We always regretted moving back to west Belfast in the 1960s—and two decades since the peace deal Northern Ireland is still recuperating

It would be an extraordinary irony for the very union the DUP holds so dear to become threatened by the Brexit they have done so much to champion

After 13 months of red lines, hurdles and omnipresent roadbloacks it is now impossible for either party to compromise and face their grass roots base

It's been twenty years since the Good Friday Agreement. It's been a year since power sharing collapsed. Now, there's a new Northern Ireland Secretary. So what happens next?

While I empathise with many in Britain who voted to Remain and who are now resentful of losing their EU citizenship, to make Northern Ireland the object of this ire is deeply misguided

Euroscepticism has always coloured Britain's relationship with the EU. But Ireland saw membership as a way to take a new role on the world stage—one they won't relinquish lightly

The UK approach to the border might be called a farce, but farce is supposed to be funny

We can no longer deny the fact that British attitudes to the island of Ireland will affect negotiations

Perfidious Albion is more normally a fixture of Irish nationalist discourse. Yet history shows that it is direct rule, usually by Conservatives, which has traumatised the unionist psyche

Admire or detest him, Adams is probably the most important figure in Irish politics over the past half century