14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (536+ words) The First Ministers of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will sign a landmark agreement on Monday aimed at putting pressure on Downing Street to hold referendums on independence. SNP leader John Swinney, Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth and Sinn…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (525+ words) It was, as one senior SDLP figure put it, “quite a moment, to have the American president saying that.” The “that” in question was Donald Trump’s endorsement of Irish unity, delivered when answering questions from the media after his arrival…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1006+ words) Every week, Adam Gannon talks to people on the doorsteps in his Fermanagh council district, which stretches from Garrison in the west to Derrylin in the east. More of them are talking about a united Ireland than ever before “and…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1669+ words) French toast is offered to visitors at Drumcree Community Centre in Portadown when they walk through its doors on a mild-September morning. Sunflowers grow outside the whitewashed building where children’s scooters are abandoned beside wooden swings on a grassy play…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (375+ words) The power to call a unity referendum in Northern Ireland cannot be left entirely in the hands of the North’s Secretary of State, even though it is laid down in the 1998 Belfast Agreement, Taoiseach Michael Martin has said. Emphasising that…...

4+ day, 35+ min ago   (245+ words) Sir, – I wish to concur with your correspondences (Letters, September 9th) and express the sadness I felt on reading Heather Humphreys’s article (“I don’t regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed”, Opinion, September 5th). During her election…...