The Latest Breaking News from Troubles

A commission to investigate Troubles-related killings and a separate information recovery body are due to be set up under the Government’s proposals.

Irish indie acts used to be ignored, even on Irish radio. But songs confronting the Troubles, poverty and oppression are now going global – and changing how Ireland sees itself

Security minister Dan Jarvis says scrapping immunity scheme would give relatives a renewed chance for answers

In September, British and Irish leaders unveiled a joint framework to address longstanding legacy issues in Northern Ireland.

In her 2022 novel Trespasses, Louise Kennedy captures the emotional turmoil of an intimate relationship between Cushla, a young Catholic woman, and Michael, an older married Protestant man during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Their love is difficult, not just because Michael is married but also because it is seen…

4/5 Channel 4’s adaptation of Louise Kennedy’s novel, which also stars Gillian Anderson, feels like grown-up fare in tone and substance

A Catholic and a Protestant fall in love in emotional drama Trespasses. Plus: David Attenborough’s fierce new nature series. Here’s what to watch this evening

RISING STARS: The Belfast actor won an Ifta award and a Bafta nod for their performance as an IRA soldier in last year’s ‘Say Nothing’. Now they speak to Annabel Nugent about their latest role in ‘Trespasses’, the long-lasting effects of the Troubles – and why they’d be more than…

4/5 This story of forbidden love in Troubles-era Belfast is raw, warm and ultimately uplifting