When a series of Sinn Féin and SDLP delegation meetings during 1987 and 1988 ended, both Gerry Adams and John Hume, then leader of the SDLP, continued to meet privately. Their dialogue became known as the Hume/Adams initiative, and culminated in ...

Thomas McElwee, at the age of 23, was the tenth man to join the 1981 Hunger Strike. From Bellaghy in south Derry, he was imprisoned in 1976 after a premature bomb explosion in which he lost an eye.

The state of public finances and ability to deliver decent public services in the north are facing unprecedented challenges.  For 14 years from 2010, successive British Tory administrations imposed austerity on the north. The financial allocation f...

Book Review: ‘Choosing the Struggle’ by Martina Anderson. Published by Beyond the Pale.

IRA Volunteer Kieran Doherty, TD for Cavan/Monaghan, died at 7:15pm on Sunday 2 August 1981, the day after Kevin Lynch’s death. Kieran had joined the hunger strike one day before Kevin Lynch and survived one day longer.

What began as a 25-year-old jam business has grown into a thriving farm shop and coffee destination, with its owners now hoping to attract visitors from across Fermanagh and beyond.

Former SDLP MLA Richie McPhillips is to return to electoral politics as an Independent candidate in next year’s council elections, saying he no longer has confidence that his former party is connecting with voters.

Police have launched a criminal investigation after a death threat was made against DAERA Minister Andrew Muir.

Deborah Erskine has hit out at Sinn Féin veteran Francie Molloy after he linked land ownership along the A5 route to the Plantation of Ulster more than 400 years ago.

The funeral of the much-loved Seamus McGovern has taken place today.