Republic of Ireland

Violent scenes outside Belfast city hall show that sectarian divisions remain strong in the city. As Sinn Fein gain more ground, are they provoking a backlash by loyalists?

X Factor Judge Louis Walsh has settled a 500,000 euro defamation case against Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers in Ireland.

Brian Leeson, the leader of an Irish republican group which split from Sinn Féin has been arrested at his home in Dublin.

Lord Leveson has shown great interest in an Irish model of press regulation that allows for independence and accountability, but it may not be enough to tame Fleet Street.

The National Union of Journalists has adopted Ireland’s regulatory system as its preferred future model and Lord Leveson himself, according to a recent report, is struck by it.

The Irish government says abortion laws will be “clarified” after the parents of a pregnant woman who died after being denied an abortion blame the country’s laws for her death.

The husband of a pregnant woman who died in Ireland after being refused an abortion tells Channel 4 News he “strongly believes” that she would be alive had doctors terminated the pregnancy.

Two men, aged 31 and 44, are arrested in connection with the murder of prison officer David Black in Northern Ireland.

With athletes from the north of Ireland winning most of Team Ireland’s golds, Channel 4 News asks why the region has bred such success, and looks at the UK’s golden Paralympic hotspots.

A second night of serious disorder in Belfast injures 15 police officers – posing an immediate challenge for Theresa Villiers, the new Northern Ireland secretary.

The former chairman of Anglo Irish Bank is charged in Ireland over a failed insider trading scam.

Bankrupt ex-billionaire Sean Quinn avoids a jail sentence despite blocking the state bank from seizing £400m worth of assets by claiming bankruptcy after being found guilty of contempt of court.

Ireland starts counting votes in a referendum on an EU financial treaty that could undermine one of Europe’s key initiatives as problems mount in Spain and Greece.