Novelist who scandalised her native Ireland with The Country Girls, and explored the lives of women who love and suffer
January 2024
Three IRA victims in England can sue Gerry Adams in personal capacity, judge rules
High court judge says men cannot sue Adams as a ‘representative’ of IRA but can make personal claims
September 2023
The Long Game: Inside Sinn Féin review – from the Provos to the promised land?
Aoife Moore conducts a painstaking study of the party and its leading figures, revealing Sinn Féin’s future prospects and complicated relationship with the IRA
May 2023
Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville obituary
Conservative Northern Ireland secretary who played a key role in initiating peace talks
April 2023
Gerry Adams wrongly denied compensation after convictions overturned, judge rules
Biden casts US and Ireland as allies in quest for shared values
Nostalgia, rap tributes and violent tropes: has Northern Ireland really turned its back on the Troubles?
Thatcher was the accidental midwife of peace in Northern Ireland – today’s partisan leaders, take note
Rory Carroll
Politics Weekly America
The man who connected Bill Clinton and Gerry Adams: Politics Weekly America podcast
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rishi Sunak refuses to back Braverman’s widely criticised claim about racial nature of grooming gangs – as it happened
Agreement review – the high drama of Northern Ireland’s peace talks
Observer book of the week
Operation Chiffon by Peter Taylor review – how they talked their way out of the Troubles
December 2022
Gerry Adams ‘unaware of Docklands bomb but would not have stopped it’
Bill Clinton’s NI views led UK officials to brace for ‘turbulence’, papers reveal
May 2022
The Guardian view on Northern Ireland: a mandate to govern
Editorial: The clear message of the 2022 assembly elections is that most voters want politicians to work together and not feed new divisions
January 2022
Sinn Féin’s complicated history in Ireland
Letter: David McManus on a history of splits and name changes from 1905 to 1986
August 2021
Majority of Northern Irish voters want vote on staying in UK
Two-thirds of people say a border poll should be held at some point in the wake of Brexit
May 2021
Northern Ireland police cleared of bias over Bobby Storey funeral
Watchdog finds PSNI put public security above enforcing Covid rules at funeral of senior republican
April 2021
Stormont assembly censures Sinn Féin members over funeral
Service for Bobby Storey last June drew a large crowd of mourners in breach of Covid rules
March 2021
Gerry Adams unveils Irish unity-themed Easter egg
Limited supply of chocolate eggs launched by former Sinn Féin president only available in Belfast
