‘Great to have you here’: Catherine Connolly welcomed at start of first official visit to North
President is welcomed at Stormont Castle by First Minister and Deputy First Minister at start of three-day visit
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PSNI officers and staff affected by data breach offered £7,500 compensation each
Spreadsheet of initials, surnames, ranks and roles of 9,500 employees was released in error
Fading trust hitting Stormont’s ability to deliver, report says
Belfast-based think tank Pivotal says Northern Ireland’s ministers seem to be operating individually, not collectively
Stormont Minister breached ministerial code with social media post, report finds
Commissioner says Gordon Lyons’s actions had potential of ‘heightening tensions’ during rioting in North last year
Sinn Féin’s refusal to levy a charge on water is pathetic
If well-off homeowners paid a wealth tax equivalent to a cup of coffee a month, there would be more houses, jobs and a cleaner environment
Economic inequality is worsening in Northern Ireland, report says
Study from Ulster University Economic Policy Centre shows Belfast now well ahead of other regions economically
Turning Newry into a Dublin dormitory town: now there’s an idea
A new house that might sell for €400,000 in Mullingar would be €150,000 cheaper north of the Border
Ulster Banner to remain NI flag for Commonwealth Games following guidance
North’s body for event had been seeking guidance on use of flag since 2020
Criticism of Stormont’s creationist Minister for Education really needs to evolve
A broader form of intolerance is at work against DUP’s Paul Givan, but suspicions against him have been debunked
Stormont must make ‘difficult decisions’ in 2026, warns Northern Ireland Secretary
Hilary Benn reiterates commitment to working with counterparts in Dublin to establish new framework for dealing with Troubles legacy
Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan awarded MBE in new year honours list
Pommel horse specialist won Ireland’s first gymnastics gold medal
Stormont Executive agrees to set aside £119m for PSNI data breach payouts
Move described as ‘welcome relief for officers’
Paramilitaries ‘exacerbating’ anti-immigrant unrest in North – report
Members of illegal terror groups encouraging young people to get involved in racist violence, warns independent commission
John FitzGerald: The North must deal with its economic and social failings before unity
While many Northern nationalists see unification as a solution to poor governance, that is a fallacy
‘Significant uncertainty’: Vets in North worried at post-Brexit rule changes on medicines
Exemption allowing medicinal products to be supplied from Britain expires within weeks
The Irish Unity Dividend by Ben Collins: Little to entice unionists to join the conversation
This occasionally polemical book contains useful information for those interested in the topic or in favour of a united Ireland
Row over Belfast Irish-language signs to advance to full hearing as Ministerial talks fail
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson seeking to review approval of Irish signs at Grand Central Station
Northern Ireland’s long argument over Irish language is either going to end or get worse
An Irish language commissioner, an Ulster Scots commissioner and an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression have just been appointed, a classic three legged stool
DUP’s Paul Givan facing no-confidence motion in Stormont after trip to Israel
Minister among unionist MLAs who took part in fact-finding visit at invitation of Israeli government
Sinn Féin to back no-confidence motion in North’s minister for education
Paul Givan is ‘going nowhere’, DUP leader Gavin Robinson says
Court allows legal challenge over Stormont’s failure to deliver Irish language strategy
Conradh na Gaeilge asked for judicial review over lack of progress on initiative agreed in 2006
Powersharing has created a nonsense system where planning an action counts as an action
One team of 134 people at Stormont has spent €123 million on a strategy that reduced carbon emissions by just one per cent
Jeffrey Donaldson trial may not take place until next year, judge says
Trial due to begin in November but further medical assessments are required for co-accused Eleanor Donaldson
What’s behind Northern Ireland’s fake greenways controversy?
The Republic has built 91km of greenways in the past two years; Northern Ireland has built 4km, while claiming to have built many more
The campaign to free Bailey the support dog from prison sparks a useful debate
Bailey’s story has highlighted an odd feature of Northern Ireland politics: prison issues are normally a dog that does not bark
DUP leader rounds on Republic’s ‘intolerance of Protestant culture’, dismisses Irish unity
Members of Burke family protest outside party’s annual conference in Belfast
Sinn Féin, DUP and UUP have united to block plan to fix Lough Neagh
We cannot continue to neglect the largest and perhaps most special contiguous ecosystem on the island of Ireland
Michelle O’Neill: ‘The British state killed local people. Those moments contribute to who you are’
Northern Ireland’s First Minister discusses party leadership, presidency, teen pregnancy and ‘precious gift of peace’
Thousands fill Belfast streets for city’s annual Pride parade
The theme for this year’s event is 'no going back'
UK move to lower voting age to 16 unlikely to be in place for Northern Irish elections
First Minister Michelle O’Neill says UK law change is a ‘step forward for democracy’ but DUP opposes lowering voting age
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson and former Sinn Féin MLA Daithí McKay cleared in Nama misconduct trial
Then SF activist Thomas O’Hara also cleared in case related to 2015 Stormont finance committee hearing over £1.2bn property sale
You might as well expect Conor McGregor and Paul Murphy to work together as Stormont to function
Stormont is broken and the public is paying the price
‘People don’t care that much’: Frustrated sighs audible as students asked the ‘British or Irish’ question
Lagan College opened during the dark days of the Troubles as Catholic and Protestant parents wanted their children to learn together
Stormont is slow, afraid of new thinking and costly, says report
Former ministers and senior civil servants outline litany of failures, blockages and short-sightedness in Assembly and Executive
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