Stories from 2017-07-22

Beattie - 'Troubles pension should be included in talks'

SF idea of rights and equality is a pretext to attack NI's place in the UK

Owen Polley

Devolution the big loser as Brokenshire re-allocates Stormont cash

Newton Emerson

IRA ceasefire - cementing a hard-won peace

Editorial

D.C. tribute to Martin McGuinness

Bertie Ahern warns of 'big danger' facing Border areas post Brexit

Rodney Edwards

There's still time to change your mind! Irish ambassador BEGS UK not leave single market

Aurora Bosotti

Controversial nationalist bonfire in north Belfast removed from site near flats

Marie Louise McConville

Calls for Derry peace bridge to be closed at night because of sectarian attacks

Donna Deeney

Unionist fears of 'bad old days' in Londonderry

Bogside bonfire talks 'should not be left to last minute'

Seamus McKinney

Threat from towering bonfires is a serious concern

Editorial

The fault lies not with the Parades Commission but with Dunloy Lodge

Brian Kennaway

Man shot in both legs in 'brutal and horrific' North Belfast attack

Chris Sherrard

Man seriously injured and car torched in 'brutal' attack

Facebook appeals £3,000 award to flag protester over online comments (Jun 13)

Estate agent Philip Johnston will be remembered fondly despite UDA allegations, former colleague insists

Paul Ainsworth

North's politicians are leaving human rights to the courts (Jul 19)

Les Allamby

PSNI's Chief Con given October 1 deadline to disclose alleged collusion files

Alan Erwin

Empey on 45th anniversary - 'Bloody Friday was text book terrorism'

Mark Rainey

Sinn Fein squirm as hypocrisy over Manchester and London attacks is laid bare for everyone to see (Jun 8)

Nelson McCausland

Aggressive SF bid to rehabilitate IRA is at the heart of divisions

Editorial

Northern Ireland man denies 'arranging' car crash

Tim Healy

DUP's Tory deal funds 'need to be quickly translated into construction projects'

Tourism boost as new cross-border ferry sets sail

Brexit question over new ferry crossing must be resolved swiftly, executive says

Draft Stormont can only dream of sucking diesel (Jun 9)

William Scholes

Dundalk Argus

Brexit likely to threaten cross border funding (Jun 24)

More than a million Irish face UK mobile roaming risk (Jun 24)

Adrian Weckler

Northern Ireland's politicians are more remote than ever... and I blame the Americans (Jun 8)

Alex Kane

Ireland is mission territory, and the Church needs a leader rather than just an onlooker

Patrick Treacy

Regina Doherty accuses TD of making 'cheap' claims over blogger case

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil must act to fix crisis of confidence in our gardaí (Jul 19)

John Downing

Irish Republican march in Airdrie set to bring travel disruption this weekend

Celtic close GB section for next two home games after paramilitary banners controversy

Alison McConnell

Stories from 2017-07-21

Conservatives suggest £1billion isn't dependent on Stormont reforming

Deborah McAleese

DUP's Sammy Wilson calls for 'straight answer' from Brokenshire over allocation of £1bn secured in Conservative deal

Claire Williamson

Wilson - 'Sinn Fein happy to stall on £1bn funding injection'

£1bn DUP cash will be spent with or without Executive - Sir Jeffrey Donaldson

Jonathan Bell

DUP's Poots speaks Irish as he blasts Sinn Fein 'recklessness' on language Act

Allan Preston

Sinn Féin challenge DUP to 'call its bluff' as Edwin Poots tempers his language on Irish

John Manley

Irish campaigners warn against 'paper exercise' over language act

Don't use Irish language as a 'political weapon', Minister tells MacGill

Gerry Moriarty

New twist to Troubles pensions saga

Noel McAdam

Band instrument grants 'will not resume without NI executive'

Robbie Meredith

Executive could be in place quickly, it wouldn't take much for that to happen

Michelle O'Neill

Brexit - More detail needed on Good Friday Agreement impact, says Barnier

John Campbell

'Flexible and imaginative' approach to Irish border needed, David Davis says

Free movement to continue 'for at least two years after Brexit'

'Brexit no-deal would be chaos for the North'

