World / Politics May 2, 2022
Nationalists eye power as Northern Ireland holds 'seismic' election
Apart from periods of direct rule by London, pro-U.K. unionists have held power there since 1921, when the rest of Ireland achieved self-rule.
World Jan 30, 2022
'No justice': Northern Ireland marks 'Bloody Sunday' amid Brexit backdrop
Londonderry commemorates one of the darkest days in modern U.K. history on Sunday when, 50 years ago, British troops opened fire without provocation on civil rights protesters.
Business Jul 22, 2021
EU refusal to reopen Brexit deal spells fresh U.K. collision
by Joe Mayes and Tim Ross
Boris Johnson’s government has warned that it will suspend parts of the agreement if the EU doesn’t budge.
World Jul 16, 2021
U.K.’s divided city seeks to escape a past inflamed by Brexit
by Morwenna Coniam
Britain’s departure from the European Union has exposed fault lines across the U.K., and no more so than in Northern Ireland.
Commentary / World Jun 30, 2021
How the Irish question affects us all
by David Howell
Partition of Ireland was the solution in the last century, but now it persists as the impossible problem in this one.
Commentary / World Apr 18, 2021
Belfast petrol bombs are a Brussels problem, too
by Martin Ivens
The clashes followed a decision by authorities not to prosecute 24 Sinn Fein politicians who last year attended a funeral for an IRA man, in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.
World / Politics Jan 20, 2021
Brexit troubles aren’t all teething problems
by Therese Raphael
It’s not a great sign when a formerly pro-Brexit lobby is suddenly furious about a part of the deal that was billed as a triumph.
Music Jan 30, 2020
by Jordan Allen
Stiff Little Fingers bring "Inflammable Material" to Tokyo for two shows, letting fans hear the album, which deals with Northern Ireland's 'troubles,' in its entirety.
World Jan 25, 2020
Seamus Mallon, architect of Northern Ireland's Good Friday Agreement, dies at 83
Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon, one of the architects of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, died on Friday at age 83, drawing tributes from across a political divide he helped to bridge. Mallon was a major political figure in Northern Ireland ...
World / Politics Sep 15, 2019
Northern Ireland's DUP says there is still time to agree on Brexit border deal
The Northern Ireland party whose 10 members of Parliament support British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government believe a deal can be done in the coming weeks to maintain an open border in Ireland, a senior member said Sunday. The so-called backstop mechanism to uphold the ...
Business Aug 6, 2019
Harland and Wolff, the Belfast shipyard that built the Titanic, was put into administration on Monday after its bankrupt Norwegian owner failed to find a buyer and calls for its nationalization were rebuffed. The shipyard, whose towering yellow cranes dominate the Northern Irish city's skyline, ...