How the right to plonk a bungalow in your dad’s field caused all hell to break loose
Twenty years ago, NI officials tried to put restrictions on one-off rural house-building, and faced blowback from all sides
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Sinn Féin will not attend St Patrick’s Day White House events, party confirms
Trump’s backing of Israel in war in Gaza cited by Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill as reason for boycott
Catherine Connolly’s first 100 days as President: ‘She’s careful, she’s considered, she’s steady’
Expectations that she would enter into open conflict with Government Buildings have not transpired, though some observers believe she is feeling her way into the role
Catherine Connolly touches upon Irish unity in first official visit to the North
‘Our games, our music, our languages should never divide us,’ the President told a packed room at Ulster University in Belfast
Trial of Jeffrey and Eleanor Donaldson on child sex offences expected to begin in May
Proceedings expected to last four weeks after delays due to deterioration in the mental health of Eleanor
Stormont Minister breached ministerial code with social media post, report finds
Commissioner says Gordon Lyons’s actions had potential of ‘heightening tensions’ during rioting in North last year
Court awaits delayed medical report in Eleanor Donaldson trial
Co-accused Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as DUP leader after his arrest in March 2024
Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic
If well-off homeowners paid a wealth tax equivalent to a cup of coffee a month, there would be more houses, jobs and a cleaner environment
Ulster Banner shows Ireland’s Call was not such a bad idea after all
Division on identity pollutes sport again, this time it is on North’s Commonwealth Games team’s flag
McEntee to meet Troubles victims and politicians in Belfast visit
Minister to hold talks with speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, DUP MLA Edwin Poots
Criticism of Stormont’s creationist Minister for Education really needs to evolve
A broader form of intolerance is at work against DUP’s Paul Givan, but suspicions against him have been debunked
Stormont must make ‘difficult decisions’ in 2026, warns Northern Ireland Secretary
Hilary Benn reiterates commitment to working with counterparts in Dublin to establish new framework for dealing with Troubles legacy
There’s just one problem with Ulster Scots. Unlike the Irish language, it doesn’t exist
There is a great deal of cynicism about Ulster Scots among unionists. Many consider it a desperately contrived counterweight to Irish
DUP MP Sammy Wilson’s ‘fact-finding’ trip to Israel worth almost £4,000, declaration shows
East Antrim MP said he was looking forward to ‘hearing the truth’ and criticised ‘scurrilous lies’
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