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Northern Ireland

  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Gerry Adams wins defamation case against BBC

    Veteran republican leader awarded €100,000 in damages at Dublin’s High Court

    Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, Ireland on May 30 2025
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    News in-depthGold
    US lawmakers warn over delays to major gold mine in Northern Ireland

    Backers fear long planning process for Curraghinalt project could deter other investors in one of poorest UK regions

  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    FT SeriesPowering Britain
    Can Britain’s neighbours help it keep the lights on?

    Greater interconnection should boost system’s resilience but also exposes electricity to political tensions

    Map of UK and Ireland
  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
    OutlookJude Webber
    From presidents to hillbillies, Northern Ireland wants more recognition in the US

    Its influence in America has long played second fiddle to that of émigrés from the Republic of Ireland

    US vice-president JD Vance delivers remarks at a St Patrick’s Day breakfast in Washington last month
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    The State of Britain
    Some good news for Northern Ireland Premium content

    Plus, the Troubles cast a long shadow over education

    Northern Ireland secretary of state Hilary Benn addresses the media after a visit to St. George’s market on July 7 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Northern Irish whiskey sector faces confusion over Trump tariffs

    With ingredients sourced on both sides of the border producers are unclear over the impact of US levies

    Bottles of Bushmills whiskey
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Northern Ireland fears becoming ‘collateral damage’ in trade war

    Brexit deal means region could be hit by EU counter-tariffs on US goods

    Shoppers on Donegall Place in view of the Belfast City Hall in central Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    Travel
    Rustic luxe: the new breed of British farmstays

    With fine food and stylish rooms, these 10 farms are reinventing the rural retreat — and spring is the ideal time to go

    A farmer carries eggs in a basket with hens at his feet
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    News in-depthRare earths
    Belfast magnet recycling start-up offers rare earth promise

    Ionic Technologies says it is the only company outside China able to separate the four most valuable oxides

    A sample of neodymium, extracted from recycled magnets, is prepared for analysis by a woman in a laboratory
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    Joseph Kennedy III
    Northern Ireland attests to the power of the transatlantic alliance

    Washington’s continued engagement with Belfast is fundamental to the region’s stability and prosperity

    President Bill Clinton meets with residents during a walk through Belfast
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    The Life of a SongFascinating tales behind 21 country and folk classics by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and more
    Wild Mountain Thyme — stirring ballad has become a folk-music fixture

    Originating in Scotland, it was modified by Irish singer Francis McPeake and later sung by artists such as Bob Dylan and Judy Collins

    A man sings into a microphone and plays acoustic guitar, surrounded by microphones
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Northern Ireland risks becoming ‘collateral damage’ in transatlantic trade war

    Post-Brexit deal means EU tariffs would apply, putting the region at a disadvantage if UK wins US tariff exemption

    Large cranes are moving shipping containers as trucks drive past
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    small caged mammal confessions

    mammal, I’m throwed and I don’t know what to do

  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    HTSI
    How weird is your coffee order?

    Shake up your americano with these kooky caffeine hits

    The Toffee Apple Pie coffee at Established in Belfast
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Trump urged to appoint N Ireland envoy amid US investment ‘concern’

    Lawmakers call on president to continue tradition of sending an emissary to the region

    Micheál Martin walking out of a building while people applaud
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff’s new owner pledges £100mn to revive UK shipbuilder

    Spain’s Navantia says it will push for new orders, including from Royal Navy, to secure future of group

    Donato Martínez, Navantia’s director of strategy
  • Sunday, 26 January, 2025
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff takeover raises fears over payments to suppliers

    Bankrupt shipbuilder is being bought by Spanish state-owned group Navantia

  • Monday, 20 January, 2025
    Brexit
    UK government rejects attempt to block EU law in Northern Ireland

    Unionist parties triggered ‘Stormont brake’ over changes to rules on chemicals labelling in region

    Hilary Benn
  • Wednesday, 15 January, 2025
    Gerry Adams
    Starmer vows to prevent Gerry Adams from claiming compensation

    Tories blast UK government plans to repeal parts of Legacy Act

    Gerry Adams
  • Monday, 13 January, 2025
    Brexit
    Artificial intelligence to be regulated differently in Northern Ireland and Britain

    Latest example of post-Brexit ‘regulatory divergence’ could cause friction in tech sector

    Northern Ireland stand at the Farnborough International Airshow 2024
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Matthew O'Toole
    Northern Ireland should make the most of its proximity to the EU

    Belfast stands to gain from enhancing its unique position between London, Dublin and Brussels

    Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer outside Parliament Buildings at Stormont, Belfast
  • Sunday, 5 January, 2025
    Ireland
    Steep costs of Irish reunification deter Dublin despite tax windfall

    Ending division between north and south could lead to €20bn bill every year for two decades

    A road sign at a roundabout on the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland with directions to Belfast and Dublin
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Northern Ireland braced for more Brexit turbulence

    Country enters 2025 tackling a web of regulations, political divisions and unfulfilled investment hopes

    The Stormont parliament building
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Jonathan Goodman
    The enduring power of an accent

    Identifying one’s tribe may be a matter of survival and we are surprisingly good at detecting fakes

    Illustration of two women in military fatigues seen in profile with speech bubbles coming out of their mouths. One has the shadow of a bear on the wall behind her while the other has the shadow of a dove
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff sale will mean losses for creditors and suppliers, interim chair says

    Russell Downs defends deal with Spain’s Navantia as best outcome possible to keep Titanic maker’s yards alive

    The Harland & Wolff site in Belfast
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