Hague sees 'real opportunity' for both countriesBUSINESS BREAKFAST: IRELAND AND Britain must “be in the vanguard” to ensure that the EU agrees free trade deals with India and…Thu May 19 2011 - 01:00
Visit 'one of most important in Queen's reign'MEDIA: QUEEN ELIZABETH’S visit to Ireland is “one of the most important that she has made in all her long reign”, the London…Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
President greets royal couple at Áras where Queen plants Irish oak treeÁRAS AN UACHTARÁIN: QUEEN ELIZABETH was greeted by President Mary McAleese and was accorded full military honours yesterday …Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
Occasion a hugely significant one, says CameronBRITISH PRIME MINISTER: BRITISH PRIME Minister David Cameron, who travels to Dublin today for Queen Elizabeth’s State visit, …Wed May 18 2011 - 01:00
Bomb experts destroy suitcase after phone threatLONDON: STREETS IN central London were closed off for a number of hours yesterday morning while bomb disposal experts destroyed…Tue May 17 2011 - 01:00
British cabinet selling fine wines to raise funds for moreHIGH-QUALITY WINES, including a “silky” 1961 Chateau Margaux and a 1975 Chateau Palmer that “is excellent with some austerity…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
UK yet to feel full impact of cuts, says studyHOUSEHOLD INCOMES in the United Kingdom rose during the recession despite significant increases in unemployment but the full …Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
'News of World' hacked 45 Prescott messagesCLOSE TO 50 messages left on voicemail by former British deputy prime minister John Prescott were intercepted, transcribed and…Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Laws suspended from Commons for expenses breachLIBERAL DEMOCRAT MP David Laws’s hope that he could return to the British cabinet has been dealt a blow, following a decision…Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
BA and Unite reach deal to end bitter 18-month disputeBRITISH AIRWAYS and its largest union, Unite, have reached a deal to end an 18-month dispute that led to 22 days of strikes, £…Fri May 13 2011 - 01:00
Biggest source of wealth for royal family could be at seaTHE PAVEMENTS at the junction of Pall Mall and St James’s Street in London, blocked off by hoardings, are a nightmare for pedestrians…Thu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Clegg vows to get tougher with Tories on coalition anniversaryLIBERAL DEMOCRAT leader and deputy UK prime minister Nick Clegg yesterday vowed to take a tougher stand in coalition with the…Thu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Two men jailed for murder can seek compensationTWO MEN from Northern Ireland, jailed for life for murder in 1979, were wrongfully refused compensation after their convictions…Thu May 12 2011 - 01:00
Cameron asks ministers to consider privacy lawBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has ordered ministers to consider the preparation of a privacy law for the United Kingdom…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
Labour to go it alone with minority Welsh administrationCARWYN JONES, Labour’s leader in Wales, has decided to form a minority administration following last week’s election where he…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
Reforms will irreparably damage NHS, warn GPs and nursesPLANNED REFORMS of the UK’S National Health Service, which will give doctors control over the commissioning of £80 billion worth…Tue May 10 2011 - 01:00
Clegg unscrambles party message on Tory policiesBRITISH DEPUTY prime minister Nick Clegg has begun to take a more combative attitude publicly to his Conservative party coalition…Mon May 09 2011 - 01:00
Nationalists win outright majority for first timeSCOTLAND: THE SCOTTISH National Party, which has won a comfortable majority in parliamentary elections, will hold a referendum…Sat May 07 2011 - 01:00
Scottish independence vote before 2015, says SNP leaderSCOTTISH FIRST minister Alex Salmond has said that Scotland’s “eyes are on the future” following a historic victory by the Scottish…Sat May 07 2011 - 01:00
UK voters firmly reject electoral reformREFERENDUM: THE REFERENDUM to reform voting rules for the election of Westminster MPs has been resoundingly defeated, in a further…Sat May 07 2011 - 01:00
Labour likely to seek coalition partnerWALES: THE BRITISH Labour Party is likely to try and form a new coalition in Wales, possibly with its nationalist partners in…Sat May 07 2011 - 01:00
Lazarus-like victory now needed to end anachronistic systemLONDON LETTER : Campaigners seeking to preserve the UK’s voting rules for Westminster elections are triumphant – even before…Thu May 05 2011 - 01:00
Men questioned over suspected threat to Sellafield releasedFIVE BANGLADESHI men arrested near the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant on Monday have been released, after police accepted…Thu May 05 2011 - 01:00
Low-key First Minister sets sights on a clear majorityANALYSIS: Unknown outside Wales, Carwyn Jones could shortly become Britain’s most powerful Labour politician despite a lacklustre…Wed May 04 2011 - 01:00
Huhne confronts Cameron over campaignSHARP DISAGREEMENTS were aired at the British Cabinet table yesterday as relations between the Conservatives and the Liberal …Wed May 04 2011 - 01:00
