Common Ground

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Britain’s prime minister repeated his assertion that a plebiscite on Irish unity was ‘off the table’

Experts say security services are ‘on top of things’ but significant risks are being assessed

Leader Jon Burrows is under pressure to bring stability to a party that finds itself in a political crisis

Ballybofey and Stranorlar in Co Donegal have the second highest commercial vacancy rate in the country

Iona Institute says falling birth rates account for about 60 per cent of decline, with secularisation accounting for the remainder

The local view is that a younger generation is being easily manipulated by dissidents, albeit few in number

Sinn Féin and DUP blame each other for the assembly’s failings, but there is a need for reform

Taoiseach said party colleagues should concentrate on the benefits of the Shared Island initiative

The fetishisation of the Troubles by Kneecap is part of the same normalisation

Does this justify the use of political violence by anyone today in Northern Ireland? Emphatically, no

Belfast can be a claustrophobic place, but not last week, as what was once the most bombed hotel in Europe was booked out with ceilidhs

Many European states face huge legacy issues because they have invested in military equipment now increasingly threatened by cheap, deadly drones

Ictu general secretary Owen Reidy on his long trade union family pedigree, the time his family fell victim to an IRA bank raid and the problems organised labour faces in Ireland

In the second of a four-part series on Ireland’s walled towns, we visit Derry which boasts the only complete set of walls remaining on the island

Admiration for cult of violence that motivated some 1916 leaders has warped popular understanding of our history for far too long, permeating popular culture

Some on social media ask why the July 12th celebrations cannot generate atmosphere more like the Fleadh

We are used to climate refugees escaping heat and floods - just not being uncomfortable British pensioners

In the Republic, there has been unrelenting deterioration of lakes, rivers and estuaries

Some in the North are critical of the ‘silence’ among senior church figures and worshippers after former party member found guilt of child sex abuse offences

Jon Burrows tells MacGill Summer School support for unity referendum in Northern Ireland not sufficient

‘If we’re really serious about a new Ireland, then you have to appeal to the moderate centre in Northern Ireland’

The new man in Downing Street will at some point have to address awkward issues such as funding and demands for a referendum

Professor Vani Borooah of the University of Ulster, who died this month, provided vital evidence for policymakers on tackling poverty

Former EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier says there is ‘nothing to celebrate’ 10 years after the UK voted to leave the EU

Tánaiste says question is ‘not simply what a united Ireland would cost, but what a united Ireland could create’

Senior ICRIR officer says co-operation offered by Dublin to earlier investigation into Freddie Scappaticci ‘has completely disappeared’

Mainstream parties of government should be able to sell the CTA as a way to regulate immigration while minimising internal borders

The Irish Republic’s Government argues the ICRIR is not a police force, and therefore cannot be given confidential information

Main festivities taking place on Monday July 13th because July 12th fell on a Sunday

Co Donegal event provides ‘a wonderful shop window for the very best of Orangeism’, says Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland

Rite & reason: Presbyterian Church in Ireland is still under scrutiny by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

Industrialist built one of Ireland's largest private companies and gave millions to education and the arts

In Drum, Co Monaghan, vitriol aimed at Fine Gael’s presidential candidate still chills residents almost a year on

Two Irish Protestants have started a new podcast on life in contemporary Ireland

Unhappy voters stay at home, so unionism could cease to be Stormont’s largest designation next May

Taoiseach rejects Bill as approach that 'has failed repeatedly over past 100 years’

Brexit created ‘unrealistic’ expectations in the UK about controlling Border between Nort and the Republic, says academic

A theory among unionists is that knowledge of Donaldson’s Mr Hyde nature was used to push him down a path that suited Westminster

Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?