Martin McGuinness

Up to 1% of Co Donegal population has been estimated to have the hereditary condition

We Don’t Know Ourselves is the story of Ireland’s growth since the 1950s

Taoiseach’s office rejects Donaldson suggestion about diary as ‘matter for the President’

An Irishman’s Diary

Former BBC journalist James Helm on a special bond with Ireland that has sustained his family through tragedy and change

Des O’Malley ‘a senior politician who made his mark’, says Waterford TD David Cullinane

UK National Archives, 1997: Sinn Féin leaders visited Downing Street at Christmas

Sinn Féin leader on family, privilege and a rapid ascent in politics after a late start

Though no household name, DUP members were unsurprised the Poots loyalist was in the frame

The North has changed dramatically, and unionism, instead of celebrating the centenary of the foundation of the Northern Irish state it used to dominate, is in crisis

Thomas Elliott believes futile campaign of violence should have been halted in 1987

The royal visit for the opening of the Northern Ireland parliament in 1921 was of great significance to Ulster unionists, though the target audience may have been Sinn Féin

Relatives defend Foyle MLA after she was stood down following party’s poor showing

Prince Philip’s loss in conflict between Britain and Ireland acknowledged at Stormont

The IRA had murdered Philip’s uncle Louis Mountbatten. Yet the duke did his duty

The Guardian’s former media commentator should have been clear about his sympathies