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Northern Ireland

  • Tuesday, 1 July, 2025
    Boeing Company
    Boeing set to take over Spirit in N Ireland as buyer talks fail

    Deal opens prospect of awkward cohabitation between US planemaker and European rival Airbus in Belfast

    A general view of the Spirit AeroSystems, formerly Shorts, factory plant in Belfast
  • Sunday, 22 June, 2025
    News in-depth
    High-tech Studio Ulster drives boom in N Ireland’s film industry

    One of the world’s most advanced animation and gaming studios expands a reputation built on ‘Game of Thrones’

    The movements of an actor wearing sensors are transposed on to an animated creature at Studio Ulster
  • Wednesday, 18 June, 2025
    Kneecap
    Belfast rap group Kneecap defiant ahead of UK terrorism hearing

    Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, aka Mo Chara, due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court over alleged Hizbollah flag incident

    Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh (Mo Chara), JJ Ó’Dochartaigh (DJ Próvaí), and Naoise Ó Cairealláin (Móglaí Bap) from Kneecap performing at the SSE Arena in Belfast in December 2024
  • Friday, 13 June, 2025
    ‘Locals live here’: racist attacks inflame Northern Ireland’s divisions

    Police chief appeals for end to anti-immigrant violence in region with painful past

    A police officer in riot gear stands beside an overturned, burning vehicle on a street during a night protest in Ballymena
  • Thursday, 12 June, 2025
    ReviewFiction
    The Benefactors by Wendy Erskine — a Belfast teeming with voices

    The writer’s rich first novel features a multitude of characters centred around a question of consent

  • Wednesday, 11 June, 2025
    Third night of anti-immigrant unrest in Northern Ireland as riots spread

    Leisure centre set alight after sheltering people affected by disturbances

    Riot police stand guard by armoured land rovers as protesters gather during a third night of anti-immigration demonstrations in Ballymena, Northern Ireland on Wednesday
  • Tuesday, 10 June, 2025
    N Ireland faces ‘inescapable’ prospect of charging households for water

    Region hopes for improved overall funding formula in UK spending review

    Silent Valley Reservoir in Northern Ireland
  • Friday, 30 May, 2025
    Gerry Adams wins defamation case against BBC

    Veteran republican leader awarded €100,000 in damages at Dublin’s High Court

    Gerry Adams outside the High Court in Dublin, Ireland on May 30 2025
  • Wednesday, 21 May, 2025
    News in-depthGold
    US lawmakers warn over delays to major gold mine in Northern Ireland

    Backers fear long planning process for Curraghinalt project could deter other investors in one of poorest UK regions

  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    FT SeriesPowering Britain
    Can Britain’s neighbours help it keep the lights on?

    Greater interconnection should boost system’s resilience but also exposes electricity to political tensions

    Map of UK and Ireland
  • Monday, 28 April, 2025
    OutlookJude Webber
    From presidents to hillbillies, Northern Ireland wants more recognition in the US

    Its influence in America has long played second fiddle to that of émigrés from the Republic of Ireland

    US vice-president JD Vance delivers remarks at a St Patrick’s Day breakfast in Washington last month
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    The State of Britain
    Some good news for Northern Ireland Premium content

    Plus, the Troubles cast a long shadow over education

    Northern Ireland secretary of state Hilary Benn addresses the media after a visit to St. George’s market on July 7 2024 in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Friday, 4 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Northern Irish whiskey sector faces confusion over Trump tariffs

    With ingredients sourced on both sides of the border producers are unclear over the impact of US levies

    Bottles of Bushmills whiskey
  • Thursday, 3 April, 2025
    Trump tariffs
    Northern Ireland fears becoming ‘collateral damage’ in trade war

    Brexit deal means region could be hit by EU counter-tariffs on US goods

    Shoppers on Donegall Place in view of the Belfast City Hall in central Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Saturday, 29 March, 2025
    Travel
    Rustic luxe: the new breed of British farmstays

    With fine food and stylish rooms, these 10 farms are reinventing the rural retreat — and spring is the ideal time to go

    A farmer carries eggs in a basket with hens at his feet
  • Thursday, 27 March, 2025
    News in-depthRare earths
    Belfast magnet recycling start-up offers rare earth promise

    Ionic Technologies says it is the only company outside China able to separate the four most valuable oxides

    A sample of neodymium, extracted from recycled magnets, is prepared for analysis by a woman in a laboratory
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    Joseph Kennedy III
    Northern Ireland attests to the power of the transatlantic alliance

    Washington’s continued engagement with Belfast is fundamental to the region’s stability and prosperity

    President Bill Clinton meets with residents during a walk through Belfast
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    The Life of a SongFascinating tales behind 21 country and folk classics by Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash and more
    Wild Mountain Thyme — stirring ballad has become a folk-music fixture

    Originating in Scotland, it was modified by Irish singer Francis McPeake and later sung by artists such as Bob Dylan and Judy Collins

    A man sings into a microphone and plays acoustic guitar, surrounded by microphones
  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Northern Ireland risks becoming ‘collateral damage’ in transatlantic trade war

    Post-Brexit deal means EU tariffs would apply, putting the region at a disadvantage if UK wins US tariff exemption

    Large cranes are moving shipping containers as trucks drive past
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    Office for National Statistics UK
    small caged mammal confessions

    mammal, I’m throwed and I don’t know what to do

  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    HTSI
    How weird is your coffee order?

    Shake up your americano with these kooky caffeine hits

    The Toffee Apple Pie coffee at Established in Belfast
  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Trump urged to appoint N Ireland envoy amid US investment ‘concern’

    Lawmakers call on president to continue tradition of sending an emissary to the region

    Micheál Martin walking out of a building while people applaud
  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff’s new owner pledges £100mn to revive UK shipbuilder

    Spain’s Navantia says it will push for new orders, including from Royal Navy, to secure future of group

    Donato Martínez, Navantia’s director of strategy
  • Sunday, 26 January, 2025
    Harland & Wolff Group Holdings Plc
    Harland & Wolff takeover raises fears over payments to suppliers

    Bankrupt shipbuilder is being bought by Spanish state-owned group Navantia

  • Monday, 20 January, 2025
    Brexit
    UK government rejects attempt to block EU law in Northern Ireland

    Unionist parties triggered ‘Stormont brake’ over changes to rules on chemicals labelling in region

    Hilary Benn
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