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Towns and cities all around Ireland will be celebrating the LGBTQ+ community as well as their friends and families

‘A Border poll will come at some stage, but that’s not where we are now’, former UUP senator tells SDLP conference

Minister for Justice emphasises support for Taoiseach’s Shared Island project which will see €2bn spent on cross-Border co-operation

Barry Young is second person arrested as part of Garda-PSNI investigation into Belfast killing

Track upgrade north of Malahide and at Clongriffin, electrification of 37km of network from Malahide to Drogheda planned

Local man died a week after assault in Suffolk Road area

He also wrote of his brother’s killing with immense courage and humanity

The veteran broadcaster on revealing a 40-year-old ‘secret’ and the necessity of moral compromise in the Northern Ireland conflict

Carl Holland was punched by assailant who arrived in a taxi, PSNI says

Granting bail to man allegedly involved in riots would send wrong message, Belfast high court judge says

Patrick Sharkey (83) given 6½ years for 132 charges of abuse spanning a quarter of a century

Rioters focused their cruel fury on people of colour, whose ancestors were once fellow subjects of the crown

Anna Handler, currently kapellmeister with Deutsche Oper and assistant conductor at Boston Symphony Orchestra, takes over from Daniele Rustioni

Dazzled SpaceX investors and frenzied brick-throwing boys in Belfast are all swallowing his dark fantasies

Belfast Magistrates’ Court heard the attack was launched while one of the victims was at home with friends watching the World Cup

Eamon Martin praises contribution of immigrants and says racism is a ‘grave sin’

Far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped and had his phones seized at London airport

PSNI says number of arrests over disorder in Northern Ireland that followed knife attack reaches 23

Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police

The Co Down athlete and reigning European 1,500m champion was diagnosed with stage four cancer just over a year ago

AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s riots, but loyalists were at the centre of the disturbances

Mainstream politicians and powerful platform owners competed and collaborated to dominate the radical right agenda

Man’s defence solicitor concedes there is a ‘degree of irony’ in his client being ‘anywhere near’ demonstrations

Anti-racism events organised in response to unrest, which began after Belfast stabbing

Dark times for those who believe in a society that respects the dignity and humanity of all people

PSNI chief blames ‘racist thugs’ for disorder as protests on Thursday limited to small, isolated groups blocking roads in the east of city

Twenty-seven people have been made homeless as a result of the unrest, which broke out following protests over a knife attack that left a man seriously injured

Micheál Martin defends Common Travel Area but says issues need to be addressed

Racism has been associated with unionist areas because that is where immigrants have been able to find housing. Republican communities take pride in behaving better

New all-island efforts aim to halt the spread of damaging non-native species before they become permanent residents

‘Eyes of the world are watching us,’ say Executive Ministers, ‘actions will shape how we are viewed’

Earlier, the PSNI warned social media users that it is aware the some users are posting address details online in a “totally unacceptable” manner

Common Travel Area ‘works for citizens in the United Kingdom and for Irish citizens as a benefit’, Taoiseach says

In the News podcast: Violence sparked by brutal stabbing incident in the city

Public inquiry demanded by Belfast family has finally gotten under way two years after it was announced

Unrest follows anti-immigration demonstrations in wake of incident that left victim seriously injured

Hadi Alodid also charged with threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife

Cars and homes were set alight in disorder that followed a knife attack in the city on Monday

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Government told to prepare to relocate coastal and flood-prone communities

Finucane shot dead by Ulster Defence Association in 1989 in attack found to have involved British state collusion