There’s nothing the Irish enjoy more than exaggerating their differences
Taoiseach Simon Harris wants people at the top of the island and those farther down to get to know each other better
Eamonn McCann
Civil disobedience ‘may well be necessary’ in North’s public sector pay dispute, campaigner says
Trade unions representing 170,000 workers went on strike on Thursday in what was the largest day of mass industrial action in 50 years
Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung: The best moment of this rousing celebration is the most subversive
Television review: RTÉ is to be congratulated for an ambitious project that tries to reflect the successes but also the failures of the State
Archbishop Eamon Martin: I was very torn when Martin McGuinness died
Archbishop remembers growing up in Derry during the Troubles, and tensions between Church and IRA
Eamonn McCann: ‘How did I get to be 80? This doesn’t feel like 80 is supposed to feel’
A life of protest fuelled by socialist convictions, hatred of injustice, and the excitement of rebellion, played out against convulsive changes in Northern politics and society
Assembly election: Can those who don't vote Orange or Green transform the North?
Northern Ireland election on Thursday: Parties designated ‘other’ sense a chance to move past old divisions
Emergency hardship £1,000 payment should be given to struggling households – PBP
Party calls for fuel and rent caps and £15 minimum wage in election manifesto
Bloody Sunday families say UK government plans deny justice
Thousands of people walk in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Derry massacre
Phil Coulter on Bloody Sunday: ‘You just felt the whole city had been violated’
The consequences of that day left a lasting impact on the lives of the people of Derry
‘Elders of the Rebel Alliance’ remember the day everything changed
The civil rights march of 1968 is seen as one of the starting points of the Troubles
Drawn to music: The eye and ear of illustrator David Rooney
What are the lines that connect a visual artist with the medium of sound?
Eamonn McCann to step down as Derry councillor on health grounds
Veteran rights campaigner announces decision after diagnosis with the neurological condition
Derry and Strabane top a league table that nobody wants to win
‘Complacency set in, people thought they had the Covid pandemic beaten, and they socialised’
The game they loved so well: How cricket united Hume, McGuinness and McCann
Although they disagreed on many things, the most English of games was common ground
Trinity students crowned team champions of 60th Irish Times Debate
Individual speaker’s award goes to Rachael Mullally representing UCD Law
The Irish Times Debate at 60: How changing topics reflected the ages
For six decades, participants in the annual event have argued burning issues of the day
My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more
Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’
Wit and warmth: The secret weapons of Irish debaters
The first Irish Times Debate took place 60 years ago. Former student debaters look back
TCD and Sadsi speakers secure places for Irish Times Debate grand final
Last semi-final held in cadets’ mess at the Curragh Camp
‘I love you, legs.’ ‘I love you, knees.’ And other Electric Picnic conversations
It’s Sunday. Opt for an early feed of chips, or get in touch with body and soul?
Battle of the Bogside 'like a conveyor belt system making petrol bombs'
The Troubles at 50: Rioting in Derry remembered by first-hand witnesses
Focus on nationalism will ‘sooner or later’ move Ireland towards fascism
Activist Bernadette McAliskey gives warning at event for 50th anniversary of the Bogside
Ex-speaker for dissident republican group Gary Donnelly tops Derry poll
Sinn Féin loses position as largest party in council as SDLP gains seats
‘You are now entering Free Derry’: 50 years on
Free Derry Corner has been a beacon of civil rights and political liberty for half a century
Peter Casey’s childhood brush with civil rights did not instill empathy
Some Derry activists are still campaigning for social justice in their native hinterland
Micheál Martin claims Sinn Féin TDs face ‘centralised control’
FF leader rules out coalition but says apology from SF for IRA atrocities would be ‘very significant’
Several thousand march through Derry for city’s annual Pride parade
March led by those who were prominent in the civil rights movement
Brendan O’Connor show: Majella O’Donnell could interview herself
TV Review: Presenter Brendan O’Connor is outmanoeuvred by his chat show guest
What Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement means to Miriam O’Callaghan
RTÉ’s documentary about the 1968 protests is part history show, part personal journey
A year on, Martin McGuinness’s legacy still provokes mixed reaction
In Derry, he is being recast in Irish chieftain mould, in keeping with Republican tradition
Angry, indignant, honest Sean O’Rourke
Radio Review: Both O’Rourke and Cormac Ó hEadhra find politics difficult to stomach
Review – In The Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Time to recall pivotal role played by a patriot, and that rare breed – the virtuous politician
How Arlene Foster helped nationalism find its teeth
DUP leader has hardened nationalist resolve like no unionist first minister before her
Sinn Féin ‘flouting election rules in North’, says PBP
People Before Profit’s Eamonn McCann to meet electoral office over proxy voter claims
Foyle: Anti-Sinn Féin vote to help SDLP’s Durkan hold seat
Elisha McCallion who took Martin McGuinness’s Assembly seat will push incumbent close
Bus Éireann Derry to Dublin route ends but memories endure
‘I remember people getting the bus to Dublin just to go to McDonalds. It was regarded as exotic’
Businessman who doubled as ‘secret peacemaker’ between IRA and British
Obituary: Brendan Duddy – Born June 10th, 1936 – Died May 12th, 2017
Vincent Browne regains control of ‘Magill’, the magazine he set up 40 years ago
Magazine became known for its in-depth investigative journalism
People Before Profit vow to block any move to water charges
Party could win up to four new seats in next election, says Richard Boyd Barrett
DUP standing by leader Arlene Foster despite Sinn Féin gains
Gerry Adams insists DUP leader step aside pending ‘cash for ash’ inquiry outcome
NI Assembly election: 5 winners and 5 losers
In the harsh reality of politics, which camp should the SDLP occupy?
Sinn Féin makes ground in SDLP stronghold of Derry
SDLP leader Colum Eastwood pushed into third place as Elisha McCallion tops poll
Assembly election: Sinn Féin surge raises many questions
Analysis: Foster under pressure as DUP lead closes while high turnout fails to aid centrists
Turnout of 65% likely to see DUP as largest party but Sinn Féin the biggest beneficiary
Analysis: High turnout suggests people invigorated over issues such as cash-for-ash
Northern election: brave souls challenge dominance of big five
Minor party candidates and Independents offer wide spectrum of choice for voters
Foyle profile: McGuinness’s absence could be decisive
Sinn Féin may lose out without former leader while Eamonn McCann seeks re-election
Assembly elections: ‘Pointless. The whole thing is pointless’
Disaffection is dominant mood on main streets in North as polls loom in fortnight
NI election: ‘Eamonn McCann’s your daddy? God love you’
Kitty Holland goes canvassing with the People Before Profit candidate in Derry
Paul Williams simmers down as Tubridy swipes at snowflakes
Radio review: Northern Ireland and 'cosseted millennials' let the broadcasters show their true feelings
North looking at a new election landscape
The North’s constituencies will now elect only five members to Stormont instead of six
Defiant Arlene Foster condemns ‘the haters’ amid fresh criticism
Sinn Féin details sought-after terms for investigation into ‘cash for ash’ controversy
Frank Murray was ‘a hugely proud Irishman full of culture’
‘I can’t grasp how someone so full of love and such massive zest for life can be gone’
McGuinness turns down heat on Foster after confidence vote
Despite calls for First Minister to stand aside classic Stormont kick-to-touch seems likely
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