Northern Ireland

We spoke to the former President of Ireland, Mary Robinson. She is now chair of The Elders, a group of world leaders working for human rights, peace and the transition to a low-carbon future.

We talk to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, Jeffrey Donaldson.

What do the EU’s proposals mean for businesses in Northern Ireland who have complained that trade has been strangled by the protocol?

We talk to a member of the European Commission and former Irish MEP, Mairead McGuinness about the proposed change to border checks in Northern Ireland.

They’ve been dubbed the “sausage wars”, the tension between the UK and EU over trade rules in Northern Ireland. 

What would it mean to be a Unionist, if the Union no longer exists?

Jonathan Powell was chief of staff to Tony Blair in Downing Street and was intimately involved in the Northern Ireland peace process.

John Teggart, whose father, Danny, was among the victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre in 1971, is a spokesman for the families of 10 people who were killed during those three days of shooting.

It’s estimated 3,500 people were killed in the decades of conflict in Northern Ireland that came to be known as the Troubles. The question of how to give their families justice has been a matter of tension and debate ever since.

They were the fires said to have lit the way for the Protestant King William of Orange in his battle against the Catholics more than three centuries ago.

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Michelle O’Neill has appealed for calm, amid tensions over loyalist bonfires marking the eve of the Twelfth of July parades.

In Northern Ireland, the Democratic Unionist Party is getting its third leader in two months.

The Democratic Unionist Party is looking for a new leader again, as Edwin Poots stepped down after just 21 days in the job.

We spoke to the Belfast-based author and commentator, Susan McKay, about the latest political developments in Northern Ireland.

After only three weeks in the job, the new leader of the DUP, Edwin Poots is facing a challenge from within his own party. A sizeable number of DUP members of the Stormont assembly and some of its MPs reacted with fury after he struck a deal over the status of the Irish language in…