Police question five men filming near SellafieldFIVE BANGLADESHI men, who were arrested on Monday after they were found with camera equipment near the Sellafield nuclear reprocessing…Wed May 04 2011 - 01:00
Royal watchers make an impact on electricity demandWATCHING THE CEREMONY: EIRGRID said television and web viewers caused a noticeable change to electricity demand in Ireland yesterday…Sat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00
Prince in Irish Guards uniformIRISH CONNECTIONS: PRINCE William, though a serving search-and-rescue helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force in Wales, wore…Sat Apr 30 2011 - 01:00
Enormous crowds to line route for celebrationsUP TO one million people are expected to line the route between Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace in London today for the…Fri Apr 29 2011 - 01:00
President criticises calls for corporate tax hikeDEMANDS BY France and Germany for increases in Ireland’s corporation tax rates are “a nonsense”, President Mary McAleese has …Fri Apr 29 2011 - 01:00
Church might become cornerstone again with property sell-offsGLASGOW LETTER: Spiralling church repair costs could end up reconnecting clergy with their communityThu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
Treasury cannot calculate North's corporation tax takeTHE UK treasury’s inability to calculate the corporation tax paid by businesses operating in Northern Ireland leaves Stormont…Thu Apr 28 2011 - 01:00
BBC journalist accused of hypocrisy after dropping 'gag order' on affairTOP BBC journalist Andrew Marr has dropped an injunction preventing newspapers reporting that he had an extramarital affair, …Wed Apr 27 2011 - 01:00
Lib Dems attack Conservatives over vote reformRELATIONS BETWEEN the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have nosedived following bitter attacks by the smaller coalition…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
Royals reject claims Blair and Brown snubbed by not making the guest listTHE BRITISH royal family has rejected claims that former Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown have been snubbed…Mon Apr 25 2011 - 01:00
Bishop urges wider access to Church of England schoolsPLANS for the Church of England to cut the number of places offered to children of practising Anglicans to just one in 10 in …Sat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
Kilwilkie teenagers have their eyes on the ballSITTING IN a Mayfair office in London this week, a group of teenagers from the Kilwilkie estate in Lurgan, Co Armagh, reflected…Sat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
State to demand price cuts from suppliers to reduce €16bn billTHE GOVERNMENT is to demand significant cuts in prices from the 30 largest companies supplying goods and services to departments…Fri Apr 22 2011 - 01:00
Cameron says sectarianism must be crushed as cardinal says he was sent bulletBRITISH PRIME minister David Cameron has condemned a letter-bomb campaign against Celtic manager Neil Lennon and two leading …Fri Apr 22 2011 - 01:00
Massive bonuses for bankers? Not for these equitable SwedesLONDON LETTER: Handelsbanken is using traditional techniques of local knowledge and measured staff rewards to grow rapidly in…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Celtic manager sent 'viable' parcel bombPOLICE SERVICE of Northern Ireland detectives are co-operating with Scottish police seeking those who sent parcel bombs to Celtic…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Nama to offer loans to mostly foreign investorsThe National Asset Management Agency is to offer loans to mostly foreign investors to buy properties in Ireland in a bid to bring…Thu Apr 21 2011 - 01:00
Royal wedding protest not permittedA MUSLIM group which sparked fury last year by burning poppies at an Armistice Day parade has been refused permission to protest…Wed Apr 20 2011 - 01:00
Britain not asked to cut interest rate on €3.8bn bilateral loan, says KennyTHE BRITISH government has not been asked to reduce the interest rate charged on a €3Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
Taoiseach says vast majority will warmly welcome QueenQUEEN ELIZABETH’S visit to Ireland next month will be of major historic significance and will be “warmly welcomed by the vast…Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
Phone hacking investigation 'will not hamper civil actions'CIVIL ACTIONS against the News of the World by a number of celebrities, who allege that the tabloid hacked into their voicemail…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Execution drug export ban urgedTHE BRITISH government is pressing the European Union to impose an export ban on drugs that can be used in lethal injection executions…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Plan for mosque near army school raises home county hacklesLONDON LETTER: Residents of leafy Sandhurst in Surrey are fighting to stop the construction of a mosque that would have 100ft…Thu Apr 14 2011 - 01:00
Changes to plan to give GPs more control of NHS budgetMAJOR LEGISLATION to give GPs control over most of the National Health Service’s budget in England will be changed to give a …Thu Apr 07 2011 - 01:00
