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Full coverage: Northern Ireland

Harland and (the) Wolff at the door: “We can’t afford to let it fail”

The famous shipbuilding company enthuses many with what it could do for Belfast's manufacturing and economic future – if it can first find a way out of its immediate crisis.

Alice Chambers
14th Aug, 2024 - 8 min read

The UK lawyer taking on Gerry Adams: “This isn’t about money. It’s about accountability and truth”

McCue Jury won a major settlement for bereaved families against Real IRA Omagh bombers. But can it pin IRA bombings on the ex-Sinn Féin leader?

Francesca Comyn
3rd Jun, 2024 - 8 min read

Westminster elections: A party leader endgame in East Belfast and Sinn Féin’s big-name signing

A change of government is on the cards on July 4 in the UK's snap election called by Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. In Northern Ireland, the fates of the parties battling for Westminster seats is harder to call.

Tommie Gorman
1st Jun, 2024 - 5 min read

“Episodes of care”: Why PDFORRA is sending Defence Forces personnel over the border for private medical care

A large number of members of the Defence Forces are travelling over the border to access private health care. And that number is about to grow larger still as PDFORRA expands the scheme to former members.

Tommie Gorman
13th May, 2024 - 3 min read

Unwinding of “pioneering” EIB debt closes a chapter for Devenish 

The funding aimed to turn the Belfast company into a global leader of integrated animal, human and environmental health solutions. Having sold down assets, it is refocusing on livestock feed ingredients instead.

Thomas Hubert
25th Apr, 2024 - 3 min read

A nation once again? It won’t be about money or identity, but productivity

Integrating Northern Ireland would cost the Republic a lot of money, but establishing the nature of the transformation to be paid for is more likely to cause difficulty than the final amount involved.

Stephen Kinsella
11th Apr, 2024 - 6 min read

Close to brutal: Tommie Gorman watches as two political beasts quietly exit the international stage

The final meeting of the North-South Ministerial Council that included Leo Varadkar and Simon Coveney took place on Monday in Armagh. All the major players from both side of the border were there. But two of them won’t be back.

Tommie Gorman
10th Apr, 2024 - 7 min read

Political leaders change. Places like Hillsborough and Armagh just watch them go by

Northern Ireland provides an unlikely anchor of calm for those looking across the border – including outgoing Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.

Tommie Gorman
23rd Mar, 2024 - 4 min read

“In different circumstances, I think Gerry Adams would have got the Nobel Prize”

After witnessing some of the worst horrors of the Troubles, veteran journalist Eamonn Mallie is optimistic about Northern Ireland's new leadership. He discusses his newly published memoir on an hour-long podcast.

Dion Fanning
18th Mar, 2024 - 5 min read

Looking beyond shamrock season, Sinn Féin moves to active service mode

Stormont is the good news story the US needs right now. But on the way back, Sinn Féin is making personnel changes to prepare for elections in the Republic, Tommie Gorman writes from Washington.

Tommie Gorman
16th Mar, 2024 - 9 min read
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