August 20th marks the death of Michael Devine, the 10th republican hunger striker to die in 1981. Born in Derry, Devine grew up in the tumult of the civil rights protests, internment and Bloody Sunday in January 1972. He died after 60 days on hunge...

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 ...

Cúig bhliain agus caoga ó shin ar an 9ú Lúnasa cuireadh imtheorannú gan triail i bhfeidhm sna Sé Chontae. Mharaigh Arm na Breataine deichniúr i mBaile Uí Mhurchú, Béal Feirste agus bhí na céadta ar an mbealach go dtí an Cheis Fhada, cuid...

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...

Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) has urged new Health Minister Robbie Butler to restore emergency general surgery at South West Acute Hospital, saying people in Fermanagh are being “ignored”.

If you want a job done, just ask a busy young female farmer.

A senior Fermanagh solicitor has resigned from the Council of the Law Society of Northern Ireland, saying there comes a point when “remaining at the table matters less than remaining true to your principles”.

A security alert in Omagh has ended after police discovered four suspected viable explosive devices during a planned search of a property.

Áine Murphy has demanded plans to remove on-site catering from St. Joseph’s Primary School in Donagh.