Police didn’t arrest any activists in Northern Ireland protesting the proscription of Palestine Action at the weekend, in stark contrast to in other parts of the UK. Why? Ellen McVeigh reports.
Growing up in Northern Ireland helped Rachel Connolly see the sentimentality surrounding the Queen for what it is.
Sinn Féin now occupies pole position in Northern Irish politics. Daniel Finn explains how we got here.
Keir Starmer has pledged he will resign if fined by Durham police. Is this an act of political genius, or career suicide? Plus: The cost of living crisis continues and we take a further look at the ramifications of the historic election result to the Northern Ireland assembly. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
Regina Coeli House, Northern Ireland’s only women-only hostel, is facing imminent closure. Its staff, however, aren’t having it. Anna Cafolla reports.
On 30 January 1972, British soldiers gunned down unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland. Daniel Finn explains the context of the massacre and its devastating legacy.
When we talk about breaking up Britain, we can’t just talk about the British state, argues Adam Ramsay. We also need to understand what gives the state its social license to operate: that is, British nationalism.
The centenary of Irish partition had once been an awaited psychological milestone for Ulster unionists. Yet the discontent expressed through the loyalist riots of the past ten days reflects a deep-seated crisis of the political architecture built into Northern Ireland, writes Tommy Greene.
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