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Blundering Downing Street celebrates Northern Ireland’s culture with an Irish flag emoji
The online error, which has since been amended, is greeted with dismay among politicians in the province
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Maurice Leitch, acclaimed Northern Irish novelist and long-serving BBC editor of Book at Bedtime – obituary
His novels were banned in the Republic of Ireland for depicting homosexuality, and angered Loyalists for depicting Protestant violence
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King Billy vs Bobby Sands – how I grew up in fear amid Belfast’s murals
The director of Ireland’s National Gallery recalls a childhood in which fear, hope and confusion were stoked by gigantic public artworks
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There’s so much more to Northern Ireland than a road of dying trees
One of the country's most famous sites is under threat, but there’s plenty of other places to discover
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Arlene Foster: ‘My biggest financial mistake? Buying shoes online’
Fame & Fortune: Baroness Foster on Brexit, penny chews and life in the Lords
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Starmer holds ‘extensive’ DUP talks over Labour plans for closer EU ties
Sir Jeffrey Donaldson warns against ‘waiting for a change of government’ as he urges PM to offer a ‘credible’ Brexit deal
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Chuck Feeney, duty-free shopping billionaire who gave away his fortune while still living – obituary
He lived frugally in a rented apartment, while insisting: ‘I’d be the last guy to tell a wealthy person what to do with their money’
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Decades after serving in Northern Ireland my experiences came back to haunt me
On World Mental Health Day, a former soldier recalls his struggle and eventual recovery from a tumultuous period of his life
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Decades after serving in Northern Ireland my experiences came back to haunt me
On World Mental Health Day, a former soldier recalls his struggle and eventual recovery from a tumultuous period of his life
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Paramilitary-style shootings in Northern Ireland almost tripled in a year
PSNI records show between October 2022 and September 2023 there were 19 casualties, up from seven recorded during the previous 12 months
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Starmer rules out Irish reunification referendum if he becomes PM
Poll is not even on the horizon if his party wins the next election, says Labour leader
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Leo Varadkar accuses UK of ‘disengaging from the world’
Irish Taoiseach says Rishi Sunak’s slashing of aid and threats to pull out of ECHR is ‘not the Britain I know’
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The happiest places to retire in the UK… is your town on the list?
Factors including access to healthcare and green spaces determine Britain’s top spots
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Soldier ‘hounded to death’ over Troubles murder accusation
Veteran became reclusive and paranoid after criminal investigation began 20 years ago, family say
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Killer pig farmer loses bulk of fortune to ‘social pariah’ ex-wife
Judge found James Seales’s murder conviction ‘had a profound impact’ on Alison Seales’s ability to earn a living
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The ‘inevitable’ vote on a united Ireland – and what it could mean
Question of reunification moves into the mainstream, but spectre of violence could haunt the Republic
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New NI laws grant anonymity to sex offence suspects until charged
Crown Court trials will also be restricted to people directly involved in proceedings and ‘bona fide’ journalists
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Terrorist links and sex-abuse claims: inside Sinn Féin’s rotten soul
As two disturbing books reveal, the Irish nationalists’ road to the cusp of power has been paved with innocent victims of all stripes
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Cocaine ‘mother ship’ with £136m drugs haul bound for UK seized in Irish military raid
Police said a ‘murderous’ South American cartel supplied the stash, which was discovered during the biggest drugs bust in Ireland's history
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‘A million books of useless poetry’: Seamus Heaney’s private gripes
The first publication of the great Irish poet’s correspondence includes a frank letter explaining why he really left Belfast
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Major Mike Coldrick, bomb disposal specialist who dealt with terrorist IEDs during the Troubles – obituary
One of Coldrick’s interests was shooting and he is credited with pioneering the use of shotguns to disrupt IEDs, at perilously close range
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Veterans minister fulfils promise to dying soldier with Northern Ireland Troubles Bill
Johnny Mercer vowed to Dennis Hutching he would fight for the new law that protects ex-servicemen from prosecution and now has Royal Assent
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Marmalade could be renamed by jammy EU officials
Fruit preserve could have ‘citrus’ added to its name under Brussels ‘breakfast directives’, as UK mulls whether to follow suit
