Belfast News Letter

More delicious festive wine recommendations from Northern Ireland connoisseur Raymond Gleug

​Some people think I have the easiest and the best job in the world.

Dr John Coulter: If Stormont falls, is civil disobedience really the answer for unionism?

​​Worst case scenario for the moderate wing of the DUP - it cannot persuade the hardline cabal within the party to return to Stormont.

Council row as DUP says it is 'absurd' to label walking trail dedicated to Irish Christian saint is 'non-religious'

A war of words has erupted in a County Down council over a sixth century Irish Christian saint and missionary and a Europe-wide walking trail ho…

Unionists express concern over 'paramilitary trappings' at funeral of Hooded Man Joe Clarke

Unionists have expressed concern over the “paramilitary trappings” of yesterday's funeral for Joe Clarke – one of a group known as the Hooded Me…

Editorial: Nursing situation in NI is not just due to lack of overall UK funding and unionists should not suggest it is

News Letter editorial on Wednesday June 14 2023:

Letter: The Commonwealth is a better club for Ireland to join than the Francophonie

A letter from Johnny Andrews:

Ruth Dudley Edwards: Ireland should join the Commonwealth and ditch neutrality for Nato

​​So why doesn’t the Irish Republic join the Commonwealth?

Bruce Springsteen: Glory Days and what age is Bruce Springsteen - ‘The Boss’ to play three dates in Dublin in May 2023

Glory Days is a song written by Bruce Springsteen.

Moira firm recreates cured meat recipe found in 1783 edition of the Belfast News Letter

A recipe for a Belfast bacon found in a copy of the Belfast News Letter of 1783 has led Jonny Cuddy to create a novel eating experience.

Little chance of new EU protocol mandate

The European Union’s ambassador to the UK has warned that Brussels will not reopen negotiations on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

SDLP, Alliance and TUV castigate Gerry Adams over ‘peaceful unity’ comments

A number of political rivals have poured scorn on remarks by Gerry Adams about the 1998 Belfast Agreement and the prospects for peaceful reunifi…

Danny Kinahan: Armed forces are not unionist or orange, we are the whole of society

The armed forces are not unionist or orange, but Irish, Northern Irish, Scottish and Welsh, Northern Ireland’s first Veterans Commissioner has s…

Ben Lowry: Tories criticise Boris Johnson’s bill to prevent worst EU interpretation of Irish Sea border but didn’t speak up for UK last year

Where were they a year ago?

Arlene Foster makes clear she will implement the PM’s Brexit ‘betrayal act’ and Irish Sea border she denounced

Arlene Foster has made clear that she will implement the Brexit deal which she railed against and has suggested that more money from London and…

Omagh bomb victim Michael Gallagher denied chance to address councillors over extradition motion

Omagh bombing victim Michael Gallagher, who lost his 21-year-old son in the 1998 attack, was denied the opportunity to address councillors in De…

Northern Ireland guidelines on foreign travel to be discussed at Stormont

MLAs are set to discuss the rules around international travel during the coronavirus pandemic later today.

Arlene Foster: Funeral undermined health messaging and raised questions over PSNI

The funeral of Bobby Storey and the multiple breaches of COVID-19 regulations that occurred on that day have eroded confidence across many insti…

Victim ‘cried all night’ after seeing councillor messaged ex-Real IRA prison commander to celebrate her Omagh bomb victory

A Fermanagh councillor marked the passing of her motion against the extradition of an Omagh bomber this week with a “delighted” message to a for…