Tag: north of Ireland

On 31 August 1994, the IRA announced the first of two major ceasefires in the 1990s. It ended a 26-year ...

As Boris Johnson tries to shut down parliament to push through Brexit, he continues to maintain there'll be no Irish ...

Boris Johnson has insisted a dinner with the DUP has not undermined his impartiality in efforts to restore Stormont powersharing. ...

Belfast City Council abandoned an attempt to remove the structure when private contractors pulled out of the job after menacing ...

Bonfire builders are angry at the planned intervention of police and contractors to demolish the structure in a leisure centre ...

There has been speculation the Northern Ireland Secretary will be replaced once Boris Johnson or Jeremy Hunt become prime minister.

Billy McKee, who died on Tuesday aged 97, was a founding member of the Provisional IRA.

On 6 June, world leaders gathered in Normandy to celebrate D-Day. This day reportedly marked the beginning of ‘peace in ...

Retired DUP baroness Eileen Paisley believes she could live in a united Ireland “if we have freedom of worship”. This ...

A new poll suggests that most people in Ireland would like to see the country reunified. It also revealed that ...

On 21 May, councillor John Finucane became Lord Mayor of Belfast. Finucane is son of human rights solicitor Pat Finucane, ...

The New IRA has taken responsibility for the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. Her death is a reminder that the ...

On 15 April 1981, Paul Whitters was shot by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) with a plastic bullet in Derry ...