Colm Kelpie

Half in, half out - EU territories 'show the way for Northern Ireland'

Lisa O'Carroll

Brexit talks - an acrimonious divorce looms

Editorial

Brexit group pens letter to Tillerson

Ray O'Hanlon

Abuse victim 'exploded' when Mary Lou 'smirked and sneered' at her in Dáil

Kevin Doyle

Sammy Wilson slams SF councillor's anti-DUP tweet

Noel McAdam

New Lodge - Material removed from bonfire site

SF says bonfire next to Belfast flats 'not wanted and dangerous'

Christine Carrigan

Bogside bonfire talks 'should not be left to last minute'

Seamus McKinney

McDonald - 'Burning of McGuinness effigy on loyalist bonfire was a hate crime'

Christina Finn

DUP's Emma Little Pengelly offers to meet residents of bonfire-hit flats

Brendan Hughes

Sandy Row residents want houses built on bonfire site

George Gilmore murder accused refused bail

Alan Erwin

UDA-linked Belfast estate agent Philip Johnston found dead at his home

David Young

'Sectarian gang' filmed brutal Londonderry park attack on phones, says victim

Irish government urged to intervene in case of US man held 'hostage' in North over wife's refusal to be British

Paul Ainsworth

SDLP leadership backs rally for release of dissident paramilitary

Q. How do we know Gerry Adams tried to break out of Long Kesh? A. He wrote about it

Malachi O'Doherty

Questions are piling up over the Birmingham pub bombings

Andy Richards

Event marks 35th anniversary of Hyde Park IRA bomb

Hyde Park bomb relatives welcome Corbyn letter but add he has much to prove

Adrian Rutherford

Orangemen warned to 'reject Rome' and not use RIP on social media

Rodney Edwards

UEFA charge Celtic with three offences including illicit banners during Linfield clash

Alasdair Mackenzie

Fuming Celtic chiefs blast Green Brigade ultras over "illicit" banner during Linfield clash as club are hit with 12th Uefa fine in six years

Ben Archibald

Sectarian singing and pro-IRA banner display at Celtic match to be investigated by police

Stacey Mullen

Linfield and Celtic fined by UEFA over Windsor Park incidents

Mark Rainey

Belfast bigot who sang 'F***** b*******' at Celtic game to 'face wrath of his wife' after court fine

Ashlie McAnally

Stories from 2017-07-20

McGuinness could have avoided North's political stalemate, Poots says

Gerry Moriarty

Warning NI 'just drifting along' as Brokenshire revises budgets

MacGill Summer School - Brexit has exposed 'false construct' of Border

Gerry Moriarty

SDLP's Eastwood defends diplomat who called for Ireland to leave EU

MEP says Irish in UK should be able to elect MEPs post Brexit

John Campbell

DUP will play its part to promote NI's case in Brexit negotiations

Diane Dodds

Democratic verdict of the north has to be respected as well

Martina Anderson

EU and UK 'singing off same hymn sheet' on Northern Ireland

Patrick Smyth

Northern Ireland's divisions run deep, but we are no tinderbox awaiting Brexit match

Suzanne Breen

We need a devolved administration fully engaged in the Brexit debate

Editorial

Families of Hyde Park IRA victims hail 'backing from Jeremy Corbyn'

I liked and admired Corbyn on our trip to El Salvador but we disagreed on IRA

Chris Hudson

There are signs the DUP and Labour are developing closer links

Simon Doyle

DUP slams Gerry Adams' bid to quash prison escape bid verdicts

Allan Preston

BBC NI accepts error in reporting 'Maze' over 'Long Kesh'

Gerry Adams is still a rebel with a cause (Jul 15)

Niall O'Dowd

Sinn Fein strategists under pressure to come up with a new big plan

Malachi O'Doherty

Sinn Féin and Westminster - Time for party to finally move on

Editorial

Junk dumped on green area in North Belfast ahead of 'internment bonfire'

Maurice Fitzmaurice

Fears over 'anti-internment' bonfire near Belfast flats

Brendan Hughes

After peaceful Twelfth, trouble at Windsor Park a stark reminder of sectarianism still in our midst

Alban Maginness

Bonfire-hit apartment residents given assurances damage won't be allowed to happen again

