The Latest Breaking News from Northern Ireland

New watchdog for public appointments in Northern Ireland confirmed

Claire Keatinge is going to take up the role later this week after a four year vacancy in the role.

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2025

Letter urges Prime Minister to recall Parliament over Gaza emergency

The letter has been sent by a number of politicians from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2025

‘Chronic’ under-performance of boys at GCSE should be treated as major issue

Pupils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their exam results on Thursday next week.

Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2025

Slight rise in A* and A grades achieved in A-levels in Northern Ireland

More than 25,000 students across the region received their AS and A-level results on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Aug 14, 2025

A-level results: Top grades rise again as record number of students accepted into university

Hundreds of thousands of pupils across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland celebrate exam results, with many finding out if they will progress to university, an apprenticeship or work

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2025

A-level top grades in England reach record high outside of Covid years – as it happened

Proportion of A*, A, B or C grades outstrip all but pandemic era in England, with similar picture in Northern Ireland and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025

More than a quarter of A-level students expected to secure top grades

Students across England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025

A new way of thinking about empathy could cool Britain’s migration rows

Recent protests at asylum hotels in Epping, Essex, have prompted calls from the hotel’s residents for something rare in UK migration debates: understanding. This is something that has been clearly lacking in the conversations fuelling anti-immigrant protests, from Southport in summer 2024 to Ballymena in Northern Ireland and Essex this…

The Conversation · Aug 13, 2025

Students urged to ‘take stock’ before accepting degree places on lower grades

School and college leavers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will receive their A-level results on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2025

Students could still get into first choice university even if they don’t get necessary grades

Some universities are ‘really keen’ this year to recruit ‘as many students as they can’ due to financial pressures

The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2025