Martin McGuinness

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

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
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.

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
I recommend to anyone with an open mind who is wondering about the constitutional future of Ireland, Malachi O’Doherty’s Can Ireland Be One?, which manages to be both serious and highly entertaining.

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

News Letter editorial

Unionists should shun any citizens’ assembly on Irish unification

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 6th May 2022 -
Northern Ireland Assembly Election Count at Ulster University, Jordanstown
Sinn Feins Declan Kearney who has made the required amount of votes at the first count.

Photo by Stephen Hamilton / Press Eye.

ELECTION 2022: SF all-Ireland chair tells the DUP it must re-enter Stormont ASAP

Aontu leader Peadar Toibin speaking at the launch of his party's Assembly election manifesto at Farset International in west Belfast. Picture date: Thursday April 28, 2022. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER ElectionAontu. Photo credit should read: Rebecca Black/PA Wire

Aontu proposes stopping MLA salaries ‘if they won’t do their job’

Letter to the editor

Quip on Derry Girls about Catholics in RUC was a disgraceful misrepresentation

Mary Lou McDonald pictured at the Sinn Féin candidate launch for the upcoming Assembly election at the Titanic Hotel in Belfast earlier this month.

No change to first minister title if Sinn Fein tops poll, says Mary Lou McDonald

The controversy over RHI led to the collapse of Stormont in January 2017.

RHI: Fewer than half of renewable inquiry recommendations implemented

How has Northern Ireland politics fallen to such rancour since the heady days of 1998 when Bono held aloft the arms of David Trimble and John Hume after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement?
Photo: Brian Little/PA

‘DUP-SF tweaks to GFA has caused sectarian politics'

Stormont Parliament Buildings home to the Northern Ireland Assembly in Belfas.
Picture By: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press.

Despite SF and DUP, planned election date May 5 unlikely to come forward

The then Ulster Unionist Party leader, David Trimble (centre), arriving with delegates from the UUP, the Progressive Unionists and the Ulster Democratic Party at Castle Buildings, Stormont, where they rejoined the Northern Ireland peace talks process.

Historic meeting between unionists and SF a ‘damp squib’

News Letter editorial

Gerry Adams actually thought his grisly video was funny

News Letter editorial

Powerful testimony of terrorist victim illustrates scandal of legacy in NI

President Higgins has made efforts to achieve reconciliation. Here he welcomes Prince William to his residence in Dublin

Irish President would have added to his past gestures by attending NI service

News Letter editorial

Soldier trials are just one small part of the legacy scandal

Ian Paisley has been an MP at Westminster since 2010.

Ian Paisley: ‘Dad gave me a big wink during my maiden speech as MP’

Martina Purdy is now leading pilgrims along St Patrick's Way

Martina Purdy: ‘Our ties to Christ must be stronger than political allegiances

Arlene Foster aged 17 giving an interview to Jeremy Paxman after the IRA blew up her schoolbus with the children still onboard

Childhood experiences of Troubles shaped Arlene Foster’s political outlook

Ruth Dudley Edwards, the author and commentator, who now writes a column for the News Letter every Tuesday. She is author of 'The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions' and her most recent book is 'The Seven: the lives and legacies of the founding fathers of the Irish republic'

Ruth Dudley Edwards: True story of IRA informer who took life, then saved it

Ruth Dudley Edwards, the author and commentator, who now writes a column for the News Letter every Tuesday. She is author of 'The Faithful Tribe: An Intimate Portrait of the Loyal Institutions' and her most recent book is 'The Seven: the lives and legacies of the founding fathers of the Irish republic'

Ruth Dudley Edwards: With praise even from Fine Gael, SF man has last laugh

Martina Purdy at her book launch with David Trimble and Martin McGuinness

Martina Purdy: I felt better served praying for politicians than grilling them

Jim Allister

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