Claire Williamson and Cate McCurry

DUP absent from meeting over flats damaged by Belfast bonfire

Brendan Hughes

DUP's Emma Little Pengelly hits back at criticism of her bonfire response

Suzanne McGonagle

Council admits mistake but says bonfire injunction still valid

Rally to demand release of Tony Taylor

Seamus McKinney

Damien McLaughlin - lawyer claims risk of inhumane treatment if extradited over Black murder

I did not sneer at Cahill, insists Sinn Féin deputy after minister's claims

Niall O'Connor

20th anniversary of landmark 1997 IRA ceasefire

Claire Simpson

Crime Commissioner and minder "hid in doorway" to avoid me says pub bombings campaigner

Andy Richards

Birmingham bomb victim's brother has no faith in Hayes police probe

Case of Michael Hayes shows limitations of any truth and reconciliation process

Allison Morris

Theresa May voices support for same-sex marriage in North

Denis Staunton

Third of Republic's hotels see fall in cross-border trade

Irish passport rush - demand jumps 50% since Brexit vote

Lisa O'Carroll

State's Irish language strategy is 'dead horse', says Senator (Jul 19)

Marie O'Halloran

Scotland and Wales formally call for funding boost after DUP deal

Frances Perraudin

Sectarian banners unfurled at Celtic Park after cops form human barrier during Celtic's Champions League qualifier against Linfield

Rebecca Gray and Alex Terrell

The Guardian view on Scotland's indyref2 - Sturgeon has faced reality (Jun 27)

Editorial

Stories from 2017-07-19

Gerry Adams to appeal convictions for prison escape attempts

'Take your seats at Westminster' – Former Irish Ambassador urges Sinn Féin to end 102-year abstention and swear allegiance to Queen

Aidan Lonergan

Border friction as UK/Irish joint approach unravels?

Mark Devenport

Brexit is 'already damaging political stability in the North'

Denis Staunton

Brexit talks with devolved ministers must be more effective, peers warn

Polish artist to set off from Muff on unique Brexit border project

Brexit - Support for a second EU referendum is growing, finds poll

Ashley Cowburn

Preserving peace in Ireland after Brexit

Irish government is north's best defence against DUP's disastrous Brexit

Brian Feeney

People deserve transparency over Brexit arrangements (Jul 18)

Editorial

Time's running out to recognise victims

Editorial

King condemns 'bigotry' behind McGuinness effigy

Belfast council did not place injunction notices at bonfire sites

Brendan Hughes

UUP fined for failing to declare £12,000 of Assembly election spending

MP should know that bonfire damage to apartments is about the rule of law, not about insurance

Paula Bradshaw

Bonfires must not become the new battleground for the intolerant

Jim Gibney

(from the Irish Echo)

The root cause of anti-Catholicism in North (Jul 12)

Sean McManus

Flying of Para flags alongside Union Flag and Ulster Banner a provocative bid to 'raise tensions'

Kevin Mullan

Willie Frazer returns to Dundalk to confront Gerry Adams – or did he?

Why Republican dissidents have not – and will not – go away

Richard English

John Paul Wootton moves off republican wing at Maghaberry

Maurice Fitzmaurice

Londonderry is the actual name of the city and the county

Editorial

DUP claims Sinn Féin is 'attempting to use Bloody Sunday victims for political advantage'

Kevin Mullan

Birmingham pub bombings - Police request BBC's IRA suspect interview

Ex-RUC officer tells of bond with Martin McGuinness, the man who tried to have him killed

Enniskillen families 'want Cenotaph plaque removed' (Jun 27)

Jonathan Rainey

Actress Joanna Lumley to join the Dalai Lama in Derry for Children in Crossfire event

Court hears landowners rights not taken into account in North-South connector decision

Tim Healy

Ireland's abortion regime to be scrutinised by British politicians

Marie O'Halloran

Ireland has 'significant' human rights gaps

Joe Leogue

Priesthood crisis is 'caused by hostility' (Jun 7)

Sarah MacDonald

DUP branded 'hypocritical' over Tory public sector pay cap

Brendan Hughes

What's the point of Ruth's Tory MPs? 'Zero influence' claim as DUP bags £1bn (Jun 27)

