DUP may be destroyed by Jeffrey Donaldson scandal
Unhappy voters stay at home, so unionism could cease to be Stormont’s largest designation next May
Common Ground
Evolving Islands: Ireland & Britain - a special series from The Irish Times exploring the complex relationship between the two
Immigration will increase challenges to the Common Travel Area
Brexit created ‘unrealistic’ expectations in the UK about controlling Border between Nort and the Republic, says academic
Was Jeffrey Donaldson blackmailed by the British government?
A theory among unionists is that knowledge of Donaldson’s Mr Hyde nature was used to push him down a path that suited Westminster
What happens to Northern Ireland after unity? Answers are starting to emerge
Would it remain Northern Ireland, though under the ultimate jurisdiction of Dublin, rather than London? Or would it be subsumed into a united Ireland?
‘His generosity was extraordinary’ – tributes paid to businessman Martin Naughton
The Glen Dimplex founder, who received many awards for philanthropy, died while travelling in the US with his wife
Once a political force, Irish America is now a shell of itself
The relationship between Ireland and the US is under profound stress, from both internal changes and external pressures
Unionist leaders face losing voter trust, warns former communications chief Alex Kane
Big choices loom: ‘Their clash is between what they want and what the long-term intentions of a British government may be’
British MI6 officer Michael Oatley who played key role in ending the Troubles dies
Oatley’s 1991 meeting with Martin McGuinness in Derry is regarded as a key moment in the peace process
‘Soundbites’ on Irish unity not helpful, says Taoiseach, after recent O’Callaghan comments
Government’s €2bn Shared Island Fund succeeding because it has not become embroiled in constitutional debate, says Martin
Unity supporters must be prepared to make Northern Ireland work, says leading unionist
‘A Border poll will come at some stage, but that’s not where we are now’, former UUP senator tells SDLP conference
Next government must prepare for Irish unity, Jim O’Callaghan tells Belfast conference
Minister for Justice emphasises support for Taoiseach’s Shared Island project which will see €2bn spent on cross-Border co-operation
People in Northern Ireland have been pawns in a political game played in England for too long
Border poll bingo won’t change minds or answer the questions of people who need to be convinced
‘Celtic’ parliaments should face London together, says Welsh first minister
Rhun ap Iorwerth said Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland shared ‘core asks’ for ‘equality of treatment’
‘Starmer failed Wales’: Plaid Cymru first minister Rhun ap Iorwerth on nationhood and new challenges
Welsh leader is in Dublin for talks with the Irish Government, his first foreign trip since ending Labour’s century-old grip on Wales
No ‘halfway house’ for UK with European Union, says former top diplomat
Exiting damaged economy and tax revenues, says Ivan Rogers
‘It was all lies’: Brexit remorse in Northern Ireland
For many, leaving the EU has not strengthened their place in the UK, but weakened it by creating a border in the Irish Sea
Funding to cut train Dublin-Belfast journey time to under two hours
Track upgrade north of Malahide and at Clongriffin, electrification of 37km of network from Malahide to Drogheda planned
Journalist John Ware on the Troubles: ‘The conflict is still being slugged out’
The veteran broadcaster on revealing a 40-year-old ‘secret’ and the necessity of moral compromise in the Northern Ireland conflict
Why has Simon Harris changed his tune on a united Ireland?
Analysis: The speed of the Fine Gael leader’s shift in attitude has taken even his own party by surprise
Unionists have begun to think of themselves as a minority
A plan to raise the age of criminal responsibility fell apart when three unionist parties blocked it
Loyalists who burn people out of their homes are firebombing their own political futures
Rioters focused their cruel fury on people of colour, whose ancestors were once fellow subjects of the crown
Death at the bridge: The Troubles murder of Terence McKeever, 40 years on
The newly wed businessman was killed by the IRA, but key evidence has since gone missing on both sides of Border
Fine Gael’s blueprint for Irish unity will not be about ‘sloganeering’, Tánaiste says
Every party in Dáil favours a united Ireland and subject is not owned by Sinn Féin, says Simon Harris
Simon Harris announces ‘blueprint’ for Irish unity
Fine Gael leader says planning for constitutional change ‘must involve listening to all traditions’
Brexit, 10 years on: ‘There was surprise at just how lackadaisical the British seemed’
The UK’s departure from the EU has not caused the chaos once feared, but changes in British politics could bring fresh challenges for Ireland
Britain was a saviour for Irish migrants. One of those sons will captain England next week
The story of the 1926 census is a snapshot of a society in the middle of demographic trauma
Sinn Féin’s opt-out powersharing plan is historic. No wonder it’s being ignored
Sinn Féin’s proposal would create opt-out powersharing, where - rather than allow devolution to collapse - smaller parties could take the place of larger parties
Twice as hard to afford a home in Dublin as Belfast, new CSO data shows
Report comparing economies North and South shows greater earnings mean taxes on income are higher in the Republic
Irish GP in England: My husband recognises very rocky times are on the horizon in the UK
As our children became enmeshed in their lives, coming back to Ireland became harder
William Dalrymple: ‘The Scots and Irish like to be the ones who resisted empire, but we were deeply complicit’
The bestselling author and co-presenter of the Empire podcast has brought the Jaipur Literature Festival to Ireland
Cross-Border awards for businesses building North-South links return for second year
Prize open to those building commercial links between Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
London calling: Ray Burke on the many plaques in the British capital honouring Irish writers
Plaques mark the home where WB Yeats lived for 23 years, and where James Joyce and Nora Barnacle spent a few months
Sinn Féin stance in Northern Ireland makes it plain its natural coalition partner is Fianna Fáil
Sitting in government in Stormont has located the party quite clearly on the centre left, with the emphasis on centre
Who was Seamus Maguire and why was he murdered and secretly buried during the Troubles?
