Neil Shawcross donates 36 paintings to his adopted cityExhibition celebrates Belfast writers and musiciansTue Oct 23 2018 - 21:03
NI political impasse having ‘adverse impact’ on peace, report warnsIndependent Reporting Commission says paramilitarism remains a ‘stark reality’Tue Oct 23 2018 - 12:47
‘Remain’ Ulster Unionist MEP says Brexit result must be respectedJim Nicholson tells UUP members he voted ‘with the head not with the heart’Sat Oct 20 2018 - 15:40
DUP accused of dragging unionism ‘into the gutter’UUP chief says Northern politics ‘deeply broken’ with no return of devolution in sightSat Oct 20 2018 - 14:00
Majority opposes Westminster taking abortion decisions for NI, new polls findsTwo-thirds of women in North say any changes to legislation a matter for Northern Ireland people and its politiciansWed Oct 17 2018 - 19:19
IRA victims not entitled to compensation, insists senior Libyan diplomatBritish should block release of frozen Libyan assets, says Reg EmpeyWed Oct 17 2018 - 00:52
Campaign exposes Northern Ireland paramilitary attacksSome 87 people in North were attacked by paramilitaries in 2017/18Tue Oct 16 2018 - 12:54
No surrender? DUP holds hard line as business fears buildAnyone doubting party leaders’ resolve on Brexit should think carefully, Foster warnsTue Oct 16 2018 - 01:00
Artwork to explore Border identity with yellow line aestheticUS visual artist Suzanne Lacy worked with 300-plus people for Ulster Museum projectMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
No-deal Brexit could ‘decimate’ NI’s lamb industry, says DUP MPNorth’s sheep sector faces ‘major problems’, says Upper Bann MP David SimpsonMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Taoiseach to discuss Brexit with Arlene FosterDUP leader adamant proposed compromise threatens union integrity and expects no dealMon Oct 15 2018 - 00:09
Clinton urges North’s politicians to form ‘unity government’Interim executive could deal with Brexit and resolve political deadlock – Hillary ClintonWed Oct 10 2018 - 20:23
Calls for ‘live and let live’ outside Ashers in central BelfastPredominant view on Royal Avenue in ‘gay cake’ case in favour of the bakeryWed Oct 10 2018 - 15:57
Stop investigations of Troubles killings, UK political figures urgeFormer Northern secretaries argue better to spend £150m on victims and survivorsWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:15
Almost four out of five Northern Ireland Leavers put Brexit above peace processArlene Foster ahead of meeting with Michel Barnier says EU must respect 2016 referendum resultTue Oct 09 2018 - 07:44
Stormont goes through another day of talks about talksNorthern Secretary has meetings with Simon Coveney, North’s main political parties and church leaders on how to restore StormontMon Oct 08 2018 - 20:14
Coveney to meet Bradley for Stormont restoration talksNorthern Secretary meeting politicians in preliminary move to resolve deadlockMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:45
Businesses in North run shy of political feuding over BrexitPoliticians urged to find a ‘middle way’ to avoid damage to Northern Ireland economyMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:02
Why was Mike Nesbitt moved to utter republican slogan?Tiocfaidh ár what? Young people in west Belfast put a united Ireland to a voteSat Oct 06 2018 - 01:00
British government receives thousands of submissions on legacy of TroublesSinn Féin clarifies its position to consultation process on main protagonist of conflictFri Oct 05 2018 - 00:00
Why are there still so few Catholics in the PSNI?Talk of return of 50:50 recruitment to improve balance antagonises unionistsThu Oct 04 2018 - 01:09
British were main Troubles protagonist, Sinn Féin claimsParty makes submission to British government consultation on addressing legacy of pastThu Oct 04 2018 - 01:00
Britain the ‘main conflict protagonist’ in the TroublesSinn Féin said Britain has always sought to ‘conceal and deny’ its role in the TroublesWed Oct 03 2018 - 13:52
Crash of Stormont blocks legislation to seize criminal assets in NorthThousands of businesses being extorted by paramilitaries, says senior PSNI officerTue Oct 02 2018 - 00:05
Four out of five PSNI recruits are from Protestant communityPoliticians may have to resume 50:50 Catholic:Protestant recruitment, PSNI head saysMon Oct 01 2018 - 13:38
