Digital wizardry and academic sleuthing have helped recreate a cultural treasure severely damaged in the conflict in 1922

Country debates whether chant is legitimate expression of national pride or an affront to victims of the Troubles

A plaque has been unveiled in memory of the Irishwoman who attempted to assassinate Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini almost 100 years ago.

Ten Protestant men were shot dead on their way home from work by the IRA in County Armagh in 1976.

Jim Auld, 72, was one of 14 ‘hooded men’ subjected to interrogation methods since ruled as torture

Leadership drama in Northern Ireland’s biggest party could sink the power-sharing assembly at Stormont

Why did the Brighton bomber, Patrick Magee, risk all by checking into the Grand hotel under the pseudonym of a fellow IRA member?

Rory Carroll’s fascinating, exhaustive account reads like a thriller and details the planning, perpetration and consequences of one of the most sensational event of the Troubles

Four decades ago, a hotel bomb nearly claimed the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her ministers. Can we still feel the aftershocks?

Tribute paid to ‘values of forgiveness and gentle optimism’ of man wrongly jailed for 16 years over 1974 IRA atrocity

The long read: She is venerated around the world. She has outlasted 12 US presidents. She stands for stability and order. But her kingdom is in turmoil, and her subjects are in denial that her reign...

Victims of illegal money lenders tell BBC Spotlight how they faced a cycle of debt and intimidation.

Celebrations are being planned to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement but, with many romanticising the Troubles, the past can seem very present

There was fresh uncertainty last night over the Tory government’s position on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill.

Johnson’s administration made promises over Northern Ireland deal it knew were unworkable, former PM tells MPs

When Ben Leyland’s mum said she was in trouble, he had no idea she was about to be exposed for sending hundreds of abusive tweets about Madeleine McCann’s parents – or of the tragic end to her story

The gripping inside story of the 1984 Brighton bombing, its victims, and its unintended consequences

Longtime Ireland correspondent McDonald, 57, lauded after untimely death following treatment for cancer

A new inquiry into the 1998 massacre may help the bereaved. But Rishi Sunak’s government wants to be rid of the legal mechanism that allowed it , says Irish Times journalist Fintan O’Toole

Recently rediscovered BBC footage of an exuberant Sunday afternoon disco in Ardoyne has gone viral

Between 1925 and 1961, babies and children were interred in the home’s grounds, many in a septic tank

Irish singer known for 1990 single Nothing Compares 2 U has died

Northern Irish journalist and author whose lively writing explored the Troubles with empathy and fascination

**A Goodreads Choice Awards Nomination for Best History & Biography** **An NPR Book We Love** A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s...

Gaelic origins of Icelandic words and landmarks challenge orthodox view of Viking heritage, says author

If a test in 2011 had been accurate, Vicky Phelan might have avoided cancer. Now she is trying to give some hope to terminal patients

Efforts are being made to end the practice of people travelling from Ireland to volunteer and visit orphanages worldwide.

Luke McManus’s visually striking documentary explores a threatened working-class community and a strong music culture

Effective amnesty for those accused of killing or maiming people may not comply with ECHR, says committee

Demographic shift shown in census was expected but will still deliver psychological blow to unionists

Thirty years after I covered the ‘trial of the century’, its themes of race, misogyny, policing and celebrity still affect and define the nation, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, Rory Carroll, looks at what is fuelling loyalist anger in Northern Ireland

Threats circulated on social media in recent days concerning camp where up to eight men have lived in tents since August

Most UK patients can’t access their records online. As a result, the end of Henry’s life was made needlessly traumatic, says digital psychiatrist Charlotte Blease

Micheál Martin claims RTÉ pulled interview with Mary Lou McDonald biographer for fear of being sued

People less likely to vote leave in every EU member state for which data was available than in 2016-17, survey finds

US president expected to travel despite DUP’s boycott of power sharing and may also head to Dublin

Rory Carroll recounts the IRA plot to assassinate the prime minister in 1984 and the ensuing manhunt

We’re used to people struggling with our names and we’re here to help. But it’s an issue heavy with history. Quips and scoffs can hurt, says activist and journalist Niamh Ní Hoireabhaird

Country has world’s highest rate of infection with critics blaming socialising over festive period

Unionist MP Jeffrey Donaldson wants to depose his leader David Trimble for failing his own people. He knows that, if he succeeds, he might well bring down the Northern Ireland Assembly - and risks...

Killing of officer in Chilean town of Antofagasta set in motion events that led to pair’s death in shootout with Bolivian soldiers

We are now as far from the Good Friday Agreement as its creators were from the Sunningdale Agreement or as far as that deal’s architects were from the crea...

The utter dominance of unionism in Northern Ireland’s first half century can be conveyed in three facts: in that period the Unionist Party never won less t...

Traditional Unionist Voice leader’s pressuring of DUP emulates Ukip strategy of pushing militant agenda

A new Irish Times investigation shows the MEPs’ outsized profile in regime-controlled media

Late Irish actor’s poems, photos, plaques and even his wedding list among items handed over by family

Far from the romanticised notion of Old Havana, this project documents the city’s housing situation as a microcosm of the country’s collapse. Many buildings have collapsed or been declared uninhabi...

Mo Mowlam and other female participants in talks confronted ‘sexism and scorn’ at the time

María Corina Machado says president should understand he lost vote, amid international doubts over victory claim

Officials investigate irregularities in poultry and pig waste exports to Ireland, as ammonia risks turning soil into a ‘wasteland’