DUP calls for ‘less oversell and more reality’ from British government on Windsor FrameworkSinn Féin says no reason for unionist party to stay out of Assembly while it studies latest post-Brexit proposalsSun Mar 05 2023 - 11:05
Alliance has its ‘tail up’ as it seeks to break orange and green grip on Northern Irish politicsParty’s confidence on full display as it plans to expand into areas where it has traditionally struggledSat Mar 04 2023 - 16:46
DUP seeks to distance itself from Paisley’s downbeat Windsor Framework reactionFormer British prime minister Boris Johnson and former president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, also weighed in on ThursdayThu Mar 02 2023 - 19:35
‘I hope they take a light touch’ – Northern Ireland businesses hopeful about new Brexit dealNorthern Ireland Chamber of Commerce representative sees Windsor Framework as ‘an important step’ in securing stability and certaintyWed Mar 01 2023 - 15:00
Windsor Framework deal for Northern Ireland hailed as ‘new chapter’ in relationship between UK and EUPrime minister urges hardline Brexiteers in his party to back Windsor Framework as it would help Britain to ‘take back control’Mon Feb 27 2023 - 23:00
DUP must think quickly as protocol deal puts its holding pattern under pressureThe key question is whether or not to re-enter Stormont institutions - and if so, when?Mon Feb 27 2023 - 21:00
DUP leader says ‘key issues of concern’ remain despite new EU-UK deal on NI protocolMichelle O’Neill welcomes deal and calls for swift return of Stormont institutionsMon Feb 27 2023 - 20:42
Omagh shooting: Fifth man held over attempted murder of PSNI officer Det Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains critically ill in hospital as PSNI confirm ‘primary line of inquiry’ is New IRAFri Feb 24 2023 - 19:10
Omagh shooting: Focus on New IRA as senior PSNI officer fights for life after gun attack in front of young sonDet Chief Inspector John Caldwell critically ill in hospital and it is understood he suffered life-changing injuriesFri Feb 24 2023 - 04:30
PSNI officer shot in Omagh a ‘big personality, unbelievable volunteer and good man’Det Chief Insp John Caldwell has provided key assistance to gardaí tracking Irish gangland figures crossing BorderThu Feb 23 2023 - 21:38
Omagh shooting: Three men arrested over gun attack on PSNI officer Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in critical condition in hospital after gun attackThu Feb 23 2023 - 19:40
Omagh shooting: police federation head warns officers to look after their personal securityAttack shows the job still carries ‘extreme risks for all our officers’, chief of police representative body saysThu Feb 23 2023 - 16:27
PSNI officer ‘critical but stable’ after being shot while coaching soccer in OmaghPolice are searching for two suspects after shooting during football coaching sessionThu Feb 23 2023 - 07:03
NI protocol: Can British PM Rishi Sunak cut a deal acceptable to the DUP and EU?If PM succumbs to DUP and ERG he will look weak, but pressing ahead could trigger backbench revoltThu Feb 23 2023 - 06:00
Threat of Tory rebellion puts brakes on protocol deal but optimism remainsRishi Sunak will face pressure at Prime Minister’s Questions from within his own campWed Feb 22 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland Protocol: ‘Finishing line’ in sight for EU-UK talks, says ŠefčovičEuropean Commission vice-president suggests deal would bring economic opportunity for North due to the access to UK and EU internal marketsTue Feb 21 2023 - 17:08
‘Huge gaps’ remain between EU and UK on protocol deal, DUP MP says‘Imposition of EU law on Northern Ireland’ remains ‘fundamental issue’ for DUP, says Sammy WilsonMon Feb 20 2023 - 00:01
DUP is finally facing decision time as Northern Ireland protocol deal nearsParty has extended meetings with British PM Rishi Sunak but attempts to shift responsibility for restarting Stormont on to London and BrusselsFri Feb 17 2023 - 19:00
Northern Ireland protocol: ‘Technical issues nearly all worked out,’ say Dublin sourcesExpectations grow that EU and UK are on brink of a dealFri Feb 17 2023 - 13:34
Northern Ireland protocol: Britain and EU on cusp of deal as Sunak travels to BelfastDiplomats in Brussels have also been called to a meeting on Friday to discuss UK-EU relationsThu Feb 16 2023 - 18:22
Controversial commemorative stone marking 100 years of Northern Ireland given go aheadSinn Féin cannot veto project with no member on commission due to North’s political institutions not operatingWed Feb 15 2023 - 16:38
‘Nicola Sturgeon was a friend of Ireland’: Departing Scottish first minister praised by Irish politicians Scotland’s first minister makes surprise announcement that she will be stepping downWed Feb 15 2023 - 13:35
Britain ‘open’ to working with Irish Government on cross-border projects, says UK transport secretaryMark Harper, on visit to Belfast, announces £60m investment in NI green technology companiesWed Feb 15 2023 - 00:01
‘Dáithí’s Law’: DUP vetos attempt to restore Stormont to pass organ donation lawRival parties push for end to boycott of devolution to allow a speaker to be electedTue Feb 14 2023 - 20:49
Weary voters in Northern Ireland wondering if any deadline can restore devolutionIn the North, the lesson of history is that once the Assembly stalls, it takes a long time to restartThu Feb 09 2023 - 18:00
Deadline to bring back Stormont powersharing pushed back until 2024 Northern Ireland Protocol negotiations continue, with speculation mounting that a deal could be doneThu Feb 09 2023 - 17:56
Northern Ireland Protocol: ruling pushes divisive issue towards political resolution Unionists clinging to notion that constitutional position within union eroded; something all sides must addressThu Feb 09 2023 - 05:00
Northern Ireland protocol: UK Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalityContentious trading arrangements was challenged by a collective of unionists and BrexiteersWed Feb 08 2023 - 21:31
Former British prime minister John Major calls for compromise on NI protocol‘Statesmanlike response’ required from all sides in order to restore devolved government, says ex-PMTue Feb 07 2023 - 18:41
Northern Ireland: ‘Limited and piecemeal’ decision-making process focus of report Think tank urges restoration of Assembly and Executive as services deteriorate and credibility of devolved bodies is underminedTue Feb 07 2023 - 00:01
EU and UK close to deal on ‘express lanes’ for goods staying in NorthMaroš Šefčovič says talks are taking place in a ‘very cordial atmosphere’Mon Feb 06 2023 - 13:37
‘It’s been retraumatising’: Families of six men shot dead by British soldiers seek truth 50 years onCalls for Irish Government to intervene as UK moves towards process families see as British ‘state investigating itself’Fri Feb 03 2023 - 01:00
‘Not possible’ to make Northern Ireland protocol work - EU law expertStormont and UK Parliament should govern NI, EU law expert tells Westminster committeeWed Feb 01 2023 - 19:15
UK government decision due on holding Omagh bomb inquiryBereaved relatives understood to have been advised that Northern Ireland Secretary will make statement in House of Commons on ThursdayWed Feb 01 2023 - 17:59
Report that UK and EU have reached post-Brexit customs deal treated with caution in DublinAccording to Government sources intensive talks between London and Brussels are ongoing the matters being discussed are complex and will require detailed and sustainable solutionsWed Feb 01 2023 - 14:45
Creeslough digger driver who worked for 24 hours ‘done what anyone else would have done’Henry Gallagher speaks for the first time in a new TG4 documentary about aftermath of Donegal disasterTue Jan 31 2023 - 14:54
‘Where words fail us, music steps in’: Concert held in memory of Creeslough explosion victimsNames of the ten people killed are read aloud at the opening of the Together for Creeslough concert in LetterkennyTue Jan 31 2023 - 06:10
‘Incredibly relevant’: