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  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Northern Ireland
    What are the Northern Ireland protocol disagreements between the UK and EU?

    As Boris Johnson proposes legislation to suspend parts of the deal, we look where Brussels and London disagree

  • Friday, 13 May, 2022
    Philip Stephens
    Dublin can no longer treat Irish unity as a distant aspiration

    Sinn Féin’s victory in Northern Ireland changes the political dynamic

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Northern Ireland
    Ministers reject claims of impending UK break-up after Northern Ireland polls

    London plays down possibility of a quick referendum on Irish unification after Sinn Féin electoral success

  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    News in-depthNorthern Ireland
    Prospect of a united Ireland comes into sharp focus

    Sinn Féin, the nationalist party, is aiming for a referendum within 5 years to end partition

  • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
    The Big Read
    Would a Sinn Féin victory open the door to a united Ireland?

    If it wins Thursday’s Northern Ireland elections, the party — inextricably linked to the IRA — will for the first time be the strongest on both sides of the Irish border

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    Jude Webber
    Ireland’s census time capsule will reveal the people behind the data

    Future generations can measure social change in a new way thanks to the final, paper-based official statistical exercise

  • Sunday, 3 April, 2022
    Europe
    Ukraine war sparks European debate on merits of neutrality

    Countries with history of military non-engagement consider whether it is time to dump the policy

  • Saturday, 2 April, 2022
    UK business & economy
    England’s northern mayors seek to ‘defrost’ relations with Ireland

    Leaders of Liverpool and Manchester cross to Dublin, looking at ‘city to city’ diplomacy after Brexit

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Ireland unveils €12mn crop-growing scheme as Ukraine war hits supply

    Government to pay €400 per hectare to encourage farmers to plant additional barley, wheat and oats

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Jude Webber
    The Irish rush to help Ukrainian surrogate mothers

    Ukraine is estimated to account for more than one-quarter of global surrogacies or more than 2,000 babies a year

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    Residential
    The secluded eco-home that cleverly harnesses the power of the sun 

    A-frame house uses an energy storing Trombe wall as well as a heat pump and locally sourced timber fuel to help minimise its carbon footprint

  • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
    Prime property
    Hot property: five homes in Irish landscapes

    From a cliffside villa on Dublin’s Howth Head to a thatched cottage near the Wild Atlantic Way

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    Europe Express
    Macron’s summit seeks fast-track ‘sovereign Europe’ Premium content

    One idea France is pushing is fresh joint borrowing to deal with war impact but it faces scepticism in some capitals

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    FT Books Essay
    An Irish future — and the weight of history

    Three new books examine the violently fraught ties between England and its island neighbour and the prospects of unification

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    How To Spend ItCognitive switch: six ways to reset your thinking game
    Is the age of ambition over?

    Writer Patrick Freyne was finding conventional success a bit of a let-down. Then came the pandemic

  • Sunday, 13 February, 2022
    InterviewEurozone economy
    Irish central bank chief damps down ‘unrealistic’ June rate rise talk

    Gabriel Makhlouf suggests ECB thinking differs from what ‘some market participants may have in mind’

  • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
    Ireland’s coalition under strain from scandal and voter fatigue

    Traditional parties shed support to Sinn Féin while locked in unpopular governing pact

  • Friday, 28 January, 2022
    ReviewNorthern Ireland
    Bloody Sunday, 50 years on — how a tragedy unfolded

    Two books on Northern Ireland examine its anguished past — and uncertain future

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Jude Webber
    James Joyce enlivens Ireland’s uncomfortable centenaries

    The Republic is commemorating events as pivotal to its history as Ulysses has proved formative to world literature

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    Denmark
    Denmark becomes latest European country to lift almost all Covid curbs

    Government follows UK, Ireland and Netherlands in easing restrictions despite high number of cases

  • Tuesday, 11 January, 2022
    News in-depthGambling industry
    Gambling industry veterans turn tables and target investors for reform

    Lobby set up by ex-Paddy Power directors aims to persuade asset managers to pressure betting companies

  • Monday, 3 January, 2022
    Jude Webber
    The colourful confusion of Northern Ireland’s symbols of identity

    There’s no meeting point on which flags to fly over Belfast, but such divisions obscure a population ‘just getting on with it’

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    InterviewBrexit
    Dublin urges UK to end deadlock with EU over Northern Ireland

    Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney warns trade protocol spat will become poll issue if not resolved before March

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    AIB Group PLC
    Ireland to start selling part of its 71% stake in AIB

    Country paves way for its biggest bank to exit majority state ownership

  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Global InsightJude Webber
    Sinn Fein’s housing policy drives record popularity

    Support for the party once associated with the Troubles soars to historic highs

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