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Maze Prison
Future of former Maze prison site ‘very much a live issue’
It officially closed in 2000, and while most of the buildings have been demolished, H block and the former hospital wing have been preserved.

Mon, 27 Apr, 2026

Bobby Sands Statue unveiled
Political row over Bobby Sands statue erected without planning permission
A Sinn Féin amendment seeking review of 'current enforcement status of all such structures' across the council area was unsuccessful

Fri, 24 Apr, 2026

Mourne Mountains wildfire
Dozens of firefighters tackle blaze at derelict building in Ballycastle
Some 42 firefighters were battling the blaze at the derelict building at The Diamond in Ballycastle on Sunday night

Mon, 20 Apr, 2026

Belfast, UK- Feb 21, 2022:Ulster Univisity in Belfast Northern Ireland.
450 staff to be made redundant at Ulster University
'Redundancies across the higher education sector have become unavoidable'

Wed, 15 Apr, 2026

Lurgan incident
Political leaders say Lurgan attack attempt was ‘appalling’ and ‘deeply chilling’
Ireland’s leaders have described an attempt at on a police station in Northern Ireland as “appalling” and “deeply chilling”.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Mourne Mountains wildfire
More than 100 firefighters tackle Omagh industrial fire as casualty airlifted
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said 10 engines attended the incident in the Bankmore Road area of Omagh, after receiving a call around 7am 

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026

Lurgan incident
‘Crude but viable’ explosive device deployed in attack on Lurgan police station
A delivery driver was forced at gunpoint to transport the device to Lurgan police station late on Monday in a likely dissident republican attack

Tue, 31 Mar, 2026

The Ireland team dejected after losing to the penalty shootout 26/3/2026
Enda Brady: Last week shows that we need to merge our two football associations
It’s beyond ridiculous that a small island fields TWO international football teams. Just look at what the Ireland rugby team is regularly able to achieve, writes Enda Brady

Mon, 30 Mar, 2026

Mick Clifford: A Cork IRA informer's death, the Garda investigation, and the new questions raised
Mick Clifford: A Cork IRA informer's death, the Garda investigation, and the new questions raised
A former Special Branch detective alleges missed warnings, state inaction, and a possible cover-up in a brutal 1985 killing

Fri, 27 Mar, 2026

Amy Doherty funeral
Mourners at Amy Doherty’s funeral hear of her ‘magnetic personality’
Amy Doherty was the 30th female murdered in Northern Ireland since January 2020

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Natalie McNally death
Emma deSouza: Too many women in Northern Ireland are dying at the hands of men
Northern Ireland's violence is not in the past — it's merely retreated behind closed doors, where women bear the brunt, writes Emma deSouza

Thu, 26 Mar, 2026

Gerry Adams civil court case
S Mick Clifford: Gerry Adams case shows how Sinn Féin still differs from other parties
The plaintiffs in the Gerry Adams case whose lives, along with thousands of others, were simply collateral damage to the cause are mere footnotes in a wider narrative

Sat, 21 Mar, 2026

Donald Trump's comment on Irish merger was 'just banter', says North's deputy first minister
Donald Trump's comment on Irish merger was 'just banter', says North's deputy first minister
'It’s absolutely just a bit of banter, anybody who watches his speeches knows that he highlights people in the room and has a bit of banter with them'

Wed, 18 Mar, 2026

Gerry Adams civil court case
Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells court
Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Liverpool - Emirates FA Cup - Fifth Round - Molineux
Liverpool youngster receives first call-up to Northern Ireland squad for Italy World Cup playoff
The winner of the semi-final in Bergamo will travel to play either Wales or Bosnia & Herzegovina in the play-off final on March 31.

Mon, 16 Mar, 2026

Gerry Adams civil court case
Docklands bombing victim says he believes Gerry Adams played ‘major part’ in IRA
A man injured in the Docklands bombing has said he believes Gerry Adams played a “major part” in the IRA. Jonathan Ganesh is giving evidence at the High Court in London in a civil case brought against the former Sinn Féin president.

Tue, 10 Mar, 2026

Noah Donohoe death
Police ‘gripped’ seriousness of Noah Donohoe search at early stage, inquest told
Chief Inspector Robinson told Belfast Coroner’s Court that he had carried out a compliance review into how police carried out their search for the teenager in 2020

Mon, 09 Mar, 2026

Refugee peoples shadows behind the fence in the refugee camp
State must come to terms with its own miscarriages of justice
It is time for the state to confront its own abuses during the Troubles by giving an apology for the activities of the Heavy Gang, writes Mick Clifford

Sat, 28 Feb, 2026

PSNI stock
Arrest made after reports of man with a gun in Toomebridge
Police said the incident happened in the Red Row area on Sunday evening

Mon, 23 Feb, 2026

Harlesden shooting death
Bus driver dies at scene of crash involving school children in Armagh
The collision occurred in the Belleeks area

Wed, 18 Feb, 2026

PSNI stock
Police appeal for information after suspected arson at site of historic school
A small blaze was discovered at a derelict building at the old Cabin Hill site in east Belfast on Sunday

Tue, 17 Feb, 2026

P&O Ferries announcement
Search operation underway after reports of man going overboard from ferry off Irish coast
The coastguard said crews responded to the incident on the Stranraer to Larne service at 1.21pm on Thursday

Thu, 12 Feb, 2026

Catherine Connolly visit to Northern Ireland
Unionist MP tells President Connolly in Derry: 'You're in our country'
Gregory Campbell told reporters that he was 'more than disappointed' that there were numerous references to Derry but 'not a single reference to Londonderry' in a speech given by the President 

