In Northern Ireland, Belfast’s murals tell a new story
The murals in the Northern Irish capital are filled with scenes of grief, violence and death, hallmarks of the area's troubled past. A new generation of artists wants to add a new…
Filmmaker Alessandra Celesia revisits Northern Ireland conflict in ‘The Flats’
An award-winning filmmaker has spoken to FRANCE 24 about how a dark sense of humour is the strength of the real-life characters in her latest film. "The Flats" has just been released…
Boris Johnson saves trickiest Brexit challenge, Northern Ireland, for last
Northern Ireland is arguably both the most perilous, and the least soluble Brexit riddle taxing the UK prime minister. Even his more modest goal of convincing the power-sharing government to reconvene looks…
Brexit revives specter of Northern Ireland violence
Northern Ireland's Catholic community rejects a hard post-Brexit division of the island. But many Protestants fear that if Northern Ireland were given special status, as the EU has proposed, that could be…
20 years after Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland faces uncertain future
On April 10, 1998, the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast, putting an end to three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland.…
Polish artist runs the length of Irish border
Aleks Stanek, a fine art graduate from Northern Ireland, has run the length of the Irish border in 7 days to highlight the potential introduction of a hard border with checkpoints.…
May secures deal to back minority government
British Prime Minister Theresa May has signed a so-called 'confidence and supply' deal with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party to prop up her minority government.…
Former UK police chief: ‘We are facing disorganised terrorism’
Sir Hugh Orde is a former British police chief who was at the forefront of the fight against terrorism, working at Scotland Yard in London and as chief constable in Northern Ireland.…
N.Ireland votes to try to break deadlock
Northern Ireland goes to the polls on Thursday in a snap election to try to scramble out of a political crisis. All eyes will be on the ensuing wrangling to form a…
Irish leaders discuss impact of Brexit
Government ministers from the Republic of Ireland have been discussing the impact of Brexit with their counterparts from Northern Ireland.…
Irish leaders discuss impact of Brexit
Government ministers from the Republic of Ireland have been discussing the impact of Brexit with their counterparts from Northern Ireland.…