There’s nothing the Irish enjoy more than exaggerating their differences
Taoiseach Simon Harris wants people at the top of the island and those farther down to get to know each other better
Eamonn McCann
Civil disobedience ‘may well be necessary’ in North’s public sector pay dispute, campaigner says
Trade unions representing 170,000 workers went on strike on Thursday in what was the largest day of mass industrial action in 50 years
Ireland 100: An Old Song Resung: The best moment of this rousing celebration is the most subversive
Television review: RTÉ is to be congratulated for an ambitious project that tries to reflect the successes but also the failures of the State
Archbishop Eamon Martin: I was very torn when Martin McGuinness died
Archbishop remembers growing up in Derry during the Troubles, and tensions between Church and IRA
Eamonn McCann: ‘How did I get to be 80? This doesn’t feel like 80 is supposed to feel’
A life of protest fuelled by socialist convictions, hatred of injustice, and the excitement of rebellion, played out against convulsive changes in Northern politics and society
Assembly election: Can those who don't vote Orange or Green transform the North?
Northern Ireland election on Thursday: Parties designated ‘other’ sense a chance to move past old divisions
Emergency hardship £1,000 payment should be given to struggling households – PBP
Party calls for fuel and rent caps and £15 minimum wage in election manifesto
Bloody Sunday families say UK government plans deny justice
Thousands of people walk in remembrance of the 50th anniversary of Derry massacre
Phil Coulter on Bloody Sunday: ‘You just felt the whole city had been violated’
The consequences of that day left a lasting impact on the lives of the people of Derry
‘Elders of the Rebel Alliance’ remember the day everything changed
The civil rights march of 1968 is seen as one of the starting points of the Troubles
Drawn to music: The eye and ear of illustrator David Rooney
What are the lines that connect a visual artist with the medium of sound?
Eamonn McCann to step down as Derry councillor on health grounds
Veteran rights campaigner announces decision after diagnosis with the neurological condition
Derry and Strabane top a league table that nobody wants to win
‘Complacency set in, people thought they had the Covid pandemic beaten, and they socialised’
The game they loved so well: How cricket united Hume, McGuinness and McCann
Although they disagreed on many things, the most English of games was common ground
Trinity students crowned team champions of 60th Irish Times Debate
Individual speaker’s award goes to Rachael Mullally representing UCD Law
The Irish Times Debate at 60: How changing topics reflected the ages
For six decades, participants in the annual event have argued burning issues of the day
My debating days: By Michael D Higgins, Mary Harney, Dara Ó Briain and more
Debating taught me ‘to think quickly and speak slowly in unpredictable situations’
Wit and warmth: The secret weapons of Irish debaters
The first Irish Times Debate took place 60 years ago. Former student debaters look back
TCD and Sadsi speakers secure places for Irish Times Debate grand final
Last semi-final held in cadets’ mess at the Curragh Camp
‘I love you, legs.’ ‘I love you, knees.’ And other Electric Picnic conversations
It’s Sunday. Opt for an early feed of chips, or get in touch with body and soul?
Battle of the Bogside 'like a conveyor belt system making petrol bombs'
The Troubles at 50: Rioting in Derry remembered by first-hand witnesses
Focus on nationalism will ‘sooner or later’ move Ireland towards fascism
Activist Bernadette McAliskey gives warning at event for 50th anniversary of the Bogside
Ex-speaker for dissident republican group Gary Donnelly tops Derry poll
Sinn Féin loses position as largest party in council as SDLP gains seats
‘You are now entering Free Derry’: 50 years on
Free Derry Corner has been a beacon of civil rights and political liberty for half a century
Peter Casey’s childhood brush with civil rights did not instill empathy
Some Derry activists are still campaigning for social justice in their native hinterland
Micheál Martin claims Sinn Féin TDs face ‘centralised control’
FF leader rules out coalition but says apology from SF for IRA atrocities would be ‘very significant’
Several thousand march through Derry for city’s annual Pride parade
March led by those who were prominent in the civil rights movement
Brendan O’Connor show: Majella O’Donnell could interview herself
TV Review: Presenter Brendan O’Connor is outmanoeuvred by his chat show guest
What Northern Ireland’s civil rights movement means to Miriam O’Callaghan
RTÉ’s documentary about the 1968 protests is part history show, part personal journey
A year on, Martin McGuinness’s legacy still provokes mixed reaction
In Derry, he is being recast in Irish chieftain mould, in keeping with Republican tradition
Angry, indignant, honest Sean O’Rourke
Radio Review: Both O’Rourke and Cormac Ó hEadhra find politics difficult to stomach
Review – In The Name of Peace: John Hume in America
Time to recall pivotal role played by a patriot, and that rare breed – the virtuous politician
How Arlene Foster helped nationalism find its teeth
DUP leader has hardened nationalist resolve like no unionist first minister before her
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