Two-thirds of people say a border poll should be held at some point in the wake of BrexitTwo-thirds of voters in Northern Ireland believe there should be a vote over its place in the UK, but only 37% want it to take place within the next five years, ac…
This Is Paradise review – gender relations tell a mesmeric story of Northern Ireland
Traverse theatre, EdinburghActor Amy Molloy delivers an elegant monologue that reveals itself as something greater in this supremely thoughtful showKate Regan is a woman defined by the men in her life. There’s her gentle old Belfast dad, disappointed b…
Colin Bateman: ‘I don’t usually get emotional while writing but this is hugely personal’
The author of dark comic novels such as Divorcing Jack has written a play, Nutcase, drawing on his relationship with his teenage sonAfter writing 34 books (including comedy crime novels such as Divorcing Jack and Driving Big Davie) and numerous movies …
UK weather warning as thunderstorms to bring risk of flooding
Met Office issues yellow alert for almost all of England and most of Wales and Northern IrelandAlmost all of England and most of Wales and Northern Ireland are likely to be hit by thunderstorms on Saturday, forecasters have said.The Met Office has issu…
‘Flying feminist’ Lilian Bland celebrated in new exhibition
Northern Irish museum celebrates car-dealing, trouser-wearing, jiu-jitsu fighting aviation pioneerIn an era that stifled women, Lilian Bland blazed with a life force that defied all convention, including gravity.She worked as a press photographer, smok…
The Irish language can give us all a sense of home – if we save it from sectarianism | Susan McKay
A campaign to stop Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool shows how dysfunctional unionist politics has becomeThe hard men of Ulster loyalism are adept at spotting Trojan horses. Belfast’s first Irish-language preschool, planned to open in September,…
Omagh still united in grief but fractured by search for justice
Court ruling on 1998 bombing shows how town is divided over whether to push for a public inquiryAmid the unfathomable grief unleashed by the Omagh bomb – the single worst atrocity of the Troubles – the bereaved and injured found purpose, even comfort, …