The Latest Breaking News from Northern Ireland

Thousands of public sector workers stage 24-hour strike in Northern Ireland

Combined action by about 150,000 nurses, teachers, cleaners and other sector workers is biggest in living memory

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

Public-sector Strikes Add To N. Ireland's Political Crisis

Tens of thousands of public-sector workers in Northern Ireland walked off the job on Thursday, in what one union boss said could be the biggest strike in the province.

International Business Times · Jan 18, 2024

More than 150,000 expected to join public sector strike in Northern Ireland

Sixteen unions take action as collapsed Stormont leaves pay for nurses, teachers and road workers stagnant

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024

'Not for EU' labels explained: what do they mean?

The 'Not for EU' label on food packaging is causing concern among some British supermarket shoppers

Evening Standard · Jan 11, 2024

Wimbledon FC move to Belfast not the craziest idea discussed in 90s – Campbell

Labour’s former chief press secretary Alastair Campbell said he mooted an idea of hosting a Rangers/Celtic match in Belfast

Evening Standard · Jan 4, 2024

How Israel failed to learn from the Northern Ireland peace process

There is no peace in the Middle East because there is no effective peace process. This isn’t because the Palestinians and Israelis do not know how to make peace. They do. The Good Friday agreement which brought peace to Northern Ireland a quarter of a century ago, provided a clear…

The Conversation · Jan 3, 2024

Israel and its allies must face facts: peace talks are the only way forward, and they will have to include Hamas

My experience tells me this: tough negotiation will achieve what bombs cannot, says Peter Hain, former UK Middle East minister and Northern Ireland secretary of state

The Guardian - UK · Jan 2, 2024

Tony Blair wanted to move Wimbledon FC to Belfast, declassified files show

The idea was supposed to help build 'strong cross-community support'

Evening Standard · Dec 28, 2023

Archives reveal Princess Diana ‘ignorance’ over Northern Ireland during Troubles

NEWLY released archive files have shed light on the Royals relationship with Northern Ireland during the Troubles – including concerns over the…

The National (Scotland) · Dec 27, 2023

Diana apparently believed Northern Ireland part of the Republic, archive shows

Briefing papers newly released by Ireland’s national archive talk of princess’s ‘obvious ignorance’ of constitutional position

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2023