Thu, 05 Feb, 2026

PSNI stock
Investigation after teen found unconscious with serious head injury in Derry
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward

Sun, 18 Jan, 2026

Sean Brown public inquiry
McEntee vows to press for answers in Sean Brown murder case
Helen McEntee said it was “absolutely essential” that the circumstances of the 1997 killing were fully investigated

Wed, 07 Jan, 2026

1986: Fury over 'invasion' — Loyalist leader held after rally in Clontibret, Co Monaghan
1986: Fury over 'invasion' — Loyalist leader held after rally in Clontibret, Co Monaghan
'Mr. Ian Paisley’s right-hand man was questioned for most of the day about his part in the Loyalist "takeover" ... during which two unarmed gardai were beaten up'

Tue, 06 Jan, 2026

State papers: Concerns over possibility of Stakeknife suicide raised in 2003
State papers: Concerns over possibility of Stakeknife suicide raised in 2003
UK authorities have declined to officially identify Stakeknife, a position described by Mr Boutcher as 'untenable and bordering on farce'

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

Martin McAleese declassified files
State Papers: President McAleese husband’s contacts with UDA took on ‘life of own’, ambassador heard
Dr McAleese was also keen to establish contact with someone on the 'military side' of the UVF

Tue, 30 Dec, 2025

State Papers: UK feared Northern Bank robbery's 'top man' would be 'clever enough to avoid getting arrested'
State Papers: UK feared Northern Bank robbery's 'top man' would be 'clever enough to avoid getting arrested'
British officials also said that 'the republican movement had knocked up the price' of the peace process

Sat, 27 Dec, 2025

Connor Pollock
Man charged over cross-border terror plot to attack Galway mosque denied bail
Connor Pollock, 38, from Croob Park, in Ballynahinch, Co Down, appeared via videolink from HMP Maghaberry for a bail hearing at the Downpatrick Magistrates’ Court on Thursday

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

Columba McVeigh search
Latest search for Disappeared teenager Columba McVeigh ends without success
The ICLVR said it still believes the information it was given that Mr McVeigh’s body is there was given in good faith

Wed, 17 Dec, 2025

Mourne Mountains wildfire
Woman dies in third fatal fire in 24 hours in Northern Ireland
The PSNI said they were called to a fire in Dunmurry, Co Antrim, just before 4am on Saturday

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

Freddie Scappaticci
S Mick Clifford: Still no justice for innocent victims of the Troubles
Thirty years of violence left a traumatised society in the North, and plenty of pain and bereavement in the south and in Britain

Sat, 13 Dec, 2025

1974 bombings report in hands of Taoiseach
Denton's claims on Dublin and Monaghan bombings are baseless
Even in the context of the many atrocities committed at that time, a barrier was crossed into the darkness when 34 souls were murdered that day, writes John O’Brien

Fri, 12 Dec, 2025

British government refuses to name Stakeknife despite ‘deeply disturbing’ behaviour
British government refuses to name Stakeknife despite ‘deeply disturbing’ behaviour
Operation Kenova found that 'it is in the public interest that Stakeknife is named'

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Freddie Scappaticci's will
Stakeknife: British government challenged to name agent planted in Provisional IRA
Operation Kenova found in its interim report that more lives were probably lost than saved through the operation of Stakeknife

Tue, 09 Dec, 2025

Project Vigilant initiative
Man, 24, who died Coleraine crash named locally
Emergency services attended but the man died at the scen

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025

Robert Nairac
Ex-IRA man determined to help find remains of Disappeared soldier to speak at Cork Film Festival 
Former republican prisoner Martin McAllister described the situation as an 'open running sore' in south Armagh, where the Grenadier Guards captain was last seen alive in 1977

Sat, 08 Nov, 2025

PSNI stock
Two people arrested after attack on woman in her home
Two people have been arrested after an attack on a woman in her own home in west Belfast. Police said shortly before 5. 30am, it was reported that a man and a woman, armed with a knife and a hammer, entered a house in the Springfield Avenue area.

Sun, 02 Nov, 2025

Soldier F court case
Colin Sheridan: The Soldier F verdict shows the Republic’s peace was built on someone else’s pain
Soldier F’s acquittal reminds us that the Republic’s comfort was built on Northern suffering — and the wound still bleeds

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Soldier F not guilty of committing Bloody Sunday murders
Soldier F not guilty of committing Bloody Sunday murders
Delivering his judgment at Belfast Crown Court, Judge Patrick Lynch said the evidence presented against the veteran fell well short of what was required for conviction

Thu, 23 Oct, 2025

Journalist and author Ed Moloney dies aged 77
Journalist and author Ed Moloney dies aged 77
In a tribute, Mr Moloney was described as 'one of the most consequential journalists of his generation'

Mon, 20 Oct, 2025

Grieving parents pleased with Lenihan meeting
'Please give us justice': Gardaí echo mum's appeal on 18th anniversary of Paul Quinn's murder
Paul Quinn was murdered in Co Monaghan on October 20 in 2007 after being lured to a shed by a number of men

Mon, 20 Oct, 2025

Virus Outbreak Germany
Heather Humphreys campaign team uploads new video of Belfast trip after 'mistake'
Original video used a clip of the Bundestag in Berlin, with a German flag visible flying above, instead of Belfast City Hall

Wed, 08 Oct, 2025

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