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HMS Stephen Furness was steaming through the northern Irish Sea on the afternoon of December 13 1917, en route to Liverpool for repairs. The crew maintained a cautious course, altering direction every ten minutes and travelling at a steady 13 knots – fully aware of the lurking threat from German…

Ian Paisley Jr blamed for loss of Northern Irish seat held by his family for more than 50 years at the general election

As Al Gore says this decade is vital in the fight to save nature and reduce climate impacts

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Rishi Sunak sealed a deal with the EU on Monday (February 27) that ended dispute over the post-Brexit Northern Ireland protocol

Alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Rishi Sunak unveiled his solution to the bitter trade impasse in Northern Ireland sparked by Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal with Brussels

Sunak negotiating in good faith promises results beyond the bad faith of Johnson, sweeping away many red tape barriers down an Irish Sea border agreed by the ex-PM

It comes as speculation mounts that a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol may be announced in the coming days.

The closest major light pollution to the island comes from Dublin, which is over 70 miles across the Irish Sea