Northern Ireland
The latest news and comment on Northern Ireland
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Two held in Ireland over murder of British spy Denis DonaldsonSenior Sinn Féin official was shot dead in Co Donegal in 2006, a year after being exposed as an MI5 agent
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UK lacks expertise for trade talks with Europe, says top civil servantWhitehall negotiators massively outnumbered by European counterparts, according to Foreign Office official
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Ireland faces partition again. Preserving the peace is criticalAfter Brexit, one of the biggest challenges is the likely reinstitution of a physical border – now all parties must work together to prevent destabilisation
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Lord Mayhew of Twysden obituaryConservative politician whose pragmatism as Northern Ireland secretary helped pave the way for the Good Friday agreement
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Dissident Republicans in Northern Ireland seize moment to fight partitionA new border between north and south could yet destabilise the Good Friday agreement, say activists
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Lord Mayhew, former Northern Ireland secretary, dies aged 86Conservative politician was a key figure in the Northern Irish peace process of the early 1990s
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Older ‘left-behind’ voters turned against a political class with values opposed to theirsThe Ukip revolt has reshaped the traditional political landscape – and for both main parties the upheaval has only just begun
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Wales in, Northern Ireland out: Brits in NY see soccer turn EU vote upside downAs worried Poles and Frenchmen look on, expats and tourists digest Brexit, a Euro 2016 exit and a full English breakfast at Legends in midtown Manhattan
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The English have placed a bomb under the Irish peace processThe vote for Brexit unthinkingly jeopardises the Good Friday Agreement, the greatest modern achievement of British diplomacy. It’s an insult to Ireland
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EU referendum night drama points to clear political divideSterling falls 8% in currency markets as Nigel Farage ditches earlier pessimism and Labour admits ‘working assumption’ that remain camp has lost
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Michael McGovern’s heroics in goal in Paris lead to jubilation in BelfastAs Northern Ireland secured their place in the knockout stages of Euro 2016, despite losing 1-0 to Germany, Belfast bathed in memories of the team’s glory in the 1980s
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Northern Ireland’s greatest fear from a Brexit is the return to conflictOurs is a hard-won peace, but it would be instantly jeopardised if Britain were to vote to leave the EU
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Drone delivers abortion pills to Northern Irish womenPolice monitored stunt by pro-choice activists, who flew aircraft from Republic of Ireland, but took no action
Greenslade Story behind a story that raises questions about journalistic ethics