Belfast judge says ‘racist, thuggish behaviour’ should attract severe sentencing
Granting bail to man allegedly involved in riots would send wrong message, Belfast high court judge says
Northern Ireland
Sinn Féin’s US fundraising and lobbying arm sent €41,000 to party in Belfast
Latest filing by Friends of Sinn Féin shows it raised almost €100,000 in the US in six months
How detailed will Fine Gael’s plan for Irish reunification be?
Issues from policing to currency that affect all of us need to be addressed
Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Jury sent home, to resume deliberations on Friday
Judge tells jurors case turns on whether they accept complainants’ accounts or that of former DUP leader
Muckamore abuse inquiry finds ‘deeply troubling’ failures in care of vulnerable people
Medication used as restraint ‘left patients zombified’ amid unsafe wards and understaffing, report states
Today’s Makerfield byelection could be seismic for Ireland
If Labour can fail in former mining towns then there may be no stopping Nigel Farage’s populist Reform party
Councillor calls for ethnicity and nationality to be included in crime stats, saying ‘prove us wrong’
Department of Justice project under way to improve collection and strength of data
US tourist who killed mother of two while driving rental car gets suspended sentence
Cathy Stewart (67) deemed to have pressed accelerator rather than brake while parking outside hotel
Jeffrey Donaldson accusers ‘not sufficiently reliable’ for guilty verdict, jury told
Defence barrister for former DUP leader says jury of seven men and five women must ‘ignore the noise’ surrounding case
Loyalists who burn people out of their homes are firebombing their own political futures
Rioters focused their cruel fury on people of colour, whose ancestors were once fellow subjects of the crown
‘No reason’ why women who claim Jeffrey Donaldson sexually abused them would ‘lie’, court told
Prosecution barrister delivers closing arguments at former DUP leader’s sex offences trial in Newry
Racism being ‘promoted by people in serious leadership positions’ around the world, McAleese says
Former president compares AI to the ‘garbage’ people were fed by Church and State at the time she was growing up
US presidents’ trail could some day be ‘comparable with Wild Atlantic Way’, claims TD
Government establishing trail with native tree, information panel at each ancestral site, literary guides for adults and children
Death at the bridge: The Troubles murder of Terence McKeever, 40 years on
The newly wed businessman was killed by the IRA, but key evidence has since gone missing on both sides of Border
Defence closes case in Jeffrey Donaldson sex offences trial with no further witnesses called
Barrister for Eleanor Donaldson tells court wife of former DUP leader is ‘incapable of taking part’
Fine Gael’s blueprint for Irish unity will not be about ‘sloganeering’, Tánaiste says
Every party in Dáil favours a united Ireland and subject is not owned by Sinn Féin, says Simon Harris
Archbishop condemns ‘outrageous’ violence towards migrant communities in NI
Eamon Martin praises contribution of immigrants and says racism is a ‘grave sin’
Simon Harris announces ‘blueprint’ for Irish unity
Fine Gael leader says planning for constitutional change ‘must involve listening to all traditions’
Beware ideas which offer a pseudointellectual cover for racist rioting
A book coining the ugly phrase ‘suicidal empathy’ has been on the NYT bestseller list. At its heart is the idea that ‘misdirected’ empathy is destroying western civilisation
A visual timeline of how foreign agitators helped spark racist riots in Belfast
Notable co-ordination via ‘online social media activity’ from within North and ‘outside the island of Ireland’, say police
How did an attack in a nationalist part of Belfast lead to rioting in loyalist areas?
AI-generated images with the Union Jack and Irish Tricolour displayed side by side circulated on social media before this week’s riots, but loyalists were at the centre of the disturbances
Man and woman in court over disorder following Belfast knife attack
Man’s defence solicitor concedes there is a ‘degree of irony’ in his client being ‘anywhere near’ demonstrations
Jeffrey Donaldson denies meeting with accuser was to ‘nip in the bud’ abuse allegations
Former DUP leader tells court Christian minister was ‘mistaken in his recollection’ of 1990s meeting
PSNI reports ‘calmer’ night in North after disorder following knife attack
Anti-racism events organised in response to unrest, which began after Belfast stabbing
Up to 90% of asylum seekers may have crossed Border from North, data shows
UK Home Office reveals it apprehended more than 900 ‘immigration offenders’ abusing the open Border in the past year
Inside court as Jeffrey Donaldson takes the stand
In the News podcast: ‘It just didn’t happen’ he tells court of sex abuse allegations
Belfast riots make it harder for mixed-race Irish to be hopeful
Dark times for those who believe in a society that respects the dignity and humanity of all people
Belfast unrest likened to the ‘worst of the Troubles’ before quieter Thursday night
PSNI chief blames ‘racist thugs’ for disorder as protests on Thursday limited to small, isolated groups blocking roads in the east of city
Jeffrey Donaldson says two women who accused him of sexual abuse are lying
Former DUP leader gives evidence in his defence at Newry trial
Focus on Border as entry point for asylum seekers after second night of riots in Belfast
Micheál Martin defends Common Travel Area but says issues need to be addressed
Northern Ireland’s politicians have no power over immigration. London controls it all
Racism has been associated with unionist areas because that is where immigrants have been able to find housing. Republican communities take pride in behaving better
Population growth contrasts in North versus Republic
Rate of population growth in the South has yet to catch up with the North
Property condition now top of mind for buyers of country homes - selling agents
Eight estate agents from around the Republic and Northern Ireland give their take on the market
Water cannon deployed as Belfast sees second night of public disorder
‘Eyes of the world are watching us,’ say Executive Ministers, ‘actions will shape how we are viewed’
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