Official analysis highlights strong links with the Republic

As the country prepares for a papal visit, Arthur Beesley reports on a Catholic church in crisis

Deal signals willingness to sell core assets after $15bn of non-core disposals

Overseas investors help to fuel activity despite fears of overheating sector

Worst disorder in Londonderry for years amid political vacuum and Brexit tensions

Senators to run against 77-year-old poet and human rights campaigner to prevent ‘coronation’

Central bank warns on property prices as economy moves ‘closer to capacity limits’

Measures include keeping Channel tunnel open and sustaining financial services

UK exit from customs union would hit growth, Enterprise Research Centre warns

David Drumm joins small club of banking executives behind bars over financial crisis

David Drumm receives 6-year prison term after central role in banking crash

Paschal Donohoe seeks to avoid overheating economy and repeat of boom and bust

Irish PM faces potential instability in Dublin as Brexit enters decisive phase

Rapid e-commerce growth spurs consolidation in packaging sector

Francesca McDonagh aims to court investors with strategy that includes extra IT spending

Charges arise from collapse of lender at heart of Ireland’s crash a decade ago

Win for forces of liberalisation a telling sign of fading influence of once powerful Catholic church

Voters deliver overwhelming backing for historic change to country’s constitution

Surveys indicate landslide for campaign to overturn constitutional amendment