An intense riot in the heart of loyalist South Belfast has raised fears of a return to violence and disorder in British-controlled Northern Ireland.

Despite rejecting to divert frozen Libyan funds to its allies in Northern Ireland the UK continues to hold onto billions of pounds of frozen Libyan funds.

A prominent British journalist has been forced to step down from an honorary university post after he admitted to supporting the armed struggle waged by the Irish Republican movement.

Downing Street's strategy of containing the Scottish independence movement is in tatters after Boris Johnson's "Union adviser" quits his role barely two weeks into the job.

Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney has tried to calm nerves in Northern Ireland amid provocative rhetoric and measures by the British state and its unionist allies.

A proposed sea tunnel project connecting Scotland to Northern Ireland is expected to be approved soon and its central objective is more political than infrastructure-related as it most likely will be used to undermine the Scottish independence movement.

The European Union has not accepted most of Britain's demands for a smoother post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland.

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told Parliament that arrivals to England who lie on their passenger locator forms can be jailed for up to 10 years.

As Brexit begins to bite it has been revealed that trade between the UK and the Republic of Ireland has fallen by half.

The Ministry of Defense is funding a major combat drone project in Norther Ireland but the significant investment may be more about politics than genuine defense planning.