Councillor Brian Tierney has apologised to fellow elected members for the “huge, huge mistake” of providing a reference for a former soldier who was later convicted of rape.

It has been suggested Micheál Martin will appoint Ian Marshall to counteract Sinn Féin’s candidate Conor Murphy, who the party has put forward to represent Northern nationalists ...

An IRA victim has called on Gerry Adams to refuse any compensation that he might receive from the UK government for being ...

A Sinn Féin TD has secured High Court permission to pursue his case alleging the appointment of “superjunior” ministers is “completely anti-democratic”. Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty granted “leave”, ...

MLAs have backed a TUV motion which said a Northern Ireland Assembly report into salaries and expenses – prompted by the Michael McMonagle scandal – had ‘muddied the waters’ over rules for how public ...

Good Friday agreement is commonly seen to have ended what were euphemistically termed the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said any compensation he receives as a former Troubles internee will be donated to ...

Opposition TDs are requesting the government "cut ties" with North Tipperary and North-West Kilkenny TD Michael Lowry and ...

DUP and Sinn Féin's resistance to integrated schools betrays their fear of meaningful unity between Catholics and Protestants, says.

Shadow solicitor general Helen Grant told the Commons on Thursday that critics were not interested in individual matters of ...

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