Martin McGuinness

Morning View

Editorial: NI should be rid of ‘non criminal hate incident’ nonsense

In 2005 cross-border smuggling (mostly controlled by PIRA) cost the UK and Irish exchequers £300 million annually in lost duties. This has grown to close to £1 billion per annum. Does anyone seriously think that PIRA simply handed this over?

David Campbell: We an investigation into the IRA's role in organised crime

Former prime minister Sir Tony Blair (left) leaving following the funeral service of Lord John Prescott at Hull Minster, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire on January 30, 2025.

UUP calls for probe into Tony Blair IRA files

In Michelle O'Neill's absence, deputy first minister Emma Little-Pengelly was centre stage in Washington during the St Patrick's Day events, seen chatting happily to the president

Ruth Dudley Edwards: It’s been a joy to watch US events and see SF get it wrong

The order of service for the service of thanksgiving for Blair Wallace, held on Friday March 7 2025 at Ballynure Presbyterian church ahead of his cremation

Ben Lowry: We will run an essay by Dean Godson on Blair Wallace, a Troubles hero

Morning View

Editorial: The deluge of legacy cases against the UK security forces in NI

Four Provisional IRA members were killed by soldiers in an ambush in Clonoe, Co Tyrone on February 16, 1992. Minutes earlier, the gang had fired 30 rounds of armour-piercing tracer ammunition into a Coalisland RUC station, from a Soviet-made heavy machine gun mounted on the back of a stolen lorry

Letter: Too many people using legacy matters to maintain hatreds

Morning View

Editorial: In absence of real change, SF should steer clear of remembrance

Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt remotely addressing his party's conference in south Belfast.

UUP Conference: Nesbitt focuses on hope, prosperity and health

Nell McCafferty’s frequent rudeness towards and about men was deplorable, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Nell and I got on well, but she could be a frightful pain

Letters to editor

Letter: DUP pair get endorsement of Farage, the man who gets on well with SF/IRA

Incoming taoiseach Simon Harris told the media recently that a united Ireland is not where his focus and priority is. The Fine Gael leader is seen here speaking at his party's Ard Fheis at the University of Galway on Saturday

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Baggage-free new taoiseach should be welcomed by unionists

Sir Jeffrey Donaldson resigned as DUP leader on Friday when it was revealed that he is facing charges related to historical sex offences. It is understood he will strenuously contest the charges

Ruth Dudley Edwards: DUP bid to steady the ship after Donaldson shock

Stormont Opposition leader Matthew O'Toole at Parliament Buildings in Belfast ahead of the first Opposition day in the Northern Ireland Assembly

First official Opposition day to be held at Stormont

Alliance leader Naomi Long addressing the party conference at the Stormont Hotel in east Belfast on Friday (March 1)

Alliance leader Naomi Long tells members that 'ransom politics is unacceptable'

(left to right) IFA President Conrad Kirkwood, First Minister Michell O'Neill and Sinn Fein MLA Aisling Reilly stand for the anthems before the UEFA Women's Nations League Promotion/Relegation Play Off 2nd leg match at Windsor Park, Belfast Picture date: Tuesday February 27, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER Windsor. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Michelle O'Neill stands for UK national anthem at NI match in Windsor Park
Michelle O’Neill tonight stood for the national anthem as she was surrounded by singing fans at Windsor Park for a clash involving the women’s national team.
Adam Kula

First Minister Michelle O'Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly pictured with fans at the National Stadium at the game between the Northern Ireland women's team and Montenegro

'It’s great to be here': Michelle O'Neill attends NI match at Windsor Park

Leaders of republicanism: Michelle O’Neill and Mary Lou McDonald. O’Neill is is looking and sounding much more confident while McDonald seems stressed, writes Ruth Dudley Edwards

Ruth Dudley Edwards: O’Neill and McDonald relationship will come under strain

Morning View

Editorial: It's Sinn Fein, not nationalism, that unionists object to

Morning View

Editorial: Cabinet papers a reminder that Blair helped unionists at key points

Máiria Cahill has been an outspoken critic of Sinn Fein for years. She has just released her new book Rough Beast: My Story and the Reality of Sinn Féin

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Cahill’s story tells how courage can surmount obstacles

Letters to editor

Letter: If unionists go back into Stormont they will hand over victory

The then deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness meets the Queen at Hillsborough Castle on June 23, 2014. What prospects were there of Mr McGuinness becoming deputy first minister and then being arrested and tried for the many terrorist crimes for which he was obviously culpable? (Photo by Aaron McCracken/Harrison Photography via Getty Images)

Ben Lowry: For all the anger about an amnesty the 1998 agreement deal had one

Martin McGuinness, then Minister for Education in the Northern Ireland Assembly.

Officials were told not to 'embarrass' schools with McGuinness visits

Letters to editor

Letter: To protest against mistreatment of unionists don't pay income tax

Michelle O'Neill leaves after giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, during its first investigation (Module 1), examining if the pandemic was properly planned for and "whether the UK was adequately ready for that eventuality".

