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Three Gaelic-speaking lads become the unlikely face of an Irish language movement in Northern Ireland.
Sinn Féin is now bigger than any single unionist party in Westminster but it needs to regain momentum in the Republic of Ireland ahead of elections later this year.
Follow along with The Conversation’s coverage of the general election results.
Sinn Féin won in 2019 by just 57 votes and the Ulster Unionist Party hopes to overturn that tiny majority.
As with the Good Friday agreement in 1998, both sides in the Gaza war need to negotiate in good faith – but this is sorely lacking.
Sinn Féin continues to abstain from attending the House of Commons but it still runs candidates, both to boost its own position and deny its rivals the seats.
It’s been a terrible few years for unionism’s biggest party, and they could be about to see the fallout.
With the UK heading for an election on July 4, it can feel like the result is pre-ordained. Labour has maintained a decisive poll lead for over a year and nothing Rishi Sunak does appears to shift the…
Immigration ruling in Northern Ireland is holding the UK to account on its human rights commitments.
Calls to ‘close the border’ are an uncomfortable contradiction to Brexit-era efforts to avoid a hard border at all costs.
New Irish prime minister takes over as the republic faces challenges that include a wave of xenophobia.
A new study reveals the extent of the COVID pandemic’s effect on headteachers, including high workloads, stress and exhaustion.
This service is a good first step towards a one-stop shop for easy access subnational statistics to understand local areas and how they’re changing.
Being severely sunburnt as a child more than doubles the chance of developing future skin cancer but less than half of primary schools questioned in new research have a sun safety policy.
In The Conversation Weekly podcast, researcher Colin Irwin explains how peace polls can help build consensus in conflict negotiations – but only if all parties are at the table.
O'Neill has pledged to represent ‘Catholics, Protestants and dissenters’ but has made plain that she sees that as compatible with a referendum on Irish unity within a decade.
Northern Ireland has been without a government since the executive collapsed in February 2022.
The record strike action comes amid an ongoing political crisis in Stormont.
Could filmmaking become the new shipbuilding for Northern Ireland?
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