Kathleen Nutt

Celtic left stunned by UEFA's decision to charge Leigh Griffiths for "provocation"

Neil Cameron

Linfield fans buzzing ahead of trip to face Scottish champions Celtic

Mark Rainey

Stories from 2017-07-18

'Sinn Féin is trying to exploit Brexit' - FF

Kevin Doyle

Gerry Adams challenges Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin to 'get serious' on Irish Unity

Unionist 'culture act' proposal unacceptable to nationalists

John Manley

Irish lobby group says counterpart's estimates for cost of legislation are too low

John Manley

It is about time unionists called Sinn Fein's bluff over its demand for new human rights legislation

Ruth Dudley Edwards

A Bill of Rights is an underhand political project (Jun 26)

Editorial

Middleton laments Donegal senator's 'over-reaction' to use of 'Londonderry' on Irish State map

Niall Deeney

New electoral map of Northern Ireland is truly disturbing, but life here is more complex than just two tribes (Jun 13)

Gail Walker

Tory-DUP agreement - Derry must get 'city deal' (Jun 27)

Brendan McDaid

Sinn Féin councillor calls on residents to sue fellow councillors and Belfast City Council after bonfire debacle

John Monaghan

Complaint by SF councillor hits a sour note with loyalist band

Sandy Row residents hit out at DUP MLA Christopher Stalford over response to bonfire

John Monaghan

Council probing three Belfast bonfire injunction breaches

Mark Rainey

Resident's of Sandy Row apartment block still in the dark over bonfire repairs

Andrew Madden

Pioneering new mindset could enhance the Twelfth

Joe Lindsay

Unionists could do with learning more about history they celebrate

Alex Kane

Orange Order must build on peaceful Twelfth and move forward

Martin O'Brien

Belfast police catch pallet thieves and return items to business

Jonathan Bell

Stolen pallets 'destined for anti-internment bonfire'

Claire Simpson

Protester wrestled by ambassador apologises to avoid criminal record

Tom Tuite

Pengelly tells of online abuse as peer warns of 'tipping point'

Jack Hardy and David Young

MPs call for IRA Birmingham bomb maker to be extradited to Britain

Aidan Lonergan

The 169 people injured in the Birmingham Pub Bombings

Andy Richards

Wolverhampton Express and Star

Would CIA allow this scrawny malevolent coward to walk free? (Jul 13)

Rob Golledge

The former IRA man who became a peacemaker

Freya McClements

Curtain rises on policing the Troubles

Colette Sheridan

Galliagh, Derry city - portrait of a post-ceasefire area

Freya McClements

DUP-Tory deal putting English patients' lives at risk, says MP doctor

Brexit - Coveney says 'tech alone will not solve border issue'

Tory Brexiteer says Irish no fonder of Brussels than Britain is

Mary Minihan

Europe's concern for Ireland is sincere, but solutions less clear (Jun 26)

Sarah Collins

UK still in denial over what is required for Brexit

Chris Johns

NCA told to end nine-month silence on Project Eagle probe

John Manley

Commemorating 1919-23 will be much bigger challenge than 1916 – historian

Barry Roche

Celtic striker Leigh Griffiths faces UEFA charge for provoking Linfield fans

Alasdair Mackenzie

Linfield vows to ban louts who marred Celtic game as club faces fine

Aaron Tinney

Scots cops in warning over hate crime and disorder ahead of Celtic v Linfield after ugly scenes at Belfast match

Matt Coyle

Police Scotland work with PSNI ahead of Celtic's Champions League clash against Linfield at Parkhead

Stacey Mullen

Stories from 2017-07-17

Irish language groups reject unionist 'culture act' proposal

John Manley

Irish language act a vehicle to hollow out our Britishness - Allister (Jun 27)

Mark Rainey

Moderate advocates of Irish language act should turn their ire on pro-Gaelic hardliners, not on reasonable sceptics (Jul 8)

Ben Lowry

Gaeilge and Ulster Scots - or the Gulag

Deaglan de Breadun

Compulsory Irish has failed in the Republic, at huge cost to taxpayers (Jul 8)

Robin Bury

Billion-pound question - Can Northern Ireland parties come to some sort of agreement? (Jun 27)

