New Stormont deadline on fresh elections if executive not formed set for February 8thTwo-year anniversary of the collapse of powersharing approaches as DUP comes under increasing pressure to end boycott of assemblyTue Jan 23 2024 - 21:01
Almost 2,500 bus and train drivers planning further strike action in Northern IrelandLatest walkout comes after mass strike by 170,000 public sector workers last weekTue Jan 23 2024 - 11:46
Slow-building crisis in North’s health system keeps excess deaths ‘off the radar’, says senior doctorEmergency medicine consultant Russell McLaughlin draws a comparison with lives lost at the height of the Troubles to illustrate the crisis facing Northern Ireland’s health serviceSun Jan 21 2024 - 11:49
Irish Government lodges case against UK in European Court of Human RightsCase lodged over UK’s controversial legislation to deal with the legacy of the Troubles in Northern IrelandFri Jan 19 2024 - 20:04
Legal action against Gerry Adams to proceed but Troubles compensation case thrown outThree men injured by bombs in England allege Gerry Adams was ‘leading member’ of Provisional IRAFri Jan 19 2024 - 16:53
Porters, bus drivers and teachers marched through Belfast’s streets and roared their demands for fair pay‘It’s not about green, it’s not about orange anymore. It’s about the haves and the have-nots – and the haves don’t seem to care about the have-nots’Fri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
‘Going on strike was our last resort’: public-sector workers in North grittily determined amid snowStriking public-sector workers express frustration at efforts to make progress on pay and conditions amid political stalemateFri Jan 19 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland public sector workers vow ‘this is not the end’ for mass industrial actionMembers of 17 unions representing 170,000 staff took to picket lines on Thursday in dispute over sector funding and payThu Jan 18 2024 - 20:06
Northern Ireland strike: Six striking workers explain why they are on the picket linesStriking unions call on the Northern Secretary to release part of a package dependent on a restored Assembly and Executive, and settle the pay disputeThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
Northern Ireland comes to ‘unprecedented’ standstill as public sector workers strikeIndustrial action by nurses, teachers, bus and train drivers shuts schools and suspends public transportThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
Latest round of political talks aimed at restoring Stormont ends in deadlockOn Thursday more than 170,000 public sector workers will stage mass workout in dispute over pay, a dispute the Northern Secretary says is a ‘devolved matter’Mon Jan 15 2024 - 20:08
Northern Ireland parties meet ahead of unprecented strike by public sector workersNo breakthrough expected despite mass walkout of 170,000 workers set to close schools and reduce health and transport servicesMon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
Post Office scandal exoneration ‘must be extended’ to Northern IrelandTyrone sub-postmistress Deirdre Connolly was questioned over alleged discrepancies in a UK-wide scandal subsequently traced to faulty softwareThu Jan 11 2024 - 20:37
Man murdered in Belfast shooting was suspect in gangland killingPolice officers remain at the scene in the Greenan area of west BelfastWed Jan 10 2024 - 13:41
Death of a Belfast street: ‘There’s no shops, there’s not really a reason for coming down here’In its 1850s heyday, North Street was the commercial hub of the city. Now it is ignored and filled with derelict graffitied buildingsMon Jan 08 2024 - 06:30
UK government ‘overindulged’ DUP and must restore Stormont with or without them, says FarryAlliance Party deputy leader says North in ‘farcical situation’ where majority voted for parties who want powersharing but now ‘isolated’ due to DUP’s boycottFri Jan 05 2024 - 16:32
Accused in Belfast extradition court on charge of importing over €20m of cannabis into Europe Egyptian national alleged to be part of narcotics trafficking network involved in running contraband from Morocco in 2013Fri Dec 29 2023 - 18:25
Blair told Mowlam to put abortion law reform ‘on ice’ 20 years before it was legalised in NorthPrime minister’s private secretary wrote that Blair ‘sees little scope for bi-communal support for a change to the law’Thu Dec 28 2023 - 05:00
Doomed plan to create Premier League team ‘Belfast United’ detailed in filesState papers: Tony Blair wanted Wimbledon FC to move to Northern Ireland but senior civil servant warned it could be ‘another focus for sectarianism’Thu Dec 28 2023 - 00:01
Nuclear attack on Northern Ireland viewed as ‘possibility’ after 9/11There were calls for decontamination units to operate at capacity while protective clothing and supplies of antidotes, needles and syringes must be ‘built up’, top civil servant urgedThu Dec 28 2023 - 00:01
Governments urged to reflect amid conflict over UK’s Legacy ActFormer British justice secretary Robert Buckland urges calm amid dispute between London and DublinFri Dec 22 2023 - 13:17
‘Who actually runs this damn country?’: UK reacts to State’s challenge of Troubles legacy BillNorthern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris accuses Government of being ‘misguided’ in taking case to European Court of Human RightsThu Dec 21 2023 - 19:31
UK government offers increased package of £3.3bn to NI parties to restore StormontPackage aimed at restoring Northen Ireland’s political institutions increased after initial offer rejected as too littleTue Dec 19 2023 - 12:17
Jeffrey Donaldson ducks decision on return to Stormont for now, but can’t put off his ‘Trimble moment’ for much longerReaching a deal to restore the powersharing Executive is a test of DUP leader’s ‘bottle’ and his ability to bring the more hardline members of his party with himMon Dec 18 2023 - 19:24
DUP ‘rules out’ any Stormont return before ChristmasNorthern Ireland’s political parties to reconvene at Hillsborough Castle for talks on financial packageMon Dec 18 2023 - 11:00
