More than 30 staff at Hillsborough Castle in County Down are to be made redundant. The 100-acre site is run by Historic Royal Palaces and is the official NI residence of the Queen. The charity ...

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard. President Michael D Higgins was among mourners who joined Longley’s family at ...

Back in March I spent an entertaining evening at Hillsborough Castle listening to my old friend and colleague, former BBC Ireland Correspondent Denis Murray, give a tour of the premises.

Acclaimed Belfast poet Michael Longley managed to touch the souls of people with just a few words, his funeral has heard.

“It is one of the things which have been imposed on us”. The place it is proposed to buy is Hillsborough Castle, which belongs to Lord Downshire, and has a park of 340 acres. Among other ...