As the inquiry into the 1989 murder of Pat Finucane begins to progress, politicians are calling for it to remain independent ...

He spent only six months in Northern Ireland, but Julian Smith is remembered as the most popular Secretary of State since Mo Mowlam. David McCann hears the inside story of devolution was restored in 2 ...

Platform from Gráinne Teggart of Amnesty International on the families being denied truth, dignity, and closure ...

On 11 June 2025, the United Kingdom Supreme Court heard the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland’s appeal against a ...

He had been the shadow secretary of state for Northern Ireland since September 2023 ... “When we stand for office, our constituents expect us to go to work and do our job, not to say ‘well ...

Kennedy Institute to mark the occasion, including Lord Jonathan Caine, the British parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. I sat down with Lord Caine to discuss the past quarter ...

The ​Secretary of State has met with the EU’s trade commissioner in Brussels – in an event the Northern Ireland Office says ...

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has said a rise in ... according to the Northern Ireland Audit Office. Asked about the higher proportion of Pip claimants in Northern Ireland, Mr Benn ...

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Hilary Benn has questioned the “fuss” around Irish language signage at Belfast Grand Central Station. It comes as the issue of dual language signage at ...

Former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has taken up a new role as a senior advisor to a UK-based “crypto asset recovery and insurance firm”.

Patrick Mayhew was the 10th and longest-serving Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1992-97), and one of the few holders of the office who sought appointment to it. With a Cork family ...