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Northern Ireland

  • 18 May 2017
    5 mins

    Is Northern Ireland suffering from election fatigue?

    In Northern Ireland voters could be forgiven for suffering election fatigue as they trudge to the polls for the seventh time – yes seventh time, in three years. But the parties claim the electorate are motivated by Brexit and the collapse of Stormont. And also motivated by the chance that Sinn Fein – even though…

  • 11 Apr 2017
    6 mins

    ‘The Journey’: Northern Ireland’s Chuckle Brothers

    It’s a classic movie formula. Put two men who hate each other on a tense car journey , forced to work together; then watch as they begrudgingly come to develop a mutual respect. A new film called ‘The Journey’ does just this, but casts Northern Ireland’s deeply opposed political leaders as the central characters.

  • 27 Mar 2017
    Gary Gibbon

    Team May: divisions over date of indyref2?

    Some in the Edinburgh administration detect a division in the May team on when a second referendum might have to be granted.

  • 23 Mar 2017
    6 mins

    The funeral of Martin McGuinness

    From the rawness of today’s violence to the scar tissue of yesterday’s. The IRA gunman turned statesman Martin McGuiness was laid to rest this afternoon.

  • 6 Mar 2017
    4 mins

    NI: talks on new administration

    After a major political shock in Northern Ireland’s assembly elections, fraught negotiations are under way to form an administration.

  • 6 Mar 2017
    3 mins

    NI: where do parties stand?

    Gary Gibbon on the positions of the parties in Stormont and the British Government.

  • 4 Mar 2017
    7 mins

    Northern Ireland elections

    They’ve lost the election – but Sinn Fein have hailed last night’s result as a “watershed moment” in Northern Ireland politics. The republicans came within one seat of the Democratic Unionist Party and have – for the first time – prevented the unionists having a majority at Stormont. Under the rules of the Northern Ireland…

  • 1 Feb 2017
    7 mins

    Waterboarding claims in Northern Ireland

    Donald Trump has drawn outrage across the world, including Britain, after he condoned waterboarding and torture. But tonight this programme can reveal allegations that warterboarding and electric shock torture were used by the Parachute Regiment against prisoners in Northern Ireland in the 1970s.

  • 19 Jan 2017
    Gary Gibbon

    Martin McGuinness bows out

    Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly robs the power-sharing institutions of one of their most important and unlikely defenders.

  • 16 Jan 2017
    2 mins

    Northern Ireland elections to be held

    Fresh elections will be held in Northern Ireland after the power-sharing agreement collapsed.

  • 10 Jan 2017
    6 mins

    NI: appeal for parties to work together

    Ministers have appealed to nationalists and unionists in Northern Ireland to come together to avert a looming political crisis.

  • 4 Oct 2016
    Gary Gibbon

    Tories look to increase majority with DUP deal

    The Conservatives and DUP are looking into an arrangement that could increase the Tories’ working majority.

  • 2 Aug 2016
    4 mins

    Ruth Davidson’s equal marriage message to Belfast

    Despite some polls showing overwhelming support for same-sex marriage, Northern Ireland remains the only country in the British Isles where it is banned.

  • 27 Apr 2015
    Liam Dutton

    Spring? The temperature dropped to -8C last night

    Near record-breaking cold was experienced in Northern Ireland last night. Is the recent sunshine and warmth going to return anytime soon?

  • 13 Jan 2015
    Gary Gibbon

    Blair’s warning over on-the-runs: peace process ‘still fragile’

    Tony Blair agrees, after several months, to give evidence to the Northern Ireland select committee over “on the run” letters sent to dozens of people.

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