Michelle O'Neill tells Covid Inquiry she was not fully briefed on risks

Professor Sir Michael McBride, Chief Medical Officer for Northern Ireland since 2006, giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, during its first investigation (Module 1) examining if the pandemic was properly planned for and "whether the UK was adequately ready for that eventuality"

NI Chief Medical Officer says Brexit preparations diverted pandemic planning
Brexit preparations took staff away from pandemic planning, Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer has said.
Rebecca Black, PA

Former minister of health for Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, arrives to give evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry at Dorland House in London, during its first investigation (Module 1) examining if the pandemic was properly planned for and "whether the UK was adequately ready for that eventuality". Picture date: Thursday July 6, 2023. PA Photo. See PA story INQUIRY Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: James Manning/PA Wire

Robin Swann: Years of NI health service neglect hindered pandemic response

Many victims were disgusted by both the recent commemoration of South Armagh IRA members, pictured, and a parade earlier this year in honour of Jim Guiney of the UDA. 'There is no other western democracy where there is similar public approbation for those who have used violence,' writes Philip McGarry. Discussions on the past must be based on the premise that killing your neighbours for political reasons is wrong

Philip McGarry: True peace will only come by facing up to our past head on

Doug Beattie at council election manifesto launch

Doug Beattie defends UUP's track record on outreach to nationalists

Morning View

Editorial: Free speech was already at risk, without new laws to restrict it

Colm Murphy, the mountain of evidence convincingly suggests, was a mass murderer who actually chose Omagh as the target for the August 1998 bombing that killed 29 people and unborn twins. He's also the prime suspect for other massacres such as at Kingsmill

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Colm Murphy was a monster

Left to right: President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, sit together during the international conference to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, at Queen's University Belfast

Ursula von der Leyen refers to 'the journey of Ian Paisley' in conference speech

Morning View

Editorial: This is a time to remember the successes of the 1998 agreement

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams during an interview at Sinn Fein headquarters in Belfast ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Thousands of people are alive today because of the peace brought about by the Good Friday Agreement, former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said. Picture date: Wednesday March 29, 2023.

Sinn Fein agreed to base parliament at Stormont 'as concession to unionists'

Former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams during an interview at Sinn Fein headquarters in Belfast ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. Thousands of people are alive today because of the peace brought about by the Good Friday Agreement, former Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has said. Picture date: Wednesday March 29, 2023.

Thousands are alive today because of Good Friday Agreement: Adams

Ian Paisley with his twin sons Ian and Kyle

Ian Paisley - new BBC NI series reassess the former First Minister

Morning View

Editorial: Muddled thinking about CS Lewis shows how Prevent has lost its way

The stalemate at Stormont is not surprising, given the system of forced power sharing. The question is whether it can return

Ben Lowry: Two things to watch out for in 2023, Stormont and strikes

The then Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams (right) accompanied by Martin McGuinness as he leaves Stormont after meeting with Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew

Doubts over McGuinness peace commitment

Mail strikers in Birmingham yesterday. There are major economic problems now, but at the same time society is far more wealthy than 50 years ago, particularly for lower income groups

Ben Lowry: Many of our political disputes are in fact rooted in our wealth

No IRA leaders face any prospect of being brought to justice. It just won’t happen. Unionists seem not to admit that any elaborate legacy process is going to turn against state forces

Ben Lowry: Legacy will not focus on terrorism - the UK has no will for that

Morning View

Chris Heaton-Harris is right to criticise MLA over-spends

The aftermath of the IRA Enniskillen bomb in 1987

Letters: Poppy Day Massacre should never be forgotten

Anti-abortion and pro life organisation The Society For The Protection Of The Unborn Child stat a legal challenge at the High Court in Belfast in October last year regarding Northern Ireland's new abortion laws.

UK to direct NI to roll out full abortion services across the Province

News Letter editorial

A perilous time for house prices in Northern Ireland

Ireland’s Future held its extravaganza ‘Together We Can’ in Dublin but there wasn’t a unionist about the place

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Malachi’s honest look at obstacles to an all Ireland

The cavalier attitude to debt, however, is seen around the west — at a time of inflation too. And in Northern Ireland we too reject notions such as prudence, demanding more funding for the province, ungrateful for the largesse NI already gets

Ben Lowry: The budget reflected a ‘big spending’ culture that we share in NI

Author and screen writer Colin Bateman

Colin Bateman on Thunder and Lightning, White Widow and his indestructable book

The famous image of Martin McGuinness and the Queen shaking hands at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in 2012

Photographer recalls historic handshake between Queen and Martin McGuinness

King Charles III and the Queen Consort look at floral tributes as they arrive at Hillsborough Castle, Co Down. Picture date: Tuesday September 13, 2022.

New king arrives to rapturous crowds

Letter to the editor

A memory of the Queen replying to McGuinness with a joke

News Letter editorial

The idea that IRA terrorism was justified has been building for a long time

Northern Irish political leaders welcoming China’s foreign minister Wang Yi (centre, blue tie) to Belfast in 2015, and inset, consul Zhang Meifang

VIDEO: Belfast diplomat circulates messages warning against 'offending China'

The UK is celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years as monarch.

Northern Ireland prepares to celebrate Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

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