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RTE director general Dee Forbes suspended amid furore over Ryan Tubridy salary

The Irish national broadcaster admitted he was paid several hundred thousand euro more than it had previously declared.
Jun 23, 2023
UK

Ryan Tubridy pay furore raises huge questions for RTE, says committee chair

Ireland’s national broadcaster has apologised after admitting the presenter was paid several hundred thousand euro more than previously declared.
Jun 23, 2023
UK

Murder probe launched after suspected human remains found in Chloe Mitchell case

The 21-year-old was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of Saturday June 3 in Ballymena town centre in Co Antrim.
Jun 11, 2023
UK

Finucane: Right to commemorate the dead must apply to every section of society

The North Belfast MP’s solicitor father Pat was gunned down by loyalist paramilitaries inside the family home in 1989.
Jun 11, 2023
UK

Search for missing Chloe Mitchell continues as two men are quizzed by police

Teams from the volunteer-based Community Rescue Service organisation have been focused on an area of steeply sloped undergrowth.
Jun 11, 2023
UK

DUP bid to sort protocol issues will not be derailed by Tory ‘psychodrama’

Deputy leader Gavin Robinson said the party was not interested in a ‘sticking plaster’ solution to its concerns over post-Brexit trade.
Jun 11, 2023
UK

Search continues for missing Chloe Mitchell one week on from her disappearance

The 21-year-old was last seen on CCTV in the early hours of June 3 in Ballymena town centre.
Jun 10, 2023
Politics

Legacy Bill changes not ‘some great cover-up’, Government minister insists

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has criticised the series of amendments to the legislation as not going far enough.
Jun 9, 2023
Politics

Sinn Fein ‘cannot ride two horses’ when it comes to NI’s troubled past – Martin

The Tanaiste was commenting amid a row over the planned attendance of a Sinn Fein MP at an event billed as the South Armagh Volunteers Commemoration.
Jun 7, 2023
UK

UK and Irish governments ‘must halt summer drift over Stormont impasse’

Sinn Fein’s Conor Murphy made the call after meeting Tanaiste Micheal Martin in Belfast.
Jun 7, 2023
UK

Irish premier hopes to see Stormont Assembly restored by September

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar declined to speculate on alternatives to devolution.
Jun 2, 2023
UK

Search for Disappeared victims of Troubles ‘will never stop until remains found’

Ireland’s Justice Minister Simon Harris was visiting a remote bog in Co Monaghan where a dig for missing teenager Columba McVeigh is ongoing.
May 29, 2023
UK

Seven men remanded in custody charged with murder bid on senior detective

PSNI detective chief inspector John Caldwell was shot several times at a sports complex in Omagh in February.
May 29, 2023
UK

11 arrested in probe into attempted murder of senior police detective

John Caldwell was shot multiple times at a sports complex in Omagh, Co Tyrone, in February.
May 26, 2023
Politics

Treasury package for Stormont return dependent on ‘proper’ plan for government

Chris Heaton Harris said previous reform commitments made by local parties in exchange for funding boosts had not been fulfilled.
May 25, 2023
Politics

NI parties set to ask Treasury for £1bn ahead of any Stormont return

The parties eligible to sit on a reconstituted executive met the head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service to discuss Stormont’s funding woes.
May 25, 2023
Politics

Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill urges DUP to restore powersharing

Civil servants are currently running public services in the region in the ongoing absence of devolution.
May 25, 2023
Politics

People in NI sent ‘clear message’ they want return to powersharing – Taoiseach

Leo Varadkar said he and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would do all they could to help restore the devolved institutions in Belfast.
May 23, 2023
UK

Bernard Phelan’s sister describes ‘unbelievable’ reunion after Iran jail ordeal

The Irish-French national, originally from Co Tipperary, spent seven months in prison in north-east Iran.
May 15, 2023
UK

BBC journalists to strike on first day of election count in Northern Ireland

The move by the National Union of Journalists is in response to cutbacks at Radio Foyle.
May 12, 2023