Fears new UK citizenship ceremonies with flags could damage NI community relations
Blair-era pledge of giving ‘my loyalty to the United Kingdom’ faced concerns in wake of Belfast Agreement
Sinn Féin accused of ‘simplistic’ claim that inequality the cause of North’s community difficulties
Party ignored ‘many other’ factors including ‘violent conflict that resulted in over 3,000 deaths’
Peace process prisoner releases prompted warning that not all would become ‘good guys’, State papers show
British NI minister noted ‘legitimate concerns’ that released prisoners could end up teaching children of their victims
Schoolchildren at Holy Cross and Shankill traumatised by harassment and feuds in early 2000s
UDA factional feud had impact in strongly loyalist area at same time as north Belfast Catholic children faced attack
Trimble and Mallon feared DUP ministers would not honour Executive confidentiality
Peter Robinson and Nigel Dodds refused to attend Executive meetings due to objections to SF’s McGuinness and de Brún
Narrow Water Bridge: £500,000 proposal was turned down in 1970s before rocketing to €100m
NI official found proposal ‘most attractive’ for tourism but ‘cannot see money being available for this’ in 1975
How Sinn Féin came in from the cold: British state’s changing attitude to republicans tracked over time
Arrival of Sinn Féin members as elected representatives in 1980s met with caution and secrecy by officials
Irish officials requested that inward investment be kept out of North-South co-operation
During final, critical negotiations ahead of 1998 Belfast Agreement, Dublin officials were ‘clearly under pressure’ from IDA, NI civil service noted
Former Christian Brother jailed for abusing children was ‘like a dark shadow’ in victims’ lives
Paul Dunleavy preyed on boys from deprived backgrounds, leaving them with feelings of worthlessness, self-hatred and guilt
The Disappeared: ‘If you think there are straightforward heroes and villains then you are not thinking hard enough’
Say Nothing covers a broad sweep of Troubles history, from civil rights marches in 1969 to the arrest of Gerry Adams for questioning about the murder of Jean McConville. It’s a story about the costs of violence ‘and the way they echo down the years’
A changing of the guard within the DUP but still no whiff of the barnstorming conferences of the past
Tough year for DUP amid Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation, losing three seats in UK election; and Brexit and its Irish Sea border complications
Robinson pledges ‘new approach’ to revitalise DUP at first annual conference as new leader
Party leader did not directly refer to historical sex offence charges that Jeffrey Donaldson’s faces and denies
Thirty years after the ceasefire, former IRA members believe the battle of history is being won
Three republicans who served time during the Troubles have no regrets about the long IRA campaign of violence
Daniel Wiffen homecoming: ‘It’s so good to have the whole village backing you’
‘We are a small village but we are now a big place on the map,’ Olympic swimming gold and bronze medallist tells his local community in Magheralin
The fall of Ian Paisley junior and the house of Paisley
Jim Allister ousted Ian junior, 54 years after Ian senior had won the North Antrim seat