DUP order to halt Brexit checks creates unpredictability and uncertainty – EC
The European Commission has said the decision by DUP Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots to halt agri-food checks at Northern Ireland ports creates “further uncertainty...
Attempt to stop Brexit checks at NI ports ‘breaches international law’
EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness said the decision to halt Brexit checks on goods entering Northern Ireland is a breach of international law.
The status of...
Bloody Sunday families’ 50-year quest for justice
Here are some of the key dates in the decades-long campaign for justice by the families of civilians killed by soldiers on Bloody Sunday...
Truss to meet Stormont leaders amid mounting political tension over protocol
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will meet Stormont leaders later amid intensifying DUP attempts to stymie the operation of Brexit’s contentious Northern Ireland Protocol.
Ms Truss,...
Irish fishing representatives meet Russian ambassador over military exercises
Representatives of the Irish fishing industry are meeting the Russian ambassador amid an ongoing row about navy exercises off the Irish coast.
The Russian artillery...
Widgery ‘whitewash’ deepened wounds of Bloody Sunday
For those bereaved on Bloody Sunday, the hasty judicial inquiry conducted in its aftermath deepened their wounds and left them festering for decades.
The controversial...
DUP exposing itself to ‘public ridicule’ with port checks threat – O’Neill
Sinn Fein has accused Edwin Poots of stunt politics over his threat to halt port checks after highlighting previous Assembly correspondence in which the...
BT seeks 600 new recruits across UK
Telecoms giant BT plans to recruit more than 600 apprentices and graduates later this year, the company has announced.
Positions will be in engineering, customer...
Anniversary concert at resting place of renowned songwriter, Percy French
There will be a special concert to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of the passing of Percy French this Monday 24 January.
Percy French is widely...
‘Look into their eyes, Boris and then tell me why amnesty is the way...
By David Hennessy
Belfast artist Colin Davidson’s poignant current exhibition Silent Testimony is comprises 18 portraits of people who have lost loved ones during...