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.

“The hardest place to be an Irish Republican at that time was in Britain” - Republicans in London and South Derry mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Derek Highsted.

Farmers are expected to gather at Stormont at 10am on Monday over the culling of 51 cattle near Fivemiletown.

A significant emergency services operation was mounted in Enniskillen on Saturday afternoon following the sudden death of a person in the Portora Wharf area.

Farmers are expected to gather at Stormont on Monday morning to protest over the handling of the culling of 51 cattle near Fivemiletown.

A fire at the Ulster American Folk Park in Omagh on Sunday was caused by a hand dryer in a visitor centre bathroom.

A woman in her 20s has been airlifted to Sligo University Hospital following a three-vehicle road traffic collision on the N3 Ballyshannon to Belleek Road.