The people behind the numbers as Ireland’s population grows by nearly a third in 20 years
In 2022, the population of the island exceeded seven million for the first time since the Famine
‘People don’t care that much’: Frustrated sighs audible as students asked the ‘British or Irish’ question
Lagan College opened during the dark days of the Troubles as Catholic and Protestant parents wanted their children to learn together
British ambassador to leave diplomatic service but remain in Dublin after ‘falling in love with the city’
‘The people we’ve met have been the highlight of our time here,’ says Paul Johnston
Economic concerns growing across the island, warns InterTrade Ireland
Retail and construction industry especially worried, with professional services less concerned about coming months
A Nigel Farage-led UK goverment could herald a united Ireland – Varadkar
Former taoiseach hopes Farage win does not happen, but Irish Government should be ‘just-in-case’ planning
Stormont is slow, afraid of new thinking and costly, says report
Former ministers and senior civil servants outline litany of failures, blockages and short-sightedness in Assembly and Executive
Windsor deal an opaque mess, says Democratic Unionist Party leader
Framework agreement frustrates ‘the ability for ordinary, routine and at times complex and serious engagement’
Rory Stewart: Britons’ view of Ireland has gone from ‘patronising superiority to complete ignorance’
Ireland is the UK’s best route back to better ties with the EU, says the former Conservative minister
PSNI given emergency Stormont cash to tackle anti-immigration riots
All parties in executive ‘on the same page’ in condemning ‘violent racism’, Michelle O’Neill said
Three teenagers charged with riot in Ballymena while leisure centre set alight in Larne in third night of violence
The leisure centre in Larne, which had been used as emergency shelter, was set on fire by masked vandals
US multinationals will be slow to return operations to US, Ibec leader says
US firms will think carefully before bringing investments ‘back into a regime that’s so chaotic’ says Danny McCoy
Cross-Border workers refused mortgages
Substantial decline in numbers officially working across the Border from where they live since Brexit, conference is told
Ireland must stop ‘free-riding’ on security ‘gifted by others’, says former Chief of Staff
Mark Mellett calls for more defence spending: ‘State security is inextricably linked with economic security'
‘We Irish were never homogeneous. Always hybrids, always mongrels’
New RTÉ TV series tells the story of the island over thousands of years in a way that both informs and challenges
Hauliers seek to keep post-storm Holyhead ferry schedule after ‘transformative’ impact on trade flow
Stena line, which owns the port, plans to revert to the previous sail times