Sinn Féin Northern command in good shape despite southern setbacksSense that O’Dowd displayed unwarranted effrontery in tilting at deputy leader O’NeillSat Nov 16 2019 - 21:08
Mary Lou McDonald calls for ‘new deal’ to plan for Irish unitySinn Féin leader demands that the Government hold Border poll in the next five yearsSat Nov 16 2019 - 20:30
Michelle O’Neill re-elected as deputy leader of Sinn FéinO’Neill took over as party’s leader in Northern Ireland in 2017Sat Nov 16 2019 - 18:24
Ardfheis leaves door open for Sinn Féin to enter coalition governmentConference rejects motion that SF would ‘only enter a coalition as the largest party’Sat Nov 16 2019 - 17:14
Sinn Féin grassroots left in dark on deputy leadership challengeNo public debate and precious little sign of an internal one involving two contendersSat Nov 16 2019 - 01:26
Referendum on united Ireland inevitable, says Michelle O’NeillRepublicans facing into ‘decade of opportunity’, Sinn Féin ardfheis in Derry hearsFri Nov 15 2019 - 20:20
Smith warns of North elections if executive does not return by January 13thNorthern Secretary says such an election would make ‘a failure of every politician’ in NorthFri Nov 15 2019 - 18:55
‘Proudly abstentionist’ Sinn Féin launches Westminster election campaignDUP leader accuses Sinn Féin of operating on ‘mandate to do nothing’Mon Nov 11 2019 - 19:50
Boris Johnson’s prosecution pledge to former British soldiers criticisedCoveney says there must ‘no amnesty for anyone who committed crimes’ in NorthMon Nov 11 2019 - 19:16
Varadkar joins Foster in Enniskillen for Remembrance SundayTaoiseach lays wreath at commemoration on 32nd anniversary of Fermanagh bombingSun Nov 10 2019 - 12:46
Journalist and broadcaster Eamonn Mallie publishes collection of poetryJournalist’s first collection ‘anchored’ in his upbringing in south ArmaghSat Nov 09 2019 - 14:55
North will be a ‘place apart’ under Brexit deal, new UUP leader saysSteve Aiken: Northern Ireland must either ‘leave as one or remain as one’Sat Nov 09 2019 - 13:02
Coffee drinkers at lower risk of most common liver cancer – reportStudy took place in Britain, NI and looked at coffee-drinking habits of 471,779 participantsThu Nov 07 2019 - 21:39
Cheese and union: Johnson defends Brexit deal in NI Tayto factoryOn a visit to Tandragee, the UK prime minister speaks of ‘good relations’ with DUPThu Nov 07 2019 - 21:04
Lady Sylvia Hermon announces she will not seek re-election in North DownDUP MP David Simpson apologises for affair and says he will not contest electionWed Nov 06 2019 - 19:40
Kevin Lunney says captors worked through ‘list of brutally specific orders’Assailants told businessman they had to ‘mark’ him in attack to make him rememberTue Nov 05 2019 - 23:46
‘I was in agony’: Kevin Lunney tells of prolonged torture ordealQuinn Industrial Holdings executive reveals to BBC extent of cruelty he facedTue Nov 05 2019 - 23:45
Kevin Lunney reveals he nearly escaped captors before tortureBBC interview to be broadcast just hours after meeting between QIH and Garda chiefTue Nov 05 2019 - 19:28
Hooded Men still campaigning for original torture ruling to be upheldNew TG4 documentary examines how men were subjected to ‘five techniques’ method of interrogationTue Nov 05 2019 - 01:00
‘Stormont will end up as a big hotel’: How North Belfast feels about a UK electionVoters seem more anxious to reinstate powersharing than to send MPs to WestminsterThu Oct 31 2019 - 02:56
‘Bonkers’ for DUP and Ulster Unionists not to agree electoral pact, MP saysIncoming UUP leader Steve Aiken under increasing pressure to strike deal with DUPWed Oct 30 2019 - 22:11
Photographing the Troubles: ‘like being a war correspondent in your home town’‘You can’t see what we’ve seen without it having an impact on you,’ says Alan LewisWed Oct 30 2019 - 20:22
Northern Irish election could see tight battles in eight constituenciesVoters get to voice views on Brexit and the union, with DUP under most severe pressureWed Oct 30 2019 - 01:00
Nightmare returns for McConvilles – but time to speak outIt is important for the family to show that their mother Jean was not an informantTue Oct 29 2019 - 02:55
Threat of loyalist violence ‘not an argument’ against united IrelandThe 50 per cent plus one rule must apply in any poll on unity, says Queen’s law professorTue Oct 29 2019 - 01:00
