Northern Ireland

Belfast High Court hears 16 challenges lodged to controversial laws around Troubles era issues

New report says compensation awarded during height of conflict ‘unequal and inadequate’ with women routinely discriminated against

More legal challenges are lodged by Troubles victims against controversial legislation

Policing board chair says legal advice on options after resignation of Simon Byrne have been considered

Just 1,255 undergraduate students from Northern Ireland attended college in Republic in 2020/21

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots suggests Windsor Framework is ‘nowhere near adequate’

I think about how I desired suffering for me, even when it cost me dearly, so long as I could lay the blame for it at the doors of the Protestant community or the British

In Northern Ireland, most students never study the Troubles while the education offered in the South is patchy

Radical change of approach required, particularly for the younger generation coming into the labour market, says Micheál Martin

Judicial review proceedings launched on behalf of six bereaved families against contentious legislation

‘Pattern of noncompliance with court directions’ by PSNI, review hearing in relation to inquest into 1997 murder of GAA official told

Chris Heaton-Harris referenced ‘unhelpful comments down in Dublin’ after Taoiseach expressed belief he would see unification in his lifetime

Trade channel, starting in October, will help resolve North’s political difficulties, says Tánaiste

Former senior police officer to join the Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery

Brexit has disrupted the careful equilibrium in Northern Ireland

Relatives protest outside Belfast conference attended by Northern secretary Chris Heaton-Harris as controversial Bill passes through Westminster

In the shadow of a Border poll, it looks impossible to put in place a stable, co-operative powersharing government

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‘Extraordinary’ that Rishi Sunak’s government is pursuing legislation, says Bertie Ahern

Many police officers can’t even tell their families what their real jobs are. A new independent police review is vital

The Peaceplus programme will fund projects across six key themes designed to ensure the continued economic, social, and environmental development of Northern Ireland'

A cross-community exhibition in west Belfast tells the colourful history of a Presbyterian church that was forced to close early in the Troubles

The present crisis in the PSNI is being crudely, but not unjustly, seen as Sinn Féin demanding the heads of two officers - and the DUP and UUP demanding the heads of the leadership for bowing to this pressure

Even after the resignation of chief constable Simon Byrne, the controversy rumbles on

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The success of a united Ireland will be judged on how it treats its minorities including one million northern unionists, says Varadkar

Assistant Chief Constable believes intention was to use the weapons ‘to mount attacks in an attempt to kill police officers’

Victims campaigner seeking a judicial review arguing the Bill is a breach of his rights

The Bill is another fine mess that could have been avoided with just a bit of co-operation

Leo Varadkar said people were ‘reading too much’ into crowds attending Wolfe Tones concert at Electric Picnic

Q&A: Victims and survivors’ groups, as well as all five of the North’s main political parties, oppose the Bill

Reform of Stormont is opposed by Sinn Féin and the DUP, yet neither has a leg to stand on

MPs in the Commons voted by 288 to 205 to reject amendments introduced in the House of Lords

Siobhan Keegan says her main aim for the year ahead is to change the North’s courts to a non-ministerial department model

Comments come after thousands sing ‘Ooh, ah, up the Ra’ during Wolfe Tones’ Electric Picnic performance

Parenting in My Shoes: The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party says he felt as his children got older that he was replicating what he saw as his own father’s failings, and he ‘really had to work’ at changing that

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson says it is ‘first step towards rebuilding confidence in the PSNI’

PSNI launches murder inquiry in wake of attack outside bar in Castlederg

Police appeal for information after incident in the Ballsmill Road area

The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is set to return to the House of Lords on Tuesday