New Northern Secretary ‘deliberately’ avoids answering united Ireland question
Chris Bryant said he is ‘not starting a poll now, or this week, or this month or ... this year’
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Cork Kabin Studio musicians prepare for Belfast Fleadh collaborations in Ed Sheeran project
Singer-songwriter’s charity links cross-border youth music programmes for live performance
Vittorio Angelone: ‘People in the South never have to assert their Irishness’
The Belfast-born comedian on identity, Italian traditions and ‘posh English boys splitting the G’
Bail ‘most firmly refused’ for accused in Belfast rooftop stand-off case
Defendant was apprehended by police after falling off roof, officer tells court
Striking lawyers don’t tend to evoke much public sympathy
Reform should not be treated as the alternative to controlling costs. We should have both
Fleadh Cheoil 2026: Ticket information, accommodation, how to get there and more
Everything you need to know about the Irish music and culture festival in Belfast
Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany
When prostitution is treated as a job like any other, the sex trade expands – just look at New Zealand
Little evidence that Andy Burnham’s plan to devolve power to the regions will work
While devolution has worked in Manchester, there have been mixed results in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Stormont guilty of rampant waste, says Ulster Unionist Party leader
Jon Burrows tells MacGill Summer School support for unity referendum in Northern Ireland not sufficient
Michael Oatley obituary: Senior British spy was key player in facilitating peace talks in North
MI6 officer codenamed the Mountain Climber was instrumental in setting up back channel with IRA that led ultimately to Belfast Agreement
‘Significant’ car bomb linked to dissident republicans seized in Co Monaghan
Gardaí believe the device was being moved across the Border with the intention of using it in the North
Man (41) charged with murder of Paul Mackin jnr in Belfast
Suspect is due to appear before Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Friday
Jeffrey Donaldson stripped of knighthood by Britain’s king Charles
Former DUP leader found guilty of 18 sex abuse offences against two women when they were children
Irish unity supporters must do better than slogans and flag waving, says Neale Richmond
‘If we’re really serious about a new Ireland, then you have to appeal to the moderate centre in Northern Ireland’
Neither Confirm Nor Deny by John Ware: Revelations about Britain’s morally compromised ‘dirty war’
The book about Troubles agents raises troubling questions around the rationale for espionage
NI groups tackling violence against women and girls to share €10m peacebuilding fund
Money will also be allocated to groups countering disinformation and supporting displaced families
The Irish Times view on Burnham and Northern Ireland: a question of priorities
The perennial funding crisis will be high on the agenda
Prison holding Jeffrey Donaldson should have ‘no hierarchy’ of treatment, says former UUP leader
Doug Beattie was responding to reports that Maghaberry Prison staff had complained about special treatment for former DUP leader
Kate O’Connor leads the gold medal hopes in the Northern Ireland team at the Commonwealth Games
Rhys McClenaghan and Daniel Wiffen are also eyeing up gold medals at the Glasgow event
Who is Chris Bryant, the newly appointed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?
Welsh-born politician says a Border poll on Irish reunification is ‘not on my list of priorities at the moment’
Emma Little-Pengelly on Jeffrey Donaldson: ‘Somebody that I thought I knew’
Deputy First Minister says other allegations against her former party leader ‘pale into insignificance’ compared with the crimes he was convicted of
Chris Bryant replaces Hilary Benn as Northern Ireland secretary
Replacement yet to be announced as Benn commits support to incoming UK prime minister
What are the requirements when importing a car from the North and Britain?
