Pact Hunch

Mark Carruthers asks NI Secretary of State Hilary Benn about his political life. 

The former SDLP leader chats to Mark Carruthers about his political influences & inspirations. 

Mark Carruthers talks to Lagan Valley MP Sorcha Eastwood about her political life. 

The negotiations end and the deal is done. Declan and Tara learn about Ulster Month, during which the Northern government could opt in to a 32-county Ireland. And they ask whether the Treaty really is the document which signs and seals the creation of Northern Ireland. 

Carolyn Quinn and guests look ahead to a Northern Ireland deal 

In Northern Ireland, it's gotten very complicated very quickly, after a historic election. The top party was Sinn Fein, a party that wants Northern Ireland out of the UK. Brexit has left the territory on a knife edge for years, and it all comes down to the Irish border. The elect ... Show More

This year marks 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement, signed by politicians from Northern Ireland and the British and Irish governments in an attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Over his 26 years at the BBC, Denis Murray reported extensively on the peace process, incl ... Show More

The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed to end its boycott of Northern Ireland's power-sharing assembly, concluding two years of post-Brexit paralysis. Our reporter Olivia Fletcher joins us from Belfast on the latest deliberations. Plus: Reg Empey, former leader of the Ulster Un ... Show More

Host Ailbhe Rea hits the campaign trail in the greater Glasgow constituency of Rutherglen and Hamilton West, where a high-profile by-election battle between Labour and the ruling Scottish National Party looks very much like next year's general election in Scotland in microcosm. A ... Show More

Will changes to post-Brexit trading rules for Northern Ireland be enough to keep both hardline Brexiteer Tory MPs and the Democratic Unionist Party onside? Lizzy Burden joins us from Westminster with the latest. Bloomberg's Yuan Potts and Stephen Carroll discuss the impact of a d ... Show More

Pour la première fois depuis la partition de l’île en 1921, l’Irlande du Nord sera dirigée par le Sinn fein, parti qui est favorable à l’unification de l’île. Pour « La Story », le podcast d’actualité des « Echos », Michèle Warnet et son invitée reviennent sur cette nomination hi ... Show More