The X factor: how foreign agitators helped spark racist riots across the North
Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police
Belfast
How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?
AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s riots, but loyalists were at the centre of the disturbances
Ciara Mageean: ‘I probably won’t make my 40th birthday. That’s rough’
The Co Down athlete and reigning European 1,500m champion was diagnosed with stage four cancer just over a year ago
The Irish Times view on Belfast violence: bad actors prey on social divisions
Mainstream politicians and powerful platform owners competed and collaborated to dominate the radical right agenda
Man and woman in court over disorder following Belfast knife attack
Man’s defence solicitor concedes there is a ‘degree of irony’ in his client being ‘anywhere near’ demonstrations
PSNI reports ‘calmer’ night in North after disorder following knife attack
Anti-racism events organised in response to unrest, which began after Belfast stabbing
Up to 90% of asylum seekers may have crossed Border from North, data shows
UK Home Office reveals it apprehended more than 900 ‘immigration offenders’ abusing the open Border in the past year
Belfast riots make it harder for mixed-race Irish to be hopeful
Dark times for those who believe in a society that respects the dignity and humanity of all people
Belfast unrest likened to the ‘worst of the Troubles’ before quieter Thursday night
PSNI chief blames ‘racist thugs’ for disorder as protests on Thursday limited to small, isolated groups blocking roads in the east of city
Belfast latest: Stabbing victim ‘improving’, DUP leader says
Twenty-seven people have been made homeless as a result of the unrest, which broke out following protests over a knife attack that left a man seriously injured
Focus on Border as entry point for asylum seekers after second night of riots in Belfast
Micheál Martin defends Common Travel Area but says issues need to be addressed
Northern Ireland’s politicians have no power over immigration. London controls it all
Racism has been associated with unionist areas because that is where immigrants have been able to find housing. Republican communities take pride in behaving better
Well-meaning wedding present of grey squirrels causing problems a century later
New all-island efforts aim to halt the spread of damaging non-native species before they become permanent residents
Water cannon deployed as Belfast sees second night of public disorder
‘Eyes of the world are watching us,’ say Executive Ministers, ‘actions will shape how we are viewed’
Belfast knife victim ‘stable’ as family say they are ‘disgusted’ by disorder
Earlier, the PSNI warned social media users that it is aware the some users are posting address details online in a “totally unacceptable” manner
Senior Government figures defend Common Travel Area following Belfast knife attack
Common Travel Area ‘works for citizens in the United Kingdom and for Irish citizens as a benefit’, Taoiseach says
How the Belfast riots unfolded
In the News podcast: Violence sparked by brutal stabbing incident in the city
Murder of solicitor Pat Finucane was ‘catastrophic for rule of law’ in North, tribunal hears
Public inquiry demanded by Belfast family has finally gotten under way two years after it was announced
Violence that followed Belfast knife attack widely condemned
Unrest follows anti-immigration demonstrations in wake of incident that left victim seriously injured
Man (30) appears in court charged with attempted murder after Belfast stabbing
Hadi Alodid also charged with threats to kill an NHS radiographer and possession of a knife
Man’s home ‘destroyed, top to bottom’ by fire in Belfast violence
Cars and homes were set alight in disorder that followed a knife attack in the city on Monday
Tense scenes at Belfast protests, and Mayo village prepares for Canadian prime minister’s visit
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan: Government told to prepare to relocate coastal and flood-prone communities
Family of murdered solicitor Pat Finucane believe inquiry can deliver ‘whole truth’
Finucane shot dead by Ulster Defence Association in 1989 in attack found to have involved British state collusion
Several homes and bus set on fire as hundreds take to Belfast’s streets after knife attack
PSNI repeat appeal for calm as vehicles set alight
Belfast in three days: black taxi sandwiches, beauty queues and a beacon of hope
From the Titanic museum and tours of the Troubles, to shops, markets and restaurants, Belfast promised to deliver a welcome break
My search for the stories of gay Belfastmen has taken me to some surprising places
Writing a history of gay Belfast has been an intensely personal and emotional journey
‘Racially motivated arson’ suspected at former gospel hall in Belfast
Police say building that had been bought by ‘legitimate businesspeople’ was deliberately set on fire
‘Richly observed’: Eamon Carr photographs from Horslips 1970s US tour on show and for sale
John Lavery painting discovered in Belfast convent among artworks to go under hammer
Stephen McCullagh jailed for 31 years for murder of Natalie McNally
YouTuber (36) will serve full prison term for ‘cold-blood and calculated’ killing of pregnant 32-year-old in Co Armagh
Starmer apologises for British army ‘overreaction’ in 1972 killing of five people in Belfast
Coroner found at least four of those shot dead in Springhill Westrock massacre were unarmed, including a girl shot in face
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
BCF Lending backs expansion of The Quays shopping centre with €9m loan
Financier lends to Newry retail complex, which draws shoppers from both sides of Border
Imagine a world where saints roam free, among us, on the bus or in TK Maxx
To acknowledge the idea of a saint is to acknowledge the question: what does it mean to be a good person?
Author Stephen Daly: ‘So little is acknowledged of the wounds people still carry from the past’
The YA author on his debut novel, the impact of the Belfast Agreement, and why queer voices are essential for young people finding their own identities
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