Mr Varadkar's comments were jeered by a section of the crowd which had otherwise broadly welcomed him.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned British prime minister Boris Johnson that London will still face "years" of talks with the EU even if it forces a no-deal Brexit.

Journalist Lyra McKee tweeted about the "absolute madness" in Derry in the hours before she was shot dead yesterday evening.

Having a Jewish husband and a son with Down syndrome ensured Irish composer Deirdre Gribbin’s piece on the Kindertransport movement is particularly personal. It will be premiered in West Cork, writes Cathy Desmond.

Raped on a trip to Belfast by a 15-year-old, the vicious attack inspired Winnie M Li’s widely acclaimed novel, writes Áilín Quinlan.

Women are told they’ve never had it better, yet still face major challenges in the workplace. Here, the experts offer us some tips, writes Karen Murray

Ulster Protestantism associates Gaelic with republicanism, which we oppose, and our cultural insecurity has informed the DUP’s rejection of an Irish Language Act, says Richard Irvine

NEXT weekend three Irish teams play three English teams in the European Champions’ Cup. Ulster travel to London to play Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop, Leinster go to Sandy Park to play the Exeter Chiefs and Munster will again welcome Leicester Tigers at Thomond Park.

Two prisoners are on the run from a jail in Co Antrim.

Michael Conlan knows where his priorities lie and the Belfast native’s personal preparations for three more fights in 2017 will take priority ahead of any other potential distractions following his third paid victory in Brisbane over the weekend.

Michael Conlan registered his second stoppage in as many professional contests with a TKO3 of Tijuana journeyman Alfredo Chanez in Chicago.

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Police in the North believe violent dissident republicans are responsible for two shootings within the space of 24 hours in Belfast.

The family of one of the “Disappeared” victims of the North's Troubles will finally give him a Christian burial today – more than 40 years after his murder.

In the North, a 29-year-old male cyclist has been taken to hospital after being struck by a lorry on the Falls Road in Belfast.

A pedestrian has been hit by a vehicle in west Belfast.

Gerry Adams has labelled the people behind a bomb threat at his home as "idiots".

An explosive device has gone off under a car in west Belfast.

Police in the North are appealing for witnesses after an 18-year-old man was shot in the Falls Road area of west Belfast last night.

Police in the North are appealing for information after a taxi was hijacked in west Belfast.

CORK-BORN singer John Spillane recently released his new album, The Man Who Came In From The Dark. He also presents Spillane an Fanaí (Spillane The Wanderer), every Tuesday on TG4 at 10pm.

Ken Fanning’s and Tina Segner’s new show is about trying to stay in love with circus despite hardship and despite having amicably fallen out of love with each other, says Caomhan Keane

Police in the North have declared a security alert in west Belfast after a suspicious object was found on the Falls Road.

The funeral of the man wrongly jailed for the 1974 Guildford IRA bombing is taking place in Belfast this morning.

The IRA does not bear responsibility for the wrongful incarceration of the Guildford Four, Birmingham Six and others for republican terrorism, Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said.

Freed after spending 14 years behind bars after he was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing, the ordeal never left Gerry Conlon.

Gerry Conlon, who was wrongly convicted of the 1974 IRA Guildford pub bombing, has died aged 60, his family have announced.

An elderly man believed to be taking photographs of a mural hailing Gerry Adams as a peacemaker has been assaulted.

Gerry Adams will undergo a fourth day of questioning by detectives over the 1972 murder of Belfast mother-of-10 Jean McConville.

Gerry Adams is a shrewd political bargainer who. for many, must be kept on side, writes Michael McHugh

A pensioner has been questioned about the 1972 murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 abducted, shot dead, and then secretly buried by the IRA.

A pensioner was questioned tonight about the murder of Jean McConville, a mother of 10 abducted, shot dead and then secretly buried by the IRA more than 40 years ago.

Police in Belfast have escaped serious injury after an explosive device was thrown at their vehicle.

A wave of crime has hit west Belfast over the weekend with two armed robberies, a shooting and a hijacking.

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Belfast priest, Fr Alec Reid, described as one of the architects of the peace process, has died.

Nine people needed hospital treatment after a multi-car pile-up in west Belfast today.

Two children’s homes run by the Catholic Church will be investigated first as part of a major inquiry into institutional abuse in the North, it has been revealed.

A man whose trial for the murder of a Belfast taxi driver collapsed in 2011 will not be tried with demanding money with menaces on behalf of the INLA in Co Monaghan last year after the charges were dropped.

The chimes of Big Ben are to be officially silenced for the first time in nearly half a century to mark tomorrow’s funeral of Margaret Thatcher.