Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is "only a matter of time" before same-sex marriage is introduced in Northern Ireland, as he attended a gay Pride event in Belfast.
Sat, 05 Aug, 2017
A Belfast resident has won a case at the UK's highest court over the failure of the PSNI to prevent union flag protests.
Wed, 01 Feb, 2017
The UK's highest court gives a ruling today in the latest round of a legal battle over how police in the North handled the union flag protests.
One of the North's most controversial parades has passed off peacefully.
Sat, 01 Oct, 2016
Orangemen and nationalist residents who struck a breakthrough deal to resolve Northern Ireland's most volatile parading dispute have said they are committed to working in a spirit of genuine respect toward a common, peaceful and shared future.
Sat, 24 Sep, 2016
A mother-of-three charged with rioting after police halted a republican parade in Belfast was at the head of the 60-strong crowd that attacked officers, a court has heard.
Mon, 10 Aug, 2015
The British Government has established a panel of experts to examine a long-standing parading dispute in Belfast that has been the source of bitter community tensions and outbreaks of serious violence.
Tue, 07 Oct, 2014
Just when you think you have seen the worst depths of sectarian decay in Northern society, along comes another sectarian nugget to chill the blood.
Fri, 18 Jul, 2014
Cool heads helped maintain calm in Northern Ireland during the peak of this year’s marching season, the North’s justice minister said.
Mon, 14 Jul, 2014
Members of the Orange Order have staged a peaceful protest in north Belfast after restrictions were imposed on their parade.
Sun, 13 Jul, 2014
A man has been stabbed during fighting between republican and loyalist factions in Northern Ireland.
Sat, 12 Jul, 2014
The UK Government has been urged by unionists and loyalists in the to set up a commission of inquiry to examine a parading dispute that has resulted in the restriction of a contentious Orange Order parade in Belfast.
Thu, 10 Jul, 2014
Environment Minister Phil Hogan’s expected nomination as Ireland’s EU commissioner in Brussels has been questioned after a number of controversial appointments he made to State bodies.
Wed, 09 Jul, 2014
President Michael D Higgins is holding back from an immediate response to a public invitation to attend the only Orange Order parade in the Republic next year.
Mon, 07 Jul, 2014
The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is calling for peace as marching season gets underway.
Sat, 05 Jul, 2014
Senior unionists will meet today to discuss the next phase of their protest against a decision to ban a controversial Orange Order parade from passing a nationalist neighbourhood.
Fri, 04 Jul, 2014
Around 300 people have attended a loyalist parade through Belfast city centre today.
Sat, 11 Jan, 2014
The Ulster Unionists tonight rejected proposals by Dr Richard Haass to find a settlement on flags, parading and dealing with the North’s troubled past.
Mon, 06 Jan, 2014
Proposals to resolve contentious issues in Northern Ireland would leave people considerably better off, former US diplomat Dr Richard Haass has said.
Northern Ireland’s political leaders published a draft agreement on outstanding peace process issues only hours after Executive parties failed to reach consensus on the proposals.
Wed, 01 Jan, 2014
Politicians in the North were last night locked in last-ditch negotiations to strike a deal on outstanding peace process issues.
Tue, 31 Dec, 2013
Final hothouse political negotiations will begin in the North today in a last-ditch bid to find agreement on contentious issues left over from the peace process.
Mon, 30 Dec, 2013
Marathon through-the-night political negotiations in Belfast have failed to produce an agreement to deal with unresolved peace process issues in the North.
Tue, 24 Dec, 2013
Crunch political talks aimed at resolving outstanding peace process issues in the North are set to go on long into the evening.
Mon, 23 Dec, 2013
All party crunch talks are due to begin in Northern Ireland today to try to seal a pre-Christmas agreement on controversial parades, flags and dealing with a troubled history.
More than 100 people have been arrested as part of a major police crackdown on loyalist rioters.
Tue, 27 Aug, 2013
Stalling development of a peace centre at the former paramilitary prison is a mistake that could jeopardise jobs and the peace process, Martin McGuinness claimed tonight.
Sat, 17 Aug, 2013
The violent expression of indignation by loyalists and Orange Order members at the sight of the Lord Mayor of Belfast Máirtín Ó Muilleoir visiting the Shankill Road is nothing more than a grotesque display of raw sectarianism.
Thu, 15 Aug, 2013
Up to 56 PSNI officers were injured when serious loyalist rioting engulfed Belfast city centre in violence linked to a contentious republican parade.
Sat, 10 Aug, 2013
Serious rioting engulfed Belfast city centre tonight as police were attacked by loyalists protesting ahead of a republican parade.
Fri, 09 Aug, 2013
A republican parade commemorating dead IRA men in a Co Tyrone town should be called off, Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers said today.
Thu, 08 Aug, 2013
A controversial Sinn Féin-backed march commemorating two IRA bombers in the Co Tyrone town they were intending to target has been restricted by the Parades Commission.
Thu, 01 Aug, 2013
In the North, protests are expected to take place in Belfast today, as the Orange Order attempts to march through the nationalist Ardoyne area.
Sat, 20 Jul, 2013
Four people were arrested across the North last night on a sixth night of disorder.
Thu, 18 Jul, 2013
Police came under attack for a fifth successive night in Belfast, with around 35 petrol bombs thrown at officers by loyalists.
Wed, 17 Jul, 2013
Politicians in Northern Ireland have backed a motion which described a ban on a controversial Orange Order parade on the Ardoyne flashpoint in Belfast as “illogical”.
Politicians in Northern Ireland today backed a motion which described a ban on a controversial Orange Order parade as “illogical”.
Tue, 16 Jul, 2013
Neil Lennon is hoping Celtic’s Champions League qualifier against Cliftonville in north Belfast tomorrow night goes off without a hitch.
Seventy-one police officers have been injured in four nights of rioting in the North linked to the banning of a contentious Orange Order parade.
Very few of us have the magnanimity, the selflessness or humanity needed to break the cycle of hatred and bias perpetuated by tribal, racial or religious legacies.
Hundreds more police officers are to be drafted in to the North from forces across the UK after three nights of rioting linked to a parades dispute.
Mon, 15 Jul, 2013
Loyalist rioters in Belfast have been warned they will face a judge within hours of arrest, after special courts were set up to deal with alleged troublemakers.
Sun, 14 Jul, 2013
Trouble has flared again tonight in north Belfast in the same area that witnessed serious disorder last night.
Sat, 13 Jul, 2013
Four hundred extra police officers from Great Britain are being deployed to Northern Ireland after a night of serious loyalist rioting in Belfast that left more than 30 officers injured and an MP hospitalised.
Democratic Unionist Party MP Nigel Dodds was taken to hospital after being struck in the head by a brick during a night of fierce violence in the North.
At least four police officers have been injured after sectarian tension spilled over into violence in Belfast tonight.
Fri, 12 Jul, 2013
Hundreds of annual July 12 commemoration parades are taking place across Northern Ireland today.
A controversial Orange Order parade on a disputed stretch of road separating loyalists and nationalists in north Belfast has passed off without major incident.
More than 600 police officers are being drafted in from Britain to help police the 12th of July parades in the North.
The Parades Commission’s controversial decision to ban a return parade by the Orange Order must be respected, Theresa Villiers told the Commons.
Wed, 10 Jul, 2013
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