Northern Ireland talks which could lead to restored Stormont Assembly to continue into next weekDiscussions between political parties and UK government over increased funding to Northern Ireland had been due to conclude on WednesdayWed Dec 13 2023 - 22:33
Jamie Dornan to receive honorary degree from Queen’s UniversityCo Down actor, who starred in Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast and in TV series The Tourist, joins F1 pundit Bernadette Collins and former SDLP leader Mark Durkan in receiving doctorateMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:00
Hume and Trimble commemoration in Derry to be addressed by Bertie AhernFormer taoiseach to speak at event at Derry’s Guildhall by video linkMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:00
Windsor Framework amendment talks between London and DUP finished, Sinn Féin saysNorthern Ireland Office rejects Sinn Féin’s claim as ‘totally incorrect’ and says discussions with DUP ongoingSun Dec 10 2023 - 20:58
Paramilitarism is a ‘continuing threat’ in Northern Ireland, report findsReport highlights 194 households were accepted as homeless last year due to intimidation by paramilitariesWed Dec 06 2023 - 08:55
‘It’s too small; it’s too limited’ - how the North lags the South in women’s healthcareWomen’s health seen as a priority in Republic, in stark contrast to Northern Ireland, where women are still seeking information about review of smear test resultsSat Nov 25 2023 - 08:00
UK laws dealing with Troubles legacy face legal challenge in NorthAmnesty International calls on Government to ‘stand with victims’ and pursue its own case against law ending Troubles-era prosecutionsTue Nov 21 2023 - 14:35
North’s courts empty as barristers striker over delayed legal aid payments‘They basically stopped paying us,’ one barrister said. ‘Can you imagine being a teacher and not getting paid for six months?’Fri Nov 17 2023 - 19:00
‘We’re sitting in full view of masked men knowing they’re loyalist paramilitaries’: Murdered Belfast man’s family on recent court ordealNorthern Ireland’s top judge has ordered an inquiry into how masked men were permitted to sit in the public gallery of a sectarian double murder trialSat Nov 11 2023 - 07:00
New PSNI chief constable says policing must ‘get the funding it deserves’Jon Boutcher insisted that while he would listen to political concerns, the independence of policing was 'sacrosanct'Wed Nov 08 2023 - 18:13
Reward of £20,000 offered for information on ‘cold-blooded murder’ in south Armagh PSNI renews appeal for Martin Conlon (35) who was abducted by masked men and shot in the head in the Keady area in 2005Tue Nov 07 2023 - 00:01
Donaldson rejects suggestion that talks to restore Stormont have ended without breakthroughTánaiste says progress has ‘ebbed’, and he believes talks have ‘more or less come to a conclusion’Mon Nov 06 2023 - 16:14
Oscar pioneer James Martin: ‘When I was growing up I was bullied. Big time’ The Belfast actor on coping with fame, meeting Joe Biden and the advice he gives young people with acting aspirationsSat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00
Masked men in Belfast court ‘retriggering’ for victims’ familiesAbout six men with face coverings attended murder trial featuring evidence by ‘supergrass’ Gary HaggartyWed Oct 25 2023 - 20:42
Stephen Nolan accused of ‘corrupting’ BBC recruitment process by ‘coaching’ candidate prior to interviewHost of The Nolan Show accused of involvement in ‘rigged’ interview process for ‘sought after’ role on his show by DUP MP Gregory CampbellTue Oct 24 2023 - 16:32
Evergreen trees a ‘beautiful living memorial’ to victims of Shankill Road bombingHundreds lined road in Belfast at site of former Frizzell’s fish shop, where a no-warning IRA bomb killed nine people 30 years agoMon Oct 23 2023 - 19:36
PSNI interim chief constable offers to apologise to two officers who were unlawfully disciplinedPolice federation chairman welcomes Jon Boutcher’s decision not to appeal High Court judgment and praises his ‘swift action’Fri Oct 20 2023 - 18:02
New policing powers to tackle stalking in North a ‘win’ for victims, charity saysStalking protection orders will enable PSNI to prosecute those in breach of an order at the outset of an investigation, before a stalking conviction takes placeThu Oct 19 2023 - 20:20
Interim PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher in frame for £220,000 a year top jobAssistant chief constable Bobby Singleton also named by the BBC as joint frontrunner for the postThu Oct 19 2023 - 19:30
DUP conference: Jeffrey Donaldson delivers case for Stormont return to party faithful Getting powersharing back will protect North’s future in the UK, leader tells delegates, but gives no time frameSun Oct 15 2023 - 10:08
Stormont powersharing ‘essential’ in securing NI’s place within the UK, DUP saysJeffrey Donaldson says progress has been made in negotiations over Windsor FrameworkSat Oct 14 2023 - 17:42
Jeffrey Donaldson insists he doesn’t want to wait ‘another year’ before re-entering StormontNo functioning government in North for 20 months due to unionist party’s boycott of powersharing over post-Brexit Protocol dealFri Oct 13 2023 - 17:47
‘Ball is in the DUP’s court,’ says Mary Lou McDonald as hopes of Stormont breakthrough grow Speculation mounting that DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson will announce return to powersharing at its party conferenceThu Oct 12 2023 - 18:54
Using AI in election administration could harm democratic process, study findsQueen’s University Belfast study warns that using AI technologies such as video monitoring to tackle fraud may impair integrity of elections if widely usedThu Oct 12 2023 - 00:01
Creeslough memorial: ‘Ten beautiful souls’ who died will be ‘forever held in our hearts’ Parish priest says community has long journey to healing, but will travel it together, as Donegal village marks one-year anniversary of tragedySat Oct 07 2023 - 22:12
