Good Friday Agreement

What’s behind the violent sectarian riots in Northern Ireland?

Long ignored by politicians in London, violence in one of Britain's most combustible regions rears its head and endangers a fragile peace.

John Hume, who worked to end Northern Ireland Troubles, dies aged 83

Hume, as the leader of the SDLP, was one of the key architects of the 1998 Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement that ended decades of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland.

Sinn Fein’s election victory in Ireland is a ‘seismic shift’

This is what brought Sinn Fein to victory in the Irish polls.

The backstop: the last hurdle of the Brexit negotiations explained

In the two years since Article 50 was triggered, the long, arduous process that is Brexit has been whittled down to one complicated term: the backstop. What is it and why is it holding things up?