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
Taoiseach criticises ‘shameful’ lack of memorial to Seán Lemass in Dublin
Martin pays tribute to former taoiseach who ‘set a European course for our history’
John FitzGerald: North needs reform more than unity
Northern Ireland requires deep economic and social change before any referendum
Ian Paisley supplied money to UVF for bombings in 1969, documentary claims
Programme shows clips of Martin McGuinness preparing bomb used in Derry attack
Political deadlock: NI system is same as that which agreed 1994 ceasefire
When Troubles started in 1969, only Unionist Party had power in Northern Ireland
How the Troubles began: a timeline
From civil rights marches in Derry to nationalists seeking refuge in Ireland
The Troubles – a euphemism for bloody conflict
the term had the advantage that it avoided ascribing blame to any of the participants
A journey from the Derry march that ignited the Troubles to Belfast Pride
The North 50 years on: Many of the 4,000 dead are remembered only by their families
Remembering Derry’s momentous civil rights march 50 years later
Pivotal moment in history of Northern Ireland
The lost story of Northern Ireland’s first civil rights march
The Derry parade in 1968 was preceded by a protest that started in Coalisland
How Austin Currie’s 1968 housing protest ignited NI’s civil rights movement
Revisiting the issue 50 years on the SDLP co-founder reflects on current state of affairs
Meeting with North’s prime minister in 1965 opposed by ‘Paisley element’
Seán Lemass: Historic meeting uncovered ‘bare, hard-rock prejudices’
Ex-judge and ‘barrister to underdog’ Donal Barrington dies
The future Supreme Court judge led a landmark case overturning contraceptives ban
A giant who sought solutions as he strode many stages with integrity
Maurice Hayes obituary: Born July 8th, 1927 – Died December 23rd, 2017
UUP leader says single unionist party would ‘stifle debate’ in NI
Swann acknowledges sizable task ahead to rebuild unionism in Northern Ireland
Centenarian TK Whitaker built State’s economic foundations
Radical civil servant played pivotal role in economic, social and political life of State
Public servant and architect of modern Ireland TK Whitaker marks a century
His critical contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process is less well known
From the Archives: January 16th, 1965
Taoiseach Seán Lemass visited Northern PM Terence O’Neill, and his government published a White Paper on Irish. Backbencher, aka John Healy, interpreted both events
DUP politician and gifted criminal barrister with a maverick side
Desmond Boal: August 6th, 1928 - April 23rd, 2015
Death of ‘mesmerising advocate’ Desmond Boal, QC
Along with Ian Paisley, the lawyer was a founding member of the DUP
Canny and in control: TK Whitaker – Portrait of a Patriot
Review: Whitaker’s service to Ireland is well painted but author Anne Chambers’s treatment of her subject is a bit cosy
First World War through prism of political allegiance
The new republic cold-shouldered the Irish soldiers who fought in the first World War, while Ulster mythologised them for its own ends
Paisley was contradictory and complex man driven by ‘outsider’ factor
Comment: former first minister heaped poison into well of sectarianism
Ian Paisley: a firebrand who learned to compromise
Bigoted yet brilliant, Paisley had to move away from a world of absolutes
Death of Ian Paisley marks the end of an era
Analysis: Late Unionist leader lived up to many different characterisations
UK royal presence at 1916 commemorations ‘depends on context’
If royals included with other international leaders, ‘it would be appropriate’
Former street preacher and agitator now full of years and of self-satisfaction
Opinion: Having made a career smiting his enemies, Paisley has ended up smiting his successor
Paisley praises Cameron for British apology over Bloody Sunday killings
Former DUP leader denounces Robinson for role in ‘invasion’ of Clontibret
Fianna Fail, Partition and Northern Ireland, 1926-1971 by Stephen Kelly
Reviewed by Diarmaid Ferriter
The Second Coming of Paisley. Militant Fundamentalism and Ulster Politics, Richard Lawrence Jordan
In claiming Paisley’s extraordinary volte face was based in theology, Jordan shows a poor understanding of Northern politics and Irish history
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