A United Ireland would be ‘acceptable’, says Ian Paisley’s widow
Baroness Eileen Paisley, wife of DUP founder and firebrand preacher Ian Paisley, has said the partition of Ireland was perhaps “a wrong division” and...
More used UK cars sold in Ireland than new ones, study finds
The sale of imported second-hand cars from the UK to Ireland is this year outstripping the numbers of new cars sold, a new study...
Idea of Boris as PM ‘beggars belief’, says Sturgeon
It “absolutely beggars belief” that the Conservative party would even consider electing Boris Johnson as British prime minister, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has...
Centrist Alliance Party secures first European seat in NI
The Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has won her party’s first European parliamentary seat after a breakthrough result that suggests the unionist-nationalist stranglehold is...
‘Our two countries remain committed to working together’
I was very pleased to have the chance to visit London in recent weeks for a series of meetings over three days, including with...
A Wicklow welcome for the royals
Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, are this week spending two days in Wicklow - their first visit since last year’s four-day...
A border poll should not be rushed like Brexit, warns Mallon
One of the key negotiators of the Good Friday Agreement and someone instrumental in abolishing the RUC, former Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland...
CTA deal ‘a step in right direction but more needed’
Law professors and legal experts have welcomed the provisional Common Travel Area agreement signed last week as a “positive step forward” but warned that...
New Tory leader won’t change Brexit deal, warns Coveney
A change of Tory leader will not change Northern Ireland’s Brexit backstop, Ireland’s Foreign Minister and Tánaiste Simon Coveney warned British politicians this week....
Ireland follows UK as second country to declare climate emergency
PJ Cunningham examines Ireland's all-party response to humanity’s ‘greatest challenge’.
All Ireland’s major parties took a break from fighting tooth and nail for votes...