Common Ground

Leaders of Plaid Cymru and SNP join chat with SF delegates in Belfast hosted by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill

Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year

UK government has been ‘consulting widely’ on Northern Ireland Troubles legislation, says Hilary Benn

‘The Irish were the raw material for the Industrial Revolution in England,’ says exhibition curator Christopher Kissane

Ancient Order of Hibernians deeply invested in Ireland, but its attitudes have changed with the times

‘The Orange Order is as important to Unionists as the GAA is to those in the nationalist community’

Tony Doris had planned to kill former Ulster Defence Regiment soldier

Three nationalist first ministers in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales may not prove the triumph for nationalism they seem

Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery has faced multiple issues since inception

Some thought has gone into the psychology of carefully boiling the fiscal frog

Academics added to advisory committee alongside former taoisigh and chief justices

For our small population, we are outstripping other jurisdictions in one area only – the murder of women

Shifts in identity, social change and the strain of long incumbency mean Ireland’s nearest neighbour is about to undergo a sea change

British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting taking place in Tralee, Co Kerry

Investigating past army misdeeds is a witch-hunt, right-leaning Britain is told, but where is the evidence?

UCD politics students say northerners and southerners have much to learn about each other before any thought of unification

Communique issued after last week’s meeting in Cork revealed depth of growing co-operation since PM entered Downing Street

Bombing inquiry has received ‘very significant quantity’ of Garda material but some matters still need ‘ironing out’

This is a story about two things: the changing nature of the left and the diminishing power of Irish America

John Kelly’s grandfather departed Dublin for the city on the Mersey in the 1930s, his grandson now heads up Suir Engineering, with 1,600 employees, in the country he left

Identity shifts across the island changing landscape in a way that may impact constitutional debate

Prime minister has transformed British-Irish relations during his time in Downing Street – can they thrive after he is gone?

The conflict began 57 years ago, yet politicians are resisting letting the past become the past

Former commanding officers say politicians will not have to account for actions, unlike former service members

In recent months, the early positivity of the latest version of Stormont has fallen away

Former Sinn Féin leader’s long history of denials of IRA membership will come under the spotlight in a case starting on Monday

Reverend Richard Kerr begins with an apology - ‘no ifs, buts or maybes’ - as he begins his term

Whoever takes the reins this summer, Reform or Plaid Cymru, social and economic challenges remain

Report calls for mutual recognition of qualifications and skills and integration of rail services across the island

Saying sorry may not be on the agenda, but some serious reflection about State’s behaviour is warranted

We have become fascinating island study of how bureaucracies work in their own interest

While Éamon de Valera emerged from his good war thanks to his political manoeuvring, he did make one ‘unforced error’

Programme to prevent young people being recruited by paramilitaries among scheme’s initiatives

UK prime minister and Labour leader is running out of options

Yesterday marked the start of strict enforcement when boarding transport to the UK, hence Aer Lingus requiring passports on all flights to Britain

Increasing sectarian attacks due to polarisation on ‘identity and sovereignty’ issues

Linking Warrenpoint in south Down to Omeath in north Louth, bridge is expected to have transformative effect

Most British historians have ‘no interest’ in Ireland, says academic as Cambridge announces new Anglo-Irish post

The estate, which runs alongside the Border in Co Monaghan, has borne the Leslie name for 400 years and is ‘part and parcel of the community’

Government’s funding of modern Irish history chair at Cambridge a signal of belief in importance of independent scholarship, Micheál Martin says