Oscars 2025: Kneecap shortlisted for best international feature film and best original song
Two Irish films, TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Room Taken and Portia A Buckley’s Clodagh, landed spots in the shortlist for best live action short
Belfast
Police targeting of Belfast journalists exposes ‘lack of legal safeguards’ for press freedom
Tribunal ruling on Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey underscores need to protect press freedom and confidential journalistic sources
Man jailed for abduction of girl (7) who was playing in her front garden
Marek Burieta from Spelga Park in Lurgan - who was unknown to the family - was drunk when he approached the children and asked if they wanted to go for pizza and ice cream
Twenty PSNI officers injured in less than 24 hours
Some officers sustained serious injuries that required medical treatment, superintendent says
Matt Cooper: I’m an only child. I’ve always been conscious of not having brothers or sisters
The journalist and broadcaster on his middle name Raphael, visiting Belfast in the 1970s and his experience as an only child
Anna Lo obituary: Fearless and trailblazing politician who stood for equality
A feminist and self-described humanist she campaigned against racial discrimination while herself suffering from racist threats and intimidation
No evidence of police collusion in investigation into 1978 La Mon House Hotel bombing, ombudsman says
Judge at trial said he could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that statements not ‘adduced by torture’
A Dante for Ireland: Exile and purgatory reinvented for the dislocated
Colcester, Florence, Belfast and elsewhere all intermingle in Philip Terry’s version of Dante’s Purgatorio
PSNI investigate sudden death of woman at Belfast nightclub
A second woman remains in hospital after the two women were found unconscious
Calling all meat eaters: Where to eat the best steaks in Ireland
When only a steak will cut it, these are 10 of our top restaurant choices
Former Christian Brother jailed for abusing children was ‘like a dark shadow’ in victims’ lives
Paul Dunleavy preyed on boys from deprived backgrounds, leaving them with feelings of worthlessness, self-hatred and guilt
Former Christian Brother (89) sentenced to further 10 years in prison
Paul Dunleavy found guilty in September of 36 charges of historical sexual abuse against nine boys
Mary Poppins, Peter Pan and Cinderella: 25 Christmas pantos and shows to see around Ireland this festive season
Jack and the Beanstalk, Mary Poppins and an adaptation of Roddy Doyle’s The Giggler Treatment are among the highlights
Irish art sale: Standing room only anticipated at live auction return
Camille Souter, Mary Swanzy, Roderic O’Conor and Louis le Brocquy are among the highlights at deVere’s Irish art sale
Punctuality of trains at Connolly continues to decline
Irish Rail received more than 1,000 written complaints after new timetable was introduced
‘No mercy’ shown by former Belfast Christian Brother to abuse victims, judge tells court
Judge was responding to request for leniency for Paul Dunleavy (88) on grounds of age ahead of sentencing for historic child sex offences
‘I feel Irish Rail are just running down the time and hoping I will go away’
Family trip to Belfast tarnished after paying a premium, only to be told when they got on board that there was no first class and no catering
North’s sports minister has ‘no objection’ to attending GAA match amid row over Casement funding
DUP minister Gordon Lyons plays down reports of ‘tetchy’ meeting with GAA president Jarlath Burns
Charli XCX announces two gigs in Ireland for 2025
Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts
Family of Pat Finucane call for ‘fully independent’ inquiry at Capitol Hill
Inquiry should have sufficiently wide terms of reference and should facilitate panel of judges with human rights law experience, Finucane family believes
Police officers injured during protest against Hillary Clinton Belfast visit
PSNI investigating scenes of public disorder outside Queen’s University as US presidential candidate spoke at summit
‘Insufficient evidence’ to prosecute Stormont department over Noah Donohoe’s death
Teenager found dead in north Belfast storm drain owned by Stormont Department of Infrastructure in 2020, six days after he went missing
From enchanted forests to winter wonderlands: 12 Christmas experiences to try around Ireland
Christmas events for the family, including light displays in Dublin Zoo and helicopter rides with Santa
The Day of the Jackal review: Eddie Redmayne is underwhelming in the cat and mouse drama that cries out for more heart
Television: Who better to embody an international man of mystery than Redmayne who seems half invisible even with the lights on?
Irishman in Canada for 50 years: ‘I was about to return home after three years but then things changed’
Patrick McKenna fitted right into the political hothouse in Montreal in 1978, which provided him with the adrenaline rush he had been missing since leaving Belfast
‘No criminal offences’ detected by PSNI in messages sent by Sinn Féin’s JJ Magee
Police service confirms review conducted after force received report regarding inappropriate messages
Profile: JJ Magee, Sinn Féin
The party member’s cross-community work to ease sectarian tensions has raised his media profile in recent years
Anti-immigration protester who fronted illegal Belfast parade while waving Irish Tricolour is jailed
Anti-immigration protester Bernard Lavery was seen at the front of the crowd, waving an Irish Tricolour
Great restaurants around Ireland for a night out
If you want to make a night of it, here’s where food, wine and interesting surroundings get top billing. Is there DJ in a bright orange booth too? Of course
Criminal barristers in Belfast to withdraw services in protest over fee levels
Barristers voted not to take on any new ‘Category A’ cases going forward, Bar of Northern Ireland says
Poet Paul Muldoon: ‘My dad, a market gardener, was a guy who could barely write his own name’
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, academic and musician Paul Muldoon on growing up in a nationalist family in Co Armagh, life in Belfast during the Troubles and moving to the US
Dublin-Belfast train users: ‘It’s advertised as an hour from Dundalk. It takes an hour and 20’
Competition with Dart leads to frustration for north-south travellers as well as capital’s commuters
Dublin to Belfast train link expanded to hourly service
Connolly Station and Belfast’s new Grand Central will see 15 services in each direction
Students from Republic missing out on UK places because of junior cycle marking
Everyone wants senior cycle reform to succeed, but if junior cycle is an indication, there are real grounds for concern
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