At the July meeting of the full Belfast Council, held on July 1, another Alliance proposal passed in a split chamber. Votes from Alliance and Sinn Féin pushed the plan through, which involves further ...

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has again repeated that the party is considering its options on this year's presidential ...

Tributes have been paid to a popular local councillor in the Bailieborough community who lost his seat in the last Local Elections and has since retired.

Four people have been arrested following a series of burglaries and thefts in south Armagh. The incidents are reported to ...

Minister James Browne has stated that a "recent survey by the NPWS shows a 35% increase in the corncrake population in the ...

Labour is ‘leaning’ towards backing Catherine Connolly in the presidential race – despite her turbulent history with the party.

The public are adamant that the GPO is hallowed ground and should be respected,” Sinn Féin TD Aengus Ó Snodaigh said.

A power outage temporarily shut off Leinster House lights on Wednesday, the black-out had happened as Government insisted it ...

One sign read 'Kill Your Local Kneecap' - seemingly a response to a clip that emerged from a gig in 2023 that appeared to ...

What 'The Root of All Evil' clearly shows is neither Sinn Féin nor the subsequent Free State government had a coherent plan ...

A bonfire on a site that contains asbestos was set alight despite warnings over the dangers of doing so. Northern Ireland's ...

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