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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
      UK politics
      UK should do a ‘bit extra’ to restore Stormont, says former N Ireland leader

      Peter Robinson says Westminster needs to legislate for a ‘reassertion of the sovereignty of the UK’

      Peter Robinson, the former first minister and Democratic Unionist Party leader,
    • Monday, 13 November, 2023
      Inside Politics
      DUP boycott looks to be driving its backers away

      Poll suggests party’s 25% vote share will sink below Sinn Féin, which would be its worst Westminster result in a decade

      Jeffrey Donaldson at the Culloden Hotel in Belfast
    • Friday, 27 October, 2023
      Strike by N Ireland vets risks empty shelves, industry warns

      Walkout by inspectors of meat and other foods will pose first test of post-Brexit Windsor framework deal

      Lorries disembark from a P&O ferry at Larne Port near Belfast
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Warning of risks to tourism on island of Ireland from new UK travel scheme

      Requirement for electronic authorisation will act as deterrent for up to 1mn visitors a year, it is feared

      Tourists visiting Northern Ireland’s world-famous Giant’s Causeway
    • Tuesday, 24 October, 2023
      Inside BusinessJude Webber
      N Ireland steps up its pitch for investment

      As a US trade mission visits, the region seeks to diversify job creation outside tech sector

    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      Water worries test Northern Ireland’s stagnant politics

      The region’s infrastructure is creaking in the absence of a functional executive at Stormont

      Northern Ireland Water Waste Water Treatment Works in the Dunce area of Belfast docks
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      ReviewNon-Fiction
      Sinn Féin: change maker or party trapped in its past?

      Two revealing and compelling portraits of an Irish political force as it finds itself on the brink of power

      Sinn Fein party leader Mary Lou McDonald and Gerry Adams walk side by side engaged in serious dicussions
    • Friday, 6 October, 2023
      Ireland
      Irish rugby players chase glory as unofficial anthem divides fans

      Adoption of the song ‘Zombie’ by The Cranberries intensifies debate over island’s divisions and ‘Troubles’ legacy

      Ireland fans celebrate after the World Cup pool match against South Africa
    • Saturday, 30 September, 2023
      New EU trade rules could snarl Northern Ireland supply chains, companies warn

      Windsor framework was meant to reduce paperwork but businesses are worried ahead of rules coming into effect on Sunday

      A ferry arrives at the Port of Larne in County Antrim
    • Thursday, 28 September, 2023
      UK fined by European Court of Justice in precedent-setting case

      Higher than expected penalty by EU court highlights how bloc’s rules still apply due to N Ireland’s single market ties

      Small fishing boats and pleasure craft moored at Ballycastle marina in Northern Ireland
    • Friday, 22 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Council of Europe urges UK to repeal parts of Troubles legacy law

      Legislation could grant immunity to those accused of committing N Ireland atrocities

      Relatives of victims killed during Northern Ireland’s Troubles protesting in Belfast on September 11 2023
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      News in-depth
      Northern Ireland instability sparks calls for reform of Good Friday pact

      Tension between London and Dublin amid prolonged Stormont deadlock have left landmark deal ‘in jeopardy’

    • Tuesday, 12 September, 2023
      EY
      EY to create more than 1,000 jobs in Northern Ireland

      Big Four auditor to double its employment in region while trimming jobs and pay elsewhere in UK

      EY sign on its offices in London, UK
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      UK to welcome 200 companies to N Ireland

      Investment summit comes against backdrop of more than a year of political paralysis in the region

      Arthur Square in Belfast
    • Sunday, 10 September, 2023
      EU and UK to unveil €1bn in N Ireland funding to boost reconciliation

      UK, Irish and Brussels officials to use Belfast event to discuss increasing strains on relations

      Irish taoiseach Leo Varadkar
    • Thursday, 7 September, 2023
      ReviewTelevision
      The Lovers, Sky Atlantic — romcom has dark humour and a tender heart

      A new six-part series on Sky follows a burgeoning relationship with just a few complications

      A man with a ginger beard in a blue jacket and panama hat looks confused next to a woman in a leather jacket looking sceptical
    • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
      UK politics
      Northern Ireland amnesty bill clears final hurdle

      Critics call UK legislation, which will end new inquests into atrocities, a ‘betrayal’ of victims of the Troubles

      Images of victims of the Northern Ireland Troubles are projected on to the Houses of Parliament ahead of the Commons vote
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Inside Politics
      Starmer’s battle-ready cabinet restores institutional memory

      Shake-up brings in experienced players and is designed to sharpen party’s attack operation, particularly on crime

      Keir Starmer, left, and Peter Kyle who was appointed yesterday as shadow secretary for science, innovation and technology
    • Monday, 4 September, 2023
      Northern Ireland’s police chief steps down after string of scandals

      Simon Byrne bows to pressure over his actions in disciplining officers two years ago

      Police Service of Northern Ireland chief constable Simon Byrne
    • Sunday, 3 September, 2023
      Ireland seeks legal advice on court action against UK’s ‘Troubles’ legacy bill

      Potential challenge to draft legislation that would shut down new inquests and allow for amnesties

      Three suspects facing a wall, with their hands against it, have their pockets searched by soldiers
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Northern Ireland police chief refuses to quit over latest controversy

      Pressure mounts on Simon Byrne after High Court ruling on disciplining of two officers

      PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne emerges from questioning by the Northern Ireland Policing Board
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      N Ireland police make arrest after data leak of officers’ details

      PSNI says man held on suspicion of collection of information likely to be useful to terrorists

      PSNI headquarters in Belfast
    • Wednesday, 16 August, 2023
      Stephen Bush
      British neglect risks Northern Ireland’s future

      Too many London-based politicians neither notice nor care very much when a crisis looms

      Ellie Foreman-Peck illustration of a hand holding a green bottle with a paper on fire sticking out of it that reads PSNI NAMES
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      N Ireland terror anniversary overshadowed by fear over police data leak

      Dissident republicans stuck excerpts from the list on a wall in Belfast

      Kevin Skeldon lays flowers at the site of the  Omagh bombing in Northern Ireland
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      N Ireland police confirm leaked data in hands of dissidents

      PSNI officers fear they have a target on their backs after data blunder

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