Ed Curran

This DUP deal turns the tables on Gerry Adams (Jun 28)

Ruth Dudley Edwards

Rebuilding of arson-hit Orange Order hall under way

Adrian Rutherford

Quality of debate and analysis needs to improve (Jul 7)

Denis Bradley

Anger over "blatantly sectarian songs" played on the streets of Newry

The Twelfth is now over, so it's time to move along

Tom Kelly

A realistic speech about the Order's need to make alliances (Jul 3)

Editorial

Gary Haggarty case could 'destabilise' the UVF (Jun 28)

Connla Young

TD's concern for men who 'tried to kill PSNI officer' (Jun 27)

Ruaidhri Giblin

Fake Birmingham apology is part of the IRA's twisting of history (Jul 15)

Fintan O'Toole

Martin McGuinness, cricket and the republican prisoners known as 'Long Kesh MCC'

Alistair Bushe

Life in south Armagh - 'It was the GAA that kept me out of IRA'

Gerry Moriarty

Poll - Should Ireland consider hosting the 2022 Commonwealth Games? (Jul 14)

Cormac Fitzgerald

Begrudgery of Bono may also mask toxic tribal agendas (Jul 16)

Eoghan Harris

BPAS withdraws abortion fees for Northern Irish women (Jul 3)

Henry McDonald

Conflicting abortion decisions show we live in unpredictable times (Jul 4)

Fionnuala O Connor

Leo Varadkar to invite royals William and Kate to Ireland

Juno McEnroe

Catholic parents lash out at Martin school comments (Jul 11)

Sarah MacDonald

Republic stands to win big on Brexit uncertainty

Michael Curran

Political will to reform bloc - Britain can still remain in EU

Editorial

With Brexit on a knife-edge Scotland and Wales may yet call the shots (Jul 16)

Iain Macwhirter

Grand Orange Lodge rage over media coverage but refuse to apologise for Hitler costume photos

No place for hatred in modern Scotland (Jul 16)

Editorial

The devolution settlement has been bypassed once. Will it happen again? (Jul 6)

Lauren McEvatt

Can N. Ireland peace model solve conflict here? (Jul 15)

Yonah Jeremy Bob

Stories from 2017-07-16

DUP and governments need to match Sinn Féin commitment to power-sharing - O'Neill

Kevin Mullan

I regret that a unionist MLA has not welcomed the £1.5bn the DUP has delivered NI

Jeffrey Donaldson

Scots MP launches bid to break Tory-DUP pact at Westminster

Andrew Whitaker

Top economist positive about pact (Jun 27)

Extra £1bn for Northern Ireland will barely dent public finances (Jun 27)

Phillip Inman

Bone-headed bonfire builders are embarrassment to Orange parades

Alf McCreary

Teenager attacked in home by gang of men in north Belfast

Michael Sheils McNamee

Three ways to tackle this scourge of 'justice' meted out by thugs

Liam Kennedy

A secret police built on fear and brutality must be resisted (Jul 12)

Deaglan O Donghaile

Irish classes in schools appropriate - Orange Order (Jul 7)

Addicted to peace - former alcoholic used lessons from recovery to end the Troubles (Jul 10)

Jennifer O'Brien

How political failure and row over party funding drown out progress on reforming organ donation laws (Jul 8)

Jo-Anne Dobson

Major interest in new portrait prints of Martin McGuinness

Critics loved The Ferryman. But I'm from Northern Ireland, and it doesn't ring true

Sean O'Hagan

Regina Doherty blogger controversy private, Taoiseach says (Jul 11)

Michael O'Regan

Challenges for Church as it clears the first hurdle ahead of Pope's Irish visit (Jul 15)

Sarah MacDonald

The government's abortion commitment is good news. But it's not enough (Jun 29)

Elizabeth Nelson

Linfield issues statement over objects thrown onto pitch at Celtic game

Ryan Smith

Peaceful football match a fitting end to Twelfth week (Jul 15)

Editorial

I was charged after singing Boys of the Old Brigade at Celtic game and it almost ruined my career

'They are a DISGRACE!' Germany lashes out at UK during explosive Brexit talks with Ireland

