Northern Ireland

Henry Glassie: Field Work review – hypnotic glimpses of folk art in the making

This documentary about the celebrated folklorist also takes a leisurely look at the working methods of the artists he reveres

Andrew Pulver

13, Apr, 2021 @12:00 PM

The Belfast violence shows young working-class people have been failed again | Stephen Donnan-Dalzell

A generation was supposed to inherit peace and prosperity – instead they got secondhand trauma, says writer Stephen Donnan-Dalzell

Stephen Donnan-Dalzell

13, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

Losing all hope that the union can survive Boris Johnson | Letters

Letters: Readers reflect on the deepening divisions between the four nations

Letters

12, Apr, 2021 @4:46 PM

Boris Johnson was not honest about the Irish border. What is he going to do about it? | Simon Jenkins

The prime minister’s bluster is meeting head-on with the complex reality of Northern Irish politics, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Simon Jenkins

12, Apr, 2021 @1:11 PM

UK and EU edge closer to deal on Brexit checks in Northern Ireland

Efforts are focused on removing ‘rolling deadlines’ from border control implementations, sources say

Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent

12, Apr, 2021 @1:11 PM

Spring cold snap hits as England relaxes Covid lockdown restrictions

Snowfall in some areas dampens hopes of businesses reopening their doors for first time in months

Kevin Rawlinson

12, Apr, 2021 @10:58 AM

Union in peril as PM ‘speaks for England alone’, former civil servant warns

Philip Rycroft says PM’s ‘muscular brand of unionism’ has deepened divisions between four nations

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

12, Apr, 2021 @6:00 AM

The Guardian of view of Boris Johnson’s folly: a plan to divide and misrule | Editorial

Editorial: History is littered with past mistakes of splitting peoples into nationalists and unionists. The prime minister seems wont to repeat them

Editorial

11, Apr, 2021 @4:31 PM

Despair fuels the flames of young loyalist anger in Northern Ireland

Let down by politicians and police, cultural symbols belittled ... unionist teenagers feel marginalised and are taking action

Rory Carroll

11, Apr, 2021 @8:30 AM

Peace in Northern Ireland is in danger – Johnson’s lies and inaction offer no help | Jonathan Powell

The region has been used as a pawn since the Brexit vote. All sides must now start talking to avoid an escalation of violence and division

Jonathan Powell

11, Apr, 2021 @8:00 AM

Boris Johnson refuses calls for summit on violence in Northern Ireland

Irish government suggests talks after eight nights in which police have been attacked and cars torched

Toby Helm, Lisa O'Carroll and Michael Savage