The North and South series is a collaboration between The Irish Times and ARINS (Analysing and Researching Ireland North and South), a joint research project of the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and the ...

The idea for Open Sunday is to let you discuss what you like. Just two rules. Keep it civil and no man/woman playing.

I was enthusiastic about the new technology, but one person in my class who was employed as a typesetter in a local newspaper ...

An acrimonious debate at Belfast City Council which has been running for several weeks finally climaxed on Monday night as ...

For five years, the Independent Financial Review Panel (IFRP) set wages and expenses for politicians in the assembly. But the ...

Last week on the same day I was involved in two very interesting conversations about the way forward for this island. I had lunch with a young Belfast-born, Dublin-resident solicitor called Ross Neill ...

Between 1969 and 2001 3,532 people died during the troubles. During the same period 7291 died on the roads. The Troubles are ...

Head Coach Simon Easterby has made three changes to the team for the Scotland match. Peter O’Mahony replaces Ryan Baird at 6, with Baird displacing |Iain Henderson on the bench, while Henshaw rotates ...

Grand Poobah Hilary Benn has hurt the feelings of some of our local politicians by pointing out that it’s up to them to make some, what do you call them? I think decisions?? From the BBC: In a speech ...

Conor Murphy resigned as Economy Minister and from Stormont yesterday following his election to Seanad Éireann. As the BBC ...