Northern Ireland

After 30 years of coverups, what really happened when a Chinook helicopter crashed in 1994, killing key personnel involved in Britain’s battle with the IRA?

The former DUP leader’s arrest led to fears of another Stormont shutdown. Instead, optimism is breaking out

Stormont may be back, but the rot and dysfunction at the heart of Northern Ireland will not be easily fixed

In this extract from his new book, bestselling author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers suggests we start to focus on the kind of world we want, not the one we don’t

It is hard to overestimate the damage the combination of Brexit, Johnson and Truss has done

The children of the Good Friday Agreement are tired of living in a ‘broken system’

The iconic Dublin-based The Late, Late Show has its first Northern Irish presenter – just as old feuds and Brexit troubles boil up again...

The role of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern during the talks, to this day, simply cannot be overstated

The government would do well to avoid exacerbating the current crises and heed this advice

Now the rest of Britain will ask, ‘if it’s so great, why aren't we in it too?’

The ex-‘Brexit hard man’ hopes his mental struggles are now over, yet millions continue to suffer because of policies he espoused

The EU is watching what comes next with hope… and some scepticism

The prime minister has got his agreement with the EU on the Northern Ireland Protocol – but will it be enough to stop a rebellion?

The ex-PM’s Protocol intervention once again shows that it’s all about him

Welcome to 2023, the year of war, peace and Mark Zuckerberg’s collapsing Metaverse

As another election, rows over the Protocol and a febrile atmosphere between unionists and republicans overshadow the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement looms, can its message of reconciliation be resurrected?

The Northern Ireland Protocol points the way to a better Brexit – so, Macbeth-style, Sunak is being urged to kill it

An arch-Brexiter apologises to Ireland and the EU. What is going on?

The EU has offered to scrap almost all border checks but the new PM may not be allowed to listen to logic

Legalisation won't get rid of the criminals unless legal outlets undercut the undercutters

Obsession with the Protocol has handed the advantage to Sinn Féin

Having reinvented itself, the party is now poised to redraw the political map of the island of Ireland

As Europe grapples with one of its gravest political crises since the end of the Cold War, one might expect Global Britain, free at last from the suffocating embrace of the EU, to be leading efforts to prevent war between Russia and Ukraine. If you believe Boris Johnson, it is. Others are not so sure