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Massive search operation underway in Northern Ireland for missing teen Noah Donohoe

Noah Donohoe, 14, was last seen cycling in Belfast on June 21. PSNI said today that the investigation is still "very much a missing persons inquiry."

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Northern Ireland envoy says Trump didn’t hire well at White House

Mulvaney claimed that he didn't know how to put a team together in the early stages of his presidency.

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DNA tests reunite abandoned brother and sister caught in Northern Ireland divide

After 50 years, foundlings, abandoned by their Catholic mother the mistress of a Protestant man, have been reunited.

Cahir O'Doherty

Unbridgeable social division - The Troubles lawlessness have come to Trump's America

Comparing The Troubles in Northern Ireland to the situation at hand today under President Trump in America.

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26 people arrested in human trafficking probe prompted by UK lorry tragedy

Europol confirms that more than two dozen arrests were made this week in a human trafficking probe that was prompted by the UK lorry tragedy that has seen two men from Northern Ireland charged with manslaughter.

History

Happy Birthday to Betty Williams, Northern Ireland Nobel Peace Prize laureate

May 22 marks the birthday of Betty Williams, one of the most inspiring figures from the Northern Ireland Peace Process and co-recipient of the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize with Mairead Corrigan.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland lifts additional coronavirus restrictions from today

The Northern Ireland Executive today agreed upon further coronavirus restrictions that can be lifted in the region.

Northern Ireland

Boris backtrack - UK will erect Brexit border controls with Northern Ireland

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has admitted that there will be border checks on goods moving between Northern Ireland and mainland Britain after previously promising that they would never happen in the lead up to last year's general election.

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland to begin rolling back coronavirus restrictions from May 18

The Northern Ireland Executive, who published its reopening plan on May 12, announced today that the rollback of its coronavirus restrictions will begin on May 18.

Politics

Varadkar apologizes for referring to Northern Ireland as overseas

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has apologized after describing Northern Ireland as “overseas” in a radio interview last week.

Niall O'Dowd

Remembering Tim Russert, “he was the best”

"More than just a proud Irish American. He was a deeply informed, thoughtful one who took his responsibilities as an opinion maker on issues like Northern Ireland very seriously."

Entertainment

The greatest songs of The Troubles in Northern Ireland

The Troubles in Northern Ireland lasted from 1969 to 1994 or so and were fertile ground for music makers.

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Northern Irish transport spreads positivity with #ChaseTheRainbow campaign

Public transportation vehicles in Northern Ireland are getting colorful positivity makeovers in support of the #ChasetheRainbow campaign.

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British “increasingly don’t care” whether or not Northern Ireland stays in UK

A poll conducted by YouGov in Great Britain last month found that a majority of people, 54 percent, said they wouldn't be bothered either way if Northern Ireland left the United Kingdom.

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Northern Ireland man arrested after driving cross-country to buy puppy amidst lockdowns

Kevin McGowan breached lockdown restrictions when he attempted to drive from Derry to Kerry to buy a puppy for his autistic son.

Travel

The best tourist attractions in and around Belfast City

Spending your days in lockdown dreaming about your next vacation? Belfast in Northern Ireland has no shortage of fascinating locales to visit!

Other Writers

New report rebuts “witch-hunt” narrative against soldiers in legacy cases

A new report by leading academics and human rights activists in Northern Ireland - Prosecutions, Imprisonment, and the Stormont House Agreement - challenges the British government’s rationale for abandoning the Stormont House Agreement.

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COVID-19: Human rights lawyer Niall Murphy off ventilator in Belfast

Leading Northern Ireland civil rights lawyer, who contracted coronavirus, is reportedly no longer using a ventilator and on his way to recovery.

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Covid-19: Protestant fraternal Orange Order forced to cancel July 12 marches

The marches are a staple of Protestantism and Unionism in Northern Ireland and have taken place every year since the Second World War.

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Northern Ireland politician blames coronavirus on legalization of same-sex marriage, abortion

DUP councillor John Carson says his comments linking coronavirus to the legalization of same-sex marriage and abortion were "misinterpreted" amid calls for disciplinary action