The British Ministry of Defence has been asked to respond to claims a military intelligence officer accompanied a notorious loyalist killer at the scene of a policeman’s murder.

Captain Johnny Sexton says Ireland must keep evolving in order to avoid repeating the mistake of peaking too soon for a World Cup.

Doris says Ireland will need to surpass their stunning autumn performance against the All Blacks

Truth and reconciliation in Ireland is important for the future and we will need to find multiple means of confronting the past

Mr Justice Michael Humphreys said he anticipates the inquest into the 1992 killings in Clonoe, Co Tyrone, will last six weeks

Former Ireland and Ulster rugby captain Rory Best has apologised and agreed to pay substantial damages to four lawyers over comments he made about a former teammate’s rape trial.

The case against the 52-year-old has been struck out

The Troubles Legacy Bill is due for its next debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday

The proprietor of the Irish News died on Saturday at the age of 92

Boris Johnson has signalled that his plan to effectively tear up parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol could be law by the end of the year.

Here are answers to some of the main questions as politicians appear to debate the plan in parliament

A group of 16 rowers had to be rescued by coastguards after attempting to circumnavigate Great Britain. The rowers were rescued after encountering bad weather in the Celtic and Irish seas.

Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis has said he will introduce legislation to cut MLA pay “fairly soon” if Stormont is not restored.

A man who survived a bomb attack in Dublin as a young child has pressed Irish police to release files relating to their investigation.

Channel 4 has announced a film about the life and death of “trailblazing” investigative journalist Lyra McKee – who was shot dead in 2019.

They are being questioned as part of a probe into alleged misconduct

The progression of a bill to unilaterally scrap parts of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal has been welcomed by DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson.

Pearse Jordan was shot dead by an RUC officer after the stolen car he was driving was involved in a collision with a police vehicle on Belfast’s Falls Road in 1992

No one has ever been convicted over the series of four no-warning bombs in Dublin and Monaghan on May 17, 1974 – which have been blamed on loyalist paramilitaries

Manager Kenny Shiels has admitted Northern Ireland’s presence at the Women’s Euros this summer has probably come too soon

Some 11 bodies of water had been searched by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and gardaí after Mr Lynch was reported missing, but nothing had been found

Getting the Stormont assembly up and running is the best way to help businesses in Northern Ireland, a senior Conservative has said.

An inquest into the death of a Co Fermanagh woman killed by her ex-partner is set to be heard in 2023. Concepta Leonard, 51, was killed at her home in Maguiresbridge, Co Fermanagh, in May 2017.

In 1970 Mr Currie and John Hume were among a group that founded the SDLP

Victims and survivors of Northern Ireland’s Troubles have been taking part in a Day of Reflection to remember loved ones and recognise the “deep hurt and pain” suffered by many.

A son who moved home to care for his elderly mother told police he murdered her and left a note saying he was “unable to take any more”, a court has heard.

Systems and processes in place around patient safety failed in terms of the work of a Belfast-based neurologist, an inquiry has found.

Ms O’Neill called for all Northern Ireland to re-enter the EU and said the Irish Government 'must plan for constitutional change'

Her death came hours after she posted on social media that she was receiving palliative care

Fine Gael MEP for Ireland South Seán Kelly has been appointed lead author in finalising the draft legislation

Detectives from the PSNI’s major investigation team say a reward of up to £20,000 is on offer

The Northern Irish actor will star as veteran detective Danny Frater in Channel 4’s new crime thriller Suspect

Government legislation to empower ministers to scrap the bulk of Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol will restore the region’s place within the UK, the leader of the DUP has said.

An inquest into the deaths of three IRA men killed in an SAS ambush needs to establish if there is an audio recording of the shootings, a coroner has been told.

Boris Johnson’s plans to unilaterally scrap parts of Northern Ireland’s Brexit deal are “politically driven” and “very damaging” to EU-UK relations, the European Commission vice-president has said.

A fully functioning Stormont Executive is needed to agree the investment to transform the health service, Michelle O’Neill has said.

A telemedicine abortion option is set to be introduced in Northern Ireland when services are fully rolled out, the Secretary of State has indicated.

Police in Northern Ireland are aiding a Garda investigation into the ramming of a prison van in Co Monaghan. Gardaí said at around 6. 45pm on Wednesday a gold-coloured BMW X5 was in collision with an Irish Prison Service van.

The UK wants to tear up the existing governance arrangements, removing the ECJ as the final arbiter in protocol-related trade disputes and replacing it with an independent international arbitration mechanism

An EU official said there was evidence criminals were trying to use the Irish Sea crossing to get prohibited products into the EU single market

Simon Coveney: 'This is the result of a deliberate UK Government strategy of provocation over partnership'

It is hard to think that trust in the irish retail banking sector has even been partially restored, writes Clodagh Finn

When real diplomacy is needed, instead Britain has a PM picking unnecessary fights with the EU to appease his own party, writes David Lammy

British foreign secretary Liz Truss moved this week to publish legislation that would allow ministers to override large parts of the international deal struck over Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit trading arrangements