‘Is Orange a proxy for Prod?’ - what the presidential election says about a united Ireland
Abuse of Heather Humphreys will feed into unity debate in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Derry in 1969: How Gilles Caron photographed the Battle of the Bogside
Kerry exhibition of Life magazine images by French photojournalist revisits the start of the Troubles
Bernie McGill: ‘I got through an English degree at Queen’s without encountering a single Irish female writer’
The author on parity of esteem, the genius of Hilary Mantel, and the inestimable importance of libraries
‘We couldn’t have done this before’: On board the Dublin-Belfast Enterprise service
Passenger numbers on the Enterprise service are up by 40% in a year
Fresh appeal for information 24 years after ‘savage’ murder of Arthur Berryman
Police do not believe fatal knife attack on 46-year-old in Belfast was sectarian
‘There’s a darkness to that place’: A night in Northern Ireland’s most haunted castle
Scotsman James Shaw is said to have locked his wife away in the Ballygally turret after she gave birth to a girl
Micheál Martin on David McCullagh’s new book: An excellent read exploring ultimate fate of Anglo-Irish Treaty
David McCullagh opens up an issue which remains instructive in many ways. This deserves wide readership and debate
Northern Ireland’s Nations League playoff in Iceland postponed due to snow
Heavy snow in Reykjavik sees Tuesday night’s game called off
United Ireland debate is increasingly loud – preparation cannot be deferred forever
Guarantees are required, and a firm idea of what will be voted on. Enough is known to commence deliberations on timing
Former alleged IRA member to stand trial for 1979 murder
James Donegan from Co Cavan was extradited from the Republic to face charges related to murder of UDR soldier
Sectarian abuse directed at Heather Humphreys will leave a bitter aftertaste
Fine Gael campaign team rejected advice to promote candidate’s background as unique selling point
Court sentencing remarks in Northern Ireland set to be broadcast for first time
‘Allowing broadcasting in courts will increase transparency,’ says Minister for Justice
Human rights activist Michael Farrell: ‘We were in a period of progress, but now we seem to be galloping backwards’
Lawyer Michael Farrell represented transgender woman Lydia Foy after earning his stripes during the Troubles in the North
Unionists shocked by level of sectarian abuse during election, says Humphreys
FG candidate says unionist asked ‘if that’s what they put you through, Heather, what hope have the rest of us?’
Elizabeth Day: ‘I felt like a total failure – divorced, single at 39 and in the trenches of IVF’
Author and host of the How to Fail podcast on growing up in Northern Ireland, writing a column when she was 12, and her new novel, One of Us
For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’
Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride demonstrate the importance of free and reasoned deliberation
Former paratrooper Soldier F found not guilty of murder in Bloody Sunday trial
British army veteran acquitted of murder and attempted murder at Belfast Crown Court
Court allows legal challenge over Stormont’s failure to deliver Irish language strategy
Conradh na Gaeilge asked for judicial review over lack of progress on initiative agreed in 2006
Powersharing has created a nonsense system where planning an action counts as an action
One team of 134 people at Stormont has spent €123 million on a strategy that reduced carbon emissions by just one per cent
Two arrested after ‘viable pipe bomb’ found in car in Co Armagh
Discovery was made in vehicle which was brought to a halt using a stinger device in Keady
Ed Moloney: Secret historian of the IRA and one of Ireland’s ‘most brilliant’ journalists
Author and co-author of several groundbreaking books, including the exceptionally detailed A Secret History of the IRA
In a united Ireland, should everyone be given a choice of Irish, British or dual identity?
Concessions will have to be made if a new nation is to be constructed that moves beyond past tensions
Jeffrey Donaldson trial may not take place until next year, judge says
Trial due to begin in November but further medical assessments are required for co-accused Eleanor Donaldson
Ed Moloney: journalist and author dies aged 77
Former Northern editor of The Irish Times was known for his coverage of the Troubles
After 53 years on Talbot Street, Dublin city’s last wallpaper shop prepares to close
Gerry Keane Wallpapers will close down after Christmas
‘People here are horrified’: Irish-language signs vandalised in affluent east Belfast
The PSNI describes it as ‘hate-motivated criminal damage’, while a TUV member calls it ‘probably the most predictable crime in Northern Ireland’
Heather Humphreys comes from a tradition with a remarkable history
Rite & Reason: It is frequently forgotten that a founder of the United Irishmen, and a father of republicanism on this island, was Presbyterian Henry Joy McCracken
Irish State must offer same honesty it demands from Britain on Troubles, Belfast meeting told
Member of Northern Ireland legacy commission said Republic must do more to properly address the past
Obituary: Patrick (Pat) Bradley: Chief electoral officer in the North who oversaw many elections in troubled hotspots
Bradley had to handle episodes such as the security of ballot boxes overnight before a count, with key figures such as Rev Ian Paisley demanding DUP oversight
Political Change Across Britain and Ireland - Identities, Institutions and Futures: Undoubtedly the UK is in trouble
Questions well posed here may be impossible to resolve, but they will consume the attention of a generation
Dropping interstate case against UK ‘on the agenda’, Taoiseach says
Micheál Martin welcomes progress after UK government put forward new legislation
Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man review – Compelling storytelling, elegant direction
Trisha Ziff allows the former Sinn Féin president to reflect on his life and times in a documentary filmed over five years
David Adams: Irish unity cannot be an exercise in revenge
Some pro-unity campaigners are nationalists, but they are not republicans
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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