Northern Ireland

A public inquiry has been ordered into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane – 20 years after the UK government committed to holding one.

We speak to the former Justice Secretary, Conservative MP Sir Robert Buckland – who is now the Chair of the Northern Ireland Affairs Select Committee – about Operation Kenova.

The British Government should apologise for the “dark arts” which allowed a British agent operating inside the IRA to sanction kidnapping, torture and often murder of those suspected of being informers, according to the man who led the inquiry. But, for some victims’ families, the findings of Operation Kenova failed to provide a complete picture…

Party leaders have met in Stormont Castle to discuss priorities for the first day of Northern Ireland’s new government. Tomorrow, the power-sharing assembly will finally be recalled – two years to the day since devolution collapsed – and with its first republican First Minister, Sinn Fein’s Michelle O’Neill. But the leader of the Democratic Unionists…

So what’s it been like to work in the public sector without a functioning government? We are joined by Dr Tom Black, who chairs the BMA Northern Ireland committee and Jaquie White, who’s head of the Ulster teachers union.

We spoke to Alex Kane, a columnist for the Belfast Telegraph amongst others, and a former director of communications for the Ulster Unionist Party.

We spoke to Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald and began by asking her how she feels today.

So a deal is done, but how did we get here? Before Brexit, Northern Ireland and Great Britain shared the same trade rules as the Republic of Ireland. No trade borders between any of them. But leaving the EU meant a whole new agreement was needed for goods travelling across the borders. Last night, DUP…

What has been described as Northern Ireland’s biggest ever strike has been taking place today, bringing public services to a standstill.

We spoke to former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, who helped to negotiate the Good Friday Agreement, and began by asking him that if he and his colleagues could overcome their differences 25 years ago, how much of a challenge was ending the stalemate over today’s power sharing agreement.

US President Joe Biden will arrive in Belfast tonight to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

We speak to Northern Ireland Minister, Steve Baker.

There were some big names among the rebels but when it came to the vote on Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal for Northern Ireland, the rebellion was somewhat on the small side.

Extreme weather warnings have been issued for large parts of the UK – with blizzards, high winds and up to 40cm of snow expected in the worst hit places.

Gary Gibbon ponders what Sunak did that others could not.