A GP strike could be the beginning of the end of free primary care in Northern Ireland
Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?
Margaret Thatcher
Norman Tebbit, the Tory hard man who took on the trade unions, dies at 94
Conservative politician suffered serious injuries in the IRA’s 1984 Brighton bombing that left his wife paralysed
Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Atherton Lin – How bigotry was moved off the statute books
The author intersperses an account of the evolution of gay rights in the US with the story of his own early love affair
Mario Vargas Llosa obituary: Nobel prize-winning novelist combined gritty realism with playful erotica
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, charted his own path as a novelist and conservative, often divisive political thinker
From ‘damned Englishman’ to ‘f**king a**hole’: A history of Ireland in 25 Dáil insults
The language has become coarser but it is striking how fuelled by testosterone the Dáil has always been
Putting Wales First by Richard Wyn Jones: Thinking for Wales - An exciting read with global relevance
This vibrant book includes reflection on nationalism in small countries, as well as a compelling analysis of Plaid Cyrmu’s role in a changing Wales
A baronet from Carlow: ‘Just because you’ve a title, people expect you’re born rich’
London Letter: An afternoon spent discussing nobility
Tory faithful still wistful for Margaret Thatcher 50 years after she became leader
Conservative Party grandees gathered in central London for a night of reflection on Thatcher's early years as leader
I am now very fit. I am ready for Ireland’s fittest family to adopt me
What golden specimens they are, you think, as they propel themselves across God’s good earth like Accenture employees here to rationalise a business
Brian and Maggie review: Why does no Irish broadcaster bring our history to light in such a riveting way?
Television: why does no Irish broadcaster have the ambition to bring our history to light in so riveting a fashion?
TV guide: the best new shows to watch, starting tonight
Previews for January 26th to January 31st: including the return of The Apprentice, Idris Elba investigates Our Knife Crime Crisis and Noah Cosentino stars in The Recruit
Joint British/Irish courts in Northern Ireland were backed by top Conservatives
State records show controversial plan for paramilitary trials had backing in UK cabinet before Thatcher turned it down
Podcasts of 2024: 10 of the best shows from the past year, from Keep It Tight to Who Trolled Amber?
The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature
Culture Club in Dublin: Do You Really Want to Hurt Me sends them wild, but the Boy George show peaks too early
George Alan O’Dowd is now returning to the band that made him famous in the first place, as Culture Club reunite to launch a tour by the Dublin docks in 3Arena
TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week, beginning tonight
The pick of the new shows on TV, from John Creedon’s latest musical roadtrip around Ireland, to a look at the life and times of Michael Smurfit to Cate Blanchett thriller Disclaimer
Paul Howard on the Falkland Islands: ‘Coming here confirms the stupid wastefulness of it all’
This was number one on the writer’s bucket list, but a lifelong fascination culminates in a tour that leaves him ‘dark and depressed’
Moira Buffini: ‘I’ve had this love affair with Ireland, and for a long time I just thought it was unrequited’
The writer discusses telepathy, the ‘quiet problem’ facing the world and doing the one thing she said she’d never do
Spycatcher may have one final chapter
Author Tim Tate returns to battle with the Cabinet Office over the release of secret files; perhaps more fodder for the paperback edition
Neale Richmond should know better: calling grown women ‘girls’ is inherently belittling
Imagine anyone calling Margaret Thatcher, Angela Merkel and Indira Gandhi ‘the girls’
Privatising monopoly public utilities makes no sense
Experience in UK and with Eir is that private owners don’t invest in networks but just saddle companies with debt and take dividends
Governments need to take record-keeping seriously in the digital age
Disappearing WhatsApp messages will be a problem for future historians
Eyewitness to War and Peace by Eamonn Mallie: recollections of a passing era
Reporter looks back on a lifetime’s work during the Troubles in Northern Ireland
‘They patronise the north’: Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham on why he lost faith in Westminster
Labour veteran is making a bid for a third term as the directly elected mayor and ‘King of the North’
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch this week
From Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough in new romantic drama Alice & Jack to Michael Sheen creation The Way
Pity by Andrew McMillan: Hardship, disaster and hidden love in Thatcher’s Britain
The debut novel from a writer better known for his poetry is overall a resounding success
Margaret Thatcher, the Conservative Party and Northern Ireland: From indifference to pragmatism
A compelling exploration of the Iron Lady’s shifting role during the Troubles
TV guide: 12 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
George Clarke in the US, Johnny Vegas in a glamping park and the Irish influence on British soccer are among the highlights
Peace process has taught politicians how to grow tribal vote through stubbornness
Newly released State papers shed light on the years immediately after the Belfast Agreement, so much of which is still in dispute or open to interpretation
UK desperately needs an economic growth strategy
Martin Wolf: Britain has for too long settled for managing stagnation and needs a growth strategy
Janan Ganesh: Emmanuel Macron is my politician of the year
Other western leaders need some of the French president’s bullheadedness
Fashion, but no armour plating, as Kirsty Wark hails value of female allyship
Scottish journalist, who will step down from BBC Newsnight after the next UK election, entertains audience of women at The Gloss gala event
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World - A must-read account of Austrian capital’s impact
Richard Cockett’s tracing of how the Austrian capital has shaped western politics, economics and culture is essential reading
Change of fortunes for Irish in Brighton as Evan Ferguson wins local hearts
The south-coast city is forever linked to a notorious IRA bomb, but there’s no trace of anti-Irish sentiment
Pablo Larraín on his Pinochet film: ‘It’s a vampire movie. It’s also a farce. It deals with horrific, horrific people’
The Chilean director whose previous films include Jackie, about Jackie Kennedy, and Spencer, about Princess Diana, turns his attention to the dictator who ruled his country for 17 years
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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