“We’re better than this,” Mary McAleese tells me. This quote sums up her life and legacy. As President of Ireland from 1997 until 2011, the theme of her presidency was ‘building bridges’, and ...

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Ceasefire,” his most famous poem, invoked the “Iliad” in exploring his country’s sectarian strife. But his work wasn’t ...

Jim Sharkey, who ran a newsagent shop in the County Tyrone town, was amongst those speaking at the inquiry into the 1998 ...

One thing that we are certain of in Northern Ireland is that there will not be agreement on Legacy issues; there will be very differing opinions ...

The Policy Exchange think tank also warns about potential future costs - which it claims could amount to £1.3bn.

The cost of dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past is set to be considerably more than £2 billion, a UK think tank has estimated. The Policy Exchange has put the cost of inquiries, court cases, ...

New research has estimated that the cost of dealing with the legacy of the Troubles could be as much as £2.7bn (€3.23bn). Policy Exchange – a right-wing think tank – has examined past and potential ...

The Police Ombudsman has confirmed that she will appeal the judgment by Justice Scoffield in relation to the Operation ...

Sir David Davis said last week’s coroner’s report into the Coalisland shootings was ’51 pages of fact and eight pages of naive speculation’.

Veterans who served in the British Army during the Northern Ireland troubles have marched on Parliament calling for the retention of the Legacy Act. It comes as the current Labour Government is to ...

Award-winning journalist Cara McGoogan investigates the biggest cover-up of the Northern Ireland Troubles in the latest series of Bed of Lies, and asks: is the British state getting away with murder.