Catholic man last seen by his family in 1970s was added to the list of Disappeared in 2022
Number of Catholics in PSNI has stalled and likely to fall further, MPs say
Threat from dissident Republicans blamed, with officers unable to tell family or friends about job
‘I couldn’t get an Irish passport. I felt I had this identity taken away’
The BBC broadcaster on how Brexit sent her searching for her Irish roots, reporting the Troubles in Belfast, and the ‘joy and privilege’ of hosting Round Britain Quiz
UK’s ‘generational ban’ on tobacco will give Dublin a headache
Effect will be to raise the current age limit of 18 by one year every year, until smoking dies out with the last of its adherents
Belfast harbour plans £1.3bn investment over next 25 years
Trade volumes at harbour forecast to reach more than 31m tonnes by 2050
Belfastmen - An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation: Defiance, tenderness and interrupted clandestine encounters
Focus on individual tales the great strength of this book, as author details back stories and afterlives of those on trial and the consequences of exposure
All not so quiet on the Western Front – Denis McClean on the 16th Division’s fate in trenches
Telegrams were arriving by the score to all corners of Ireland advising that a loved one had died on the Western Front
A diplomatic perspective: ‘Over the last year, I’ve moved house, job, and country’
Patrick Reilly, deputy head of mission at the British embassy in Ireland, on growing up in an Irish household in Manchester, trying to get into the Hacienda and more
Andy Burnham: the political chameleon making a bid for Labour’s top job
Having traversed Labour’s ideological spectrum, the Greater Manchester mayor is recasting himself as the party’s potential saviour
Review warns of ‘toxic’ culture in Troubles legacy investigation body
Urgent action needed to ‘grip the issues and address problem behaviours’, report says
A win for the Scottish National Party does not mean the UK is ‘cracking at the seams’
Getting Westminster’s agreement to a fresh independence referendum will not be easy
‘We got it in neck over price-gouging’: Iran war another woe for Border filling stations
Taxes, competition from North, higher costs and red tape are pushing sector to the brink
Derry Girls actor Kathy Kiera Clarke: ‘I feel like everything I did before doesn’t exist in many ways’
Actor Kathy Kiera Clarke, best known as Derry Girls’ Aunt Sarah, on how the Troubles shaped her early life
From Laois to London: CPM boss Lorraine Butler on Britain’s ‘different business culture’
Chief executive of CPM International in Ireland and the UK commutes weekly between Buckinghamshire and Laois
Six years after War of Independence centenary row, Royal Irish Constabulary memorial unveiled
Plan for monument stalled in Republic after backlash, but one now stands at Newtownards, Co Down
Welsh and Scottish elections in May could energise Irish unity debate, says Sinn Féin
Leaders of Plaid Cymru and SNP join chat with SF delegates in Belfast hosted by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill
Unionists and Sinn Féin are like Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael – desperate to be loved
Populist giveaways and overstaffing are costing Northern Ireland a shocking €3.3bn a year
NI legacy Bill to be delayed by amendments to ‘safeguard’ British army veterans
UK government has been ‘consulting widely’ on Northern Ireland Troubles legislation, says Hilary Benn
‘The Irish were an underclass, 50% poorer than the English’: New exhibition comes to Epic museum
‘The Irish were the raw material for the Industrial Revolution in England,’ says exhibition curator Christopher Kissane
The changing Ancient Order of Hibernians: ‘Irish America has moved past nostalgia in unity debate’
Ancient Order of Hibernians deeply invested in Ireland, but its attitudes have changed with the times
Irish unity must let Protestants stay British if they want, says GAA president
‘The Orange Order is as important to Unionists as the GAA is to those in the nationalist community’
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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