The last thing a deflated DUP needs is an electionAnalysis: Party members sure of Johnson’s need for them to support Brexit deal in parliamentSat Oct 26 2019 - 18:40
DUP will defeat Brexit deal if it is not changed, warns FosterParty leader tells conference DUP is open to doing a deal on the Irish languageSat Oct 26 2019 - 15:29
DUP ‘not a party of hate or backwardness,’ MP tells conferenceToo often DUP has played into its ‘enemies’ hands’, says Emma Little-PengellySat Oct 26 2019 - 12:38
Arlene Foster faces tough battle raising DUP members’ spirits for electionDUP annual conference: Time to get out the woolly hats for winter election canvassing?Sat Oct 26 2019 - 01:00
Police investigate how African teens arrived in Northern IrelandTen youths in care of Belfast Health Trust after arriving illegally via city’s harbourThu Oct 24 2019 - 20:25
Christian leaders criticise Northern Ireland abortion law changeCatholic bishops say Stormont could have prevented ‘draconian’ Westminster legislationTue Oct 22 2019 - 21:37
Northern Irish GPs face ‘legal uncertainty’ as abortion decriminalisedDoctor says abortion services not deregulated and abortions up to 28 weeks not allowedTue Oct 22 2019 - 20:21
Decriminalisation of abortion in North leads to confusionLegislation due by end of March 2020 but the situation in the meantime is uncertainTue Oct 22 2019 - 02:13
Visitors to Stormont witness a one-hour imitation of democracyNo abortion debate after proceedings fall at first hurdle: election of a speakerMon Oct 21 2019 - 20:09
Attempt to block abortion law change in Northern Ireland failsVote on new Assembly speaker fails to take place after Sinn Féin and SDLP boycott voteMon Oct 21 2019 - 16:16
Ivor Bell ruling may jeopardise future Troubles prosecutionsJudge dismisses recordings and directs jury to find Bell not guilty of soliciting murderFri Oct 18 2019 - 01:00
Boston tapes project is sharply criticised by judge in Ivor Bell caseJudge John O’Hara says taped confession was ‘improperly and dishonestly induced’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 20:42
The Ivor Bell case: some key background questions answeredJean McConville, the Boston tapes, Ivor Bell and Pat McClureThu Oct 17 2019 - 17:50
Jean McConville’s murder, the Boston tapes, Gerry Adams and the Ivor Bell trialLong read: Tapes which implicated Gerry Adams deemed inadmissible in Belfast trialThu Oct 17 2019 - 15:00
Ivor Bell found not guilty of soliciting murder of Jean McConvilleJudge directs jury to not guilty verdict: ‘You cannot find him to have done the acts alleged’Thu Oct 17 2019 - 11:25
Brexit: Hopes of deal by deadline fade as DUP opposition hardensParty’s objections to ‘double customs’ idea presents hurdle to Boris JohnsonMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:22
New film calls for ‘major initiative’ to support victims of TroublesThe Quiet Shuffling of Feet examines trauma and mental health in Northern IrelandMon Oct 14 2019 - 02:17
Man shot in front of son in paramilitary-style ‘punishment’ attackBoy who had to run to neighbours for help ‘traumatised’ by attack, say PSNISun Oct 13 2019 - 20:45
Police release image of man they believe involved in Co Down killingPSNI officer appeals for public to assist in finding those behind ‘chilling’ murderSun Oct 13 2019 - 19:18
‘We had a tiger by the tail’: The forgotten loyalists of the peace processGary McMichael and Billy Huthinson feel the role of loyalist leaders has been overlookedSat Oct 12 2019 - 01:00
More children killed in Troubles than first thought, says new bookAuthors Joe Duffy and Freya McClements claim 186 children under 16 died in conflictThu Oct 10 2019 - 01:10
Legal challenge to British Brexit strategy dismissed in BelfastOne of applicants was high-profile victims’ campaigner Raymond McCordThu Sept 12 2019 - 18:49
Ex-SDLP MP unapologetic about House of Lords elevationMargaret Ritchie: ‘I will be reflecting the views of the party in that chamber’Thu Sept 12 2019 - 17:52
Foster’s repeated call for ‘sensible deal’ hints at new mood of compromiseDUP knows a no-deal Brexit would be disastrous for party and for Northern IrelandThu Sept 12 2019 - 01:04
Derry woman is British until she renounces citizenship, tribunal toldLawyer in Emma DeSouza’s case says Belfast Agreement does not overrule British Nationality ActTue Sept 10 2019 - 15:52