Advice on your motoring queries, from buying and selling to issues with your current car
3D-printed battery developed by Belfast researchers could help tackle climate crisis
Researchers at Queen’s University have developed a ‘potential game changer’ battery that uses iron rather than lithium
Northern Ireland’s education system fails children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Professor Vani Borooah of the University of Ulster, who died this month, provided vital evidence for policymakers on tackling poverty
Post script: Felix Larkin on Ireland’s stamps celebrating US connections
An Post has not always avoided controversy with its choice of prominent figures
Three men arrested and police officer injured after ‘disgraceful’ disorder in west Belfast
PSNI and politicians condemn disorder and reckless driving of scramblers in Stewartstown Road and Falls Road area
Jeffrey Donaldson to appeal child sex offences conviction
Solicitor John McBurney confirms lodging of papers on behalf of former DUP leader
‘Michael Collins would be pleased’: Sinn Féin praises Harris for Ireland unification presentation
Tánaiste says question is ‘not simply what a united Ireland would cost, but what a united Ireland could create’
Troubles legacy body claims Government has ‘not bought into’ telling truth about conflict
Senior ICRIR officer says co-operation offered by Dublin to earlier investigation into Freddie Scappaticci ‘has completely disappeared’
Common Travel Area can’t become an excuse for hard borders on land or sea
Mainstream parties of government should be able to sell the CTA as a way to regulate immigration while minimising internal borders
‘It’s disappointing’: NI body investigating Troubles cases laments lack of co-operation from Dublin
The Irish Republic’s Government argues the ICRIR is not a police force, and therefore cannot be given confidential information
Why inquest into Noah Donohoe’s strange and lonely death was adjourned
Irish Times Northern correspondent Seanín Graham talks through the evidence heard by jurors
PSNI begins murder investigation after three family members found dead in Co Antrim home
Residents of ‘lovely, peaceful area’ express shock after remains discovered at house in Ballymena’s Old Cullybackey Road area
With July 12th falling on a Sunday, Orange Order parades come alive on the 13th
Red, white and blue bunting flutters around Hillsborough as pipe, accordion and flute bands march past
Tens of thousands to take to streets across North for Twelfth Orange Order parades
Main festivities taking place on Monday July 13th because July 12th fell on a Sunday
Moygashel bonfire reveals disturbing positions prevalent in North
DUP is alone in not referring to burning of mosque effigy as a hate crime
‘It’s part of our culture’: The Orange Order parade in Donegal
Co Donegal event provides ‘a wonderful shop window for the very best of Orangeism’, says Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ireland
North’s fire service deals with 303 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires lit
Among incidents firefighters dealt with were row of terraced houses on fire, along with two oil tanks and shed
Man dies after accident at bonfire site in Belfast
A ‘tragic accident’ occurred at the bonfire, organisers say
Ceremony to remember Irish war dead reflects on shared suffering of Battle of the Somme
Hundreds attend annual Islandbridge commemoration in Dublin
Presidential election displayed Republic’s ‘intolerance,’ says head of Orange Order
Behaviour towards Protestants and Orange Order members during presidential election campaign ‘shameful’, says Harold Henning
Hundreds of bonfires to be lit across North ahead of July 12th Orange Order marches
Significant policing operation in place following ‘hate display’ incident in Tyrone
Randox culls R & D jobs amid ‘post-Covid realignment’ of business
Northern Ireland-headquartered diagnostics group played a central role in Britain’s pandemic testing regime
‘We were torn apart’: Border Protestants still reeling from abuse of Heather Humphreys
In Drum, Co Monaghan, vitriol aimed at Fine Gael’s presidential candidate still chills residents almost a year on
Man arrested over Moygashel bonfire claims he was enlisted due to his work as tree surgeon
Judge refused bail to man charged with incitement to hatred over loyalist bonfire topped with mosque replica in Co Tyrone
Prodcast: ‘It’s about being proud to be Irish, proud to be a Prod, proud of my country’
Two Irish Protestants have started a new podcast on life in contemporary Ireland
Mosque on loyalist bonfire is ‘sickening and cowardly’, says NI Secretary Hilary Benn
PSNI has arrested a 56-year-old man in connection with the incident and he remains in custody
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
There is nothing inevitable about a united Ireland
The proportion of the electorate voting for nationalist parties in Northern Ireland has fallen
O’Neill calls on Little-Pengelly to clarify what she knew about Jeffrey Donaldson’s behaviour
Northern Ireland First Minister says she found silence from Stormont colleague ‘astonishing’ in wake of media report
United Ireland conversation may be just beginning, but the conclusion seems clear
Patriotism brings with it a reluctance to contemplate changes to the Irish Republic as it exists today
Alleged sexual abuse by nun at NI mother and baby home should be investigated, says report
Truth Recovery Independent Panel says claims made against ‘Sister Z’, now deceased, merit ‘special attention’ at upcoming inquiry
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