Northern Ireland

The popular newlyweds’ trip to Ireland—where it would once have been unthinkable for any senior royals to visit—is an opportunity to take stock

The police are calling two recent murders IRA revenge killings. And the fragile coalition governing Stormont hangs in the balance.

An alleged bomb plot has security forces on alert

The Belfast agreement was signed 14 years ago, but century-old resentments remain

Lennox is dead. The black “pit bull type” canine became an internet sensation over the past few weeks as authorities in Belfast prepared to execute him under the Dangerous Dogs Act of 1992, which outlaws such animals. Lennox was euthanized early Wednesday despite worldwide appeals from celebrities, including Americans who offered to find a new home for him in the U.S. The family was not allowed to visit the dog before his death, or to be present for it; they learned first from a radio interviewer that the council order had been carried out. They haven’t been given their pet’s body, either; they have instead been told by city council that his ashes will be mailed to them.

Reports call east Belfast violence worst in a decade

COSH: ‘It looks like Britain will have not just a hung parliament, but one positively tied up in sadistic Japanese-style rope bondage’

Newsmakers of the week

Newsmakers of the week

The Canadian author took an arduous journey across Northern Ireland, falling asleep in pubs and making sense of Protestants and Catholics

The best pictures from the last seven days

Two soldiers were killed at the Massereene Barracks on Saturday