‘I grew up with Branagh in Belfast: our childhoods haunt his new film’
The director’s cousin Martin Hamilton tells of family and the Troubles that went on to inspire an acclaimed memoir
September 2021
Pat Hume obituary
Teacher and wife of the SDLP politician John Hume, she provided stalwart support to her husband as he played a key role in the Northern Ireland peace process
March 2021
Irish republican says violence is counter-productive
Killings turn people away from cause, says former hardline leader Des Dalton
February 2021
Will tourists follow James Nesbitt’s murder trail along the Ards Peninsula?
Hoteliers and distillers hope visitors will be drawn to their part of Northern Ireland by the dark drama Bloodlands
December 2020
N Ireland police chief apologises over handling of Black Lives Matter protests
How IRA and the Troubles 'industrialised' people smuggling in Ireland
November 2020
The Audio Long Read
'I have been quiet for 50 years': standing up against sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club – podcast
Many of the perpetrators have been jailed for their crimes. Now a number of survivors and their families claim that officials at Celtic knew about the sexual abuse and did nothing
Coronavirus live
Italy reports 653 new deaths – as it happened
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Northern Ireland faces new Covid curbs until mid-December
Man arrested over 1974 Birmingham pub bombing murders
Seven Irish republicans sentenced after MI5 bugging operation