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Northern Ireland

  • Wednesday, 25 September, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Holdings PLC
    Britain presses Spanish group to bid for Harland & Wolff’s UK shipyards

    Ministers are trying to protect jobs at the struggling shipbuilder

    Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    News in-depthHarland & Wolff Holdings PLC
    Harland & Wolff races to keep its shipyards alive

    Clock is ticking in search for buyers of 163-year-old Belfast landmark and three other works across UK

    A ship worker leaves the Harland and Wolff shipyard
  • Saturday, 21 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    The centre holds in Ireland Premium content

    Tensions are rising over immigration ahead of the general election

    Ireland’s Taoiseach Simon Harris, left, with Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill, centre, and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    NI appeal court deals blow to body investigating Troubles-era atrocities

    Government’s ability to veto sensitive information breaches international human rights law, court finds

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    FT SeriesHouse & Home City Living Special
    The inner-city alleys being turned into paradise passages

    Several of the UK’s northern cities are transforming once neglected passageways into bucolic oases; community spaces filled with urban art, herb gardens — and civic pride

    An urban alleyway in between the backyards of two rows of terraced houses, the walls of which are lined with potted plants and flowers
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    London scraps funding for Euro 2028 stadium upgrade in Northern Ireland

    Hilary Benn blames move on ballooning cost of rebuilding Belfast’s Casement Park for Uefa tournament

    Panoramic view of Casement Park GAA stadium in Belfast
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Jeffrey Donaldson
    Ex-DUP leader Donaldson and wife plead not guilty to historic sex offence charges

    Trial of former Democratic Unionist party MP set for next year

    Sir Jeffrey Donaldson leaving Newry Crown Court on Tuesday
  • Friday, 30 August, 2024
    News in-depth
    Northern Ireland’s once-dominant parties fight to win back voters

    Selection of new leaders for UUP and SDLP sparks debate over future direction of groupings

    Montage of Colum Eastwood and Doug Beattie
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Exit of Ulster Unionist leader leaves party at a crossroads

    Once dominant organisation is struggling to appeal to younger voters in a fragmented political landscape

    Doug Beattie
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Northern Ireland police chief appeals to Keir Starmer for more funding

    Prime minister says immediate ‘support’ discussed in Belfast meeting but stops short of funding pledge

    Jon Boutcher speaks to media
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Holdings PLC
    Titanic maker Harland & Wolff secures lifeline loan

    Shipbuilder needed to raise funds after ministers turned down £200mn guarantee request

  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    News in-depth
    Northern Ireland’s unionists grapple with fragmenting support

    Political bloc struggles to rally behind a united message and broaden its appeal

    Bonfires form part of celebrations to mark Protestant King William III’s victory over Catholic King James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Can Labour revive Northern Ireland’s economy?

    Region hobbled by some of the UK’s lowest educational attainment, productivity and skills

    Generation Innovation and Catalyst campus in Belfast
  • Friday, 5 July, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    DUP loses seats as unionist vote splinters

    Ian Paisley Jr ousted by hardline party allied to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

    Ian Paisley Jr after being beaten in North Antrim
  • Tuesday, 2 July, 2024
    Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc
    Boeing’s $4.7bn Spirit deal sparks fears over future of Belfast jobs

    Politicians and union leaders warn against dismantling the aircraft supplier in Northern Ireland as Airbus considers options

    Spirt AeroSystems headquarters in Kansas
  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    News in-depthUK general election 2024
    UK’s most marginal constituency braced for election ‘dogfight’

    Sinn Féin hopes Fermanagh and South Tyrone will help it become Northern Ireland’s largest party at Westminster

    Enniskillen, County Fermanagh
  • Wednesday, 12 June, 2024
    N Ireland’s chance of Euro 28 football boost being ‘squandered’ by lack of funding

    Refurbishment of Belfast’s derelict Casement Park stadium has stalled as UK government financing has failed to materialise

    Casement Park
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Harland & Wolff Holdings PLC
    Harland & Wolff in pay talks with unions after workers vote to strike

    Walkout threat at historic Belfast shipyard adds to woes of lossmaking company

    The Harland & Wolff Samson and Goliath shipbuilding gantry cranes at Belfast Harbour
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Special ReportWomen in Business
    Tina McKenzie: on a mission to make ‘a real difference’ in Northern Ireland

    The Belfast-based entrepreneur talks about starting up, working hard — and a shortlived foray into politics

    A middle-aged woman in casual office attire, she’s sitting at a desk, smiling for the camera
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    UK general election 2024
    Deal to restore N Ireland’s executive oversold, says DUP leader

    Gavin Robinson expects Brexit to again loom within unionism during the general election campaign

    Gavin Robinson speaks to the media in Belfast
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    UK devolution
    UK election set to delay critical regional legislation

    Northern Ireland and Scotland have to push back programmes for government and other important fiscal and energy plans

    Michelle O’Neill, Northern Ireland first minister
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    OutlookJude Webber
    Mistrust dogs the UK’s plan for a history of the Troubles

    Critics of the project have been at pains to point out that Britain was no innocent bystander in the conflict

    Black and white photo of children picking stone up from a broken road to throw at riot police during the Troubles
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    UK immigration
    Northern Ireland court strikes down key parts of UK Illegal Migration Act

    Ruling means contentious Rwanda asylum policy would not apply in region

    The High Court in Northern Ireland
  • Sunday, 12 May, 2024
    N Ireland should cut corporate tax to boost growth, says business lobby

    Gulf between headline rate in UK and Ireland is deterring investors, argues Federation of Small Businesses

    The Belfast harbour estate can be seen alongside the Belfast city skyline on January 17, 2023 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Aircraft manufacturing
    Supplier to Boeing and Airbus warns against break-up of N Ireland facility

    Dismantling Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast operations would harm region’s aerospace industry, says UK chair

    Spirit AeroSystems in Belfast
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