocol breakthroughBritish and Irish ministers met in Dublin on Thursday, stressing the importance of Stormont’s returnThu Jan 19 2023 - 21:18
UN calls on UK to ‘reconsider its approach’ to Troubles legacy BillCommissioner says draft law is ‘incompatible’ with UK’s ‘international human rights obligations’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 16:25
Northern Secretary will not call Assembly election right awayPeriod for restoring Executive expires at midnight, but Heaton-Harris to carefully assess ‘all options’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 00:05
UK tweaks controversial Troubles legacy Bill, but resistance remains from victims’ groupsImmunity revoked for those who ‘knowingly or recklessly’ give false information to new reconciliation bodyTue Jan 17 2023 - 22:15
DUP will be forced to choose between compromise or being left in the coldAn EU-UK protocol deal is inevitable. Donaldson’s best option is to try to sell any changes as a DUP victoryTue Jan 17 2023 - 19:33
Intensive negotiations already under way between EU and UK on protocolDUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson positive after Varadkar meeting, noting FG leader’s ‘better understanding’ of North’s ‘difficulties’Thu Jan 12 2023 - 19:41
‘Exclusion’ of McDonald from Belfast meeting criticised by TaoiseachChris Heaton-Harris said ‘many factors’ had gone into the thought processThu Jan 12 2023 - 14:28
Taoiseach due in Belfast for talks with main Stormont partiesMary Lou McDonald says it is ‘bizarre and unprecedented’ for UK government to ‘exclude leader of SF from leaders’ meeting’Thu Jan 12 2023 - 00:01
Talks to break Stormont deadlock go ahead without any nationalists after ‘exclusion’ of Sinn Féin leaderMcDonald not invited to meeting with Cleverly and Heaton-Harris held in drive to restore power-sharingWed Jan 11 2023 - 22:37
Edwin Poots accused of engaging in ‘abuse of power for political gain’ in ordering halt to post-Brexit checksFormer DUP minister failed to protect impartiality of Civil Service, says FDA general secretaryTue Jan 10 2023 - 15:32
Natalie McNally murder: Police seize car amid renewed appeals for informationDetectives due to return to scene where pregnant woman stabbed to death at her home in Co Armagh on December 18thMon Jan 09 2023 - 00:00
Northern Ireland’s hospitals in ‘crisis’ with delays leading to deaths, consultant saysNorthern Ireland’s hospital emergency departments (EDs) are in “crisis”, a senior consultant has warnedTue Jan 03 2023 - 17:11
Mistakes were made on all sides in handling of Brexit, says VaradkarPost-Brexit protocol ‘too strict’, Taoiseach says, as he promises ‘flexibility’Tue Jan 03 2023 - 00:00
Father of four and his mother-in-law among Co Tyrone crash victimsMother Imelda Quinn (40s) was killed in a separate one-vehicle crash on the M1 near DungannonTue Dec 27 2022 - 19:06
Dermie McClenaghan, veteran Northern Ireland civil rights campaigner, dies age 81McClenaghan was one of organisers of Duke Street march, often regarded as start of The TroublesFri Dec 23 2022 - 18:50
Norwegian state broadcaster apologises for Irish famine ‘joke’Game show on NRK joked that ‘last man to the potato loses’ during challenge, ‘just like in Ireland in 1845′Fri Dec 23 2022 - 08:57
Natalie McNally’s brother appeals to killer to ‘do the decent thing’ and confess‘Her killer has denied Nats the opportunity of being a mummy,’ brother says at Lurgan press conferenceFri Dec 23 2022 - 00:14
Households in Northern Ireland receive delayed energy-support paymentDirect debit customers to get £600 into bank account, while others to be sent voucherMon Dec 19 2022 - 19:22
Biden appoints Joe Kennedy as US special envoy to Northern IrelandFormer congressman to focus on advancing economic development and investment opportunities for NIMon Dec 19 2022 - 15:55
Annie’s Bar 1972: ‘It’s always been classed as the forgotten massacre’Five men were killed in the attack by the loyalist UDA, no one has ever been convicted for the murdersSat Dec 17 2022 - 03:00
Rishi Sunak refuses to ‘raise expectations’ on finding swift solution to NI protocol impasseUK prime minister says he is working ‘flat out’ to try to restore power-sharing at StormontFri Dec 16 2022 - 12:17
Sunak meets NI leaders as political crisis continuesUK prime minister holds “informal discussions” on first visit to Northern Ireland since taking officeFri Dec 16 2022 - 08:00
