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Brian Cox on costars, politics and death: ‘I feel I’ve upset a few people over the years’
Succession star Cox, who recently found out he’s 88% Irish, is often betrayed as grumpy, but he may be one of life’s great enthusiasts
Fianna Fáil seeks royal treatment as Simon and Micheál see the crown jewels
Miriam Lord: Scotland shows off its crown jewels to an Irish contingency, putting haggis, rather than government formation, on the menu
SNP lays traps for Labour in Scotland’s draft budget
Scottish government pledges to abolish in Scotland the two-child benefit cap that the UK Labour government has so far resisted scrapping
Alex Salmond obituary: Commanding figure who came close to breaking up the United Kingdom
He was a man of ideas, an effective communicator and had built a good relationship with Scottish business
‘It’s a whole different ball game’: Hurling Shinty International promises to be an old-school throwback
Twelve counties represented in Irish team for Saturday’s game against Scotland in Ennis
Skeleton service - Frank McNally on why horses’ heads (and the occasional saint) used to be buried under buildings
The foundation sacrifice
Alex Salmond: Scotland’s talented and flawed ‘colossus’ who idolised Charles Stewart Parnell
Scottish nationalist politician died suddenly on Saturday, as his friends insist his independence dream will live on
Ian Rankin: ‘Serious writers are attracted to the crime novel because it takes on morally complex themes in a digestible way’
The Rebus creator on his flawed police inspector’s fall from grace, the Jekyll and Hyde sides of his hometown Edinburgh and the genius of Muriel Spark
Who Killed Emma? There’s an extraordinary twist to this podcast about a murder that went unsolved for 19 years
Podcast review: Journalist Samantha Poling became witness at a murder trial in a development that led to this podcast being made temporarily unavailable
Where does your salmon come from? Fish farm escape highlights questions for consumers
The differences between ‘farmed’, ‘organically farmed’ and ‘wild’ salmon may be unclear to shoppers while imports from Scotland, Norway and the Faroe Islands can be labelled as Irish
There are good reasons for Irish people to pay close attention to what’s happening in Scotland
Worldview: If the SNP recovers its strength, the union will weaken - with consequences for the island of Ireland
‘We need to inject some passion’: Young Scottish independence activists think the movement has lost verve
Union supporters and those in favour of independence are almost ‘eeksie peeksie’ in polls but the Scottish National Party appears to have put its breakaway dream on ice for now
Scottish National Party leader warns of daunting financial challenge for Scotland
John Swinney gives first conference address to the party since taking over as leader in summer
Bruised SNP gathers in Edinburgh as senior figure offers potential olive branch to Alex Salmond
Scottish Nationalist Party members meet for the first time after it was trounced by Labour in July’s UK election
Labour eyes control of Scotland’s parliament after routing SNP in election
Scottish Labour under Anas Sarwar has completed a Lazarus-like recovery
Scotland refuse to contemplate another group stage exit
Scotland would almost certainly progress to the last 16 of Euro 2024 with a win. Defeat, however, would continue the Scottish trend of failure to reach the knock-out phase of finals
A woman walked in and a brawl started: A night watching the Euros in a Glasgow pub
Glasgow Letter: Scottish city’s boisterous reputation is enthusiastically fulfilled one crazy evening watching the Euros
‘People are hacked off at politics’: SNP and Labour in knife-edge battle across central Scotland
Labour is hoping to regain seats lost to the SNP, with Brexit and migration the main dividing lines
Euro Zone: Reporters left red-faced as Scotland fans turn the air blue
Liverpool player Dominik Szoboszlai looks on the birght side of not playing
Englishness and Britishness are not the same. That matters as nationalism resurges in the UK
Can a Labour government go far enough with constitutional reform to deflect renewed Scottish demands for independence?
Scotland aiming to burst confident Germany’s bubble
Euro 2024 opener: High expectation surrounding home side Germany in European Championship opener but Scotland boss Steve Clarke says ‘we respect everyone, fear no one’
Steve Clarke’s work with Scotland has the fans believing the class of 2024 can break the mould
Eyes of football world will be on Scotland as they take on Germany in opening game of Euro 2024
Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands: From pishpuddles to pee-the-beds
Humourless narrator is difficult to root for in this novel set in Fife, Scotland
Why is British PM Rishi Sunak calling a general election now and what will happen next?
Sunak granted permission to dissolve parliament from King Charles with campaigning to take place over coming weeks up to July 4th
Bambie Thug impresses the scholars with Ogham messaging
Ireland’s Eurovision entrant gets top marks for using ancient alphabet correctly
Kate Forbes appointed deputy first minister as SNP leader John Swinney appoints Scottish cabinet
Forbes had challenged Humza Yousaf for the SNP leadership last year but opted not to stand against Swinney
Scotland’s new first minister promises to reach out to opposition
John Swinney’s erstwhile SNP leadership rival Kate Forbes is expected to be brought back into the cabinet
A week of high drama in Scottish politics ends with the SNP’s disparate camps joining forces
John Swinney looks set to be crowned leader of the SNP and of Scotland, as Kate Forbes bides her time
Humza Yousaf tried to appear strong, but ended up looking weak
Scotland’s outgoing first minister, who announced on Monday he would quit, lacked political guile, his rivals say
Humza Yousaf to resign as Scotland’s first minister
SNP leader’s decision comes ahead of two no-confidence votes after he ended power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens
Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf will try to repair rift with Greens to save his job
Angry Scottish Greens threatening to back no-confidence motion in the SNP leader after he ended governing partnership with Green Party
Yousaf faces no-confidence vote as SNP’s powersharing deal with Greens collapses
First minister says SNP would govern ‘on our policy terms’ after ending power-sharing arrangement with Greens
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