Joey Millar

'Boring' Brexit a turn-off, says RTÉ editor

Colm Kelpie

Passport checks on trains 'most viable' hard Border option (Jul 5)

Cormac McQuinn

A frictionless Border is impossible, an invisible one undesirable (Jul 15)

Katy Hayward

Brexit risks are real, we must be awake to them (Jul 15)

Editorial

Brexit - A long unwinding begins (Jul 14)

Editorial

Ruth Davidson must move Unionism away from indyref2 (Jul 7)

Joyce McMillan

Outrage over Orange hall Halloween partygoers dressed as Hitler and the Pope

Peter Swindon

Scots brave it out under Sturgeon but is Davidson their saviour?

Sandra Chapman

Southern Gazette (Marystown, NL)

Orangemen's Day - Six things about the N.L. holiday (Jul 12)

Stories from 2017-07-15

Leo Varadkar 'very much opposed' to a united Ireland referendum

Brexit talks stall because of political crisis in Northern Ireland

Paris Gourtsoyannis

Oversight body to monitor efforts to end paramilitarism as Bill passes in Dáil

Marie O'Halloran

Restoration of power-sharing in Northern Ireland has just taken big step forward

Henry McDonald

Stormont lurching into another circle of limbo hell

Newton Emerson

DUP blames Sinn Fein for 'political vacuum' behind the rise of New IRA

Aaron Tinney

SDLP needs to listen and learn to survive

Patrick Murphy

Stormont politicians cost £74m in five years (Jun 28)

Conor Neeson

NIO 'not responsible' for compensating residents of bonfire-damaged flats

Noel McAdam

Apartment block damaged by fire was insured, says MP

Labour MP under fire for attending the Twelfth

Small-town bonfire an example for others to follow - councillor

Mark Rainey

Let's build on progress at Ardoyne, urge priest and ex-Orange official

Noel McAdam

'Police should not be sheepish' about stating rape took place near bonfire

Allison Morris

Bonfires an 'unedifying spectacle of disregard'

Mark H Durkan

Bonfires can be a fine spectacle but unionists should have spoken out about the risks

Ben Lowry

Welcome to Bigotsborough - What on earth must tourists think of Belfast?

Fionola Meredith

Grim ordeal for Victoria Place residents

Editorial

'Key member of gang' refused bail by judge

George Jackson

Republican loses plea for prison move

Ashleigh McDonald

Shooting of teenager in west Belfast was 'brutal and horrific attack'

Allison Morris

Banner listing names of 46 IRA victims goes up in Tyrone town

Shauna Corr

Troubles legacy consultation to go ahead

Noel McAdam

Film on life of John Hume 'corrects revisionism of SF as peacemakers'

Unionism 'failed to grasp how much clout John Hume had in USA'

Noel McAdam

Depraved hearts, history and hope - the IRA ceasefire, 20 years on

Gerry Moriarty

'Londonderry' on Irish state map a 'scandal'

Kevin Mullan

This is no year for a staycation - our leader Leo needs to get out and sell our Brexit battle around the globe

Mandy Johnston

Britain's Brexit paralysis - New PM could be the only solution

Denis Staunton

'The clock is ticking' - but there is still time for UK to row back from its gamble and pending nightmare

Gerard O'Regan

Linfield and Celtic fans enjoy historic Champions League occasion

Mark Simpson

'Football the winner' at Windsor as Celtic beat Linfield

Mark Rainey

PSNI praise 'majority' of Linfield and Celtic fans who 'behaved impeccably' at Windsor clash

Sheena McStravick

Sectarian pitch battle mars Belfast minnows Champions League clash with Celtic as Protestant Loyalist home supporters yell anti-Catholic abuse and even throw bottles of Buckfast wine at the players from the visiting Glasgow team

Harvey Day

Linfield face penalties after yobs ruin historic night and attack Celtic players with bottles and coins

Ivan Little

DUP man is backing Bhoys

DUP request Celtic fanzone money be withdrawn (Jul 14)

Andrew Quinn

SDLP says Celtic fanzone during Linfield game 'misuse of public funds' (Jul 14)

Brendan Hughes

Celtic fanzone organisers withdraw £15,000 council funding application (Jul 14)

Men who chanted sectarian abuse on train sought by police