Cash for ash inquiry hears evidence of failure, fury and farceRHI inquiry chairman incredulous that there was no written record of who decided not to pull the reins on the highly lucrative but disastrous schemeFri Sept 07 2018 - 06:00
NI Secretary vows action to allow civil servants run NorthThousands of jobs and £1bn in projects on hold due ot DUP-Sinn Féin deadlockThu Sept 06 2018 - 21:36
DUP’s Jonathan Bell alleges ‘massive smear campaign’ against himSky News denies allegation that correspondent David Blevins was providing advice to the DUP on how to ‘destroy’ BellThu Sept 06 2018 - 14:00
Former DUP Minister denies he swung a punch at his special adviserJonathan Bell alleges senior party pressure exerted on him to delay capping cash for ash schemeWed Sept 05 2018 - 19:40
Civil servant says DUP official involved in delaying cap on cash-for-ash schemeInquiry told ‘many mistakes at official level’ in the way renewable heat incentive devisedTue Sept 04 2018 - 22:17
RHI Inquiry hears claim DUP Minister ‘swung a punch’ at adviser‘Dysfunctional’ relationship may have contributed to cash for ash debacle, inquiry toldTue Sept 04 2018 - 13:34
New course looks at Civil Rights movement and early TroublesKey players in protests or politics 50 years ago will lecture at Stranmillis UniversityTue Sept 04 2018 - 01:00
Belfast’s rapid transit bus system gets going despite hitchesGlider route system mirrors changes planned under Dublin’s BusConnects planMon Sept 03 2018 - 01:31
Harris will need all his experience to renew An Garda SíochánaNew Garda Commissioner has described the Patten report as ‘a seminal document’Mon Sept 03 2018 - 00:20
Brexit would boost support for united Ireland, poll findsIf UK left EU, 52% in North would vote for unity, survey of 1,200 people revealsMon Sept 03 2018 - 00:01
Belfast-based unit aims to reduce vulnerability to cyber threatsNew unit at Queen’s University aims to improve internet-connected hardware securityThu Aug 30 2018 - 04:15
Landmark Belfast Primark store at risk of collapsingStructural engineers assessing whether Bank Buildings can be savedWed Aug 29 2018 - 22:08
Protesters say ‘we deserve better’ as Stormont hiatus ties recordNorthern Ireland has now been without a functioning administration for 589 daysTue Aug 28 2018 - 20:34
Arlene Foster defends decision not to meet Pope FrancisDUP leader, who was on family trip, says she could not pass personal invite to a colleagueTue Aug 28 2018 - 17:01
Man (80) faces prison term for sexual abuse of adopted daughterMan admitted abuse in 1987 but was ‘not subject to police action’, Belfast court toldTue Aug 28 2018 - 13:31
Protests to mark North’s 589 days of political impasseAbsence of Stormont ‘sorry indictment’, says SDLP leader as Belgium’s record exceededTue Aug 28 2018 - 00:13
Britain is showing contempt to North over Brexit, O’Neill warnsNorthern party leaders line up to criticise no-deal scenarios outlined by Dominic RaabFri Aug 24 2018 - 06:00
George Mitchell warns of ‘immense tragedy’ if Stormont politics failsPolitical leaders must summon the courage and vision their predecessors demonstrated in 1998 – former US SenatorThu Aug 23 2018 - 13:56
Catholics crestfallen that pope not visiting Northern IrelandThousands of devout faithful set to make cross-Border trip for papal Mass in DublinThu Aug 23 2018 - 01:00
Sinn Féin’s income in North almost twice that of DUPLatest figures point to financial difficulties of SDLP as it considers merger with Fianna FáilWed Aug 22 2018 - 16:22
Pope Francis should cancel Irish visit, says Belfast priestFr Patrick McCafferty says pope should ‘stay away’ because of issue of clerical sex abuseFri Aug 17 2018 - 02:00
Omagh ceremony overshadowed by claim bombing could have been preventedPriest publicly puts it to the bombers to say sorry and look for forgiveness at commemorationWed Aug 15 2018 - 19:18
Omagh bombing ‘could have been prevented’, says former police ombudsmanRelatives marking 20 years since the August 1998 dissident republican blastWed Aug 15 2018 - 12:14
Northern Ireland on verge of new world record – for no government‘We can see decay and stagnation in many of our public services. It can’t go on like this.’Tue Aug 07 2018 - 01:01
Sudden U-turn suggests Mary Lou McDonald is not in driving seatSinn Féin leader’s about-face on Border poll issue has whiff of old republicanism about itThu Aug 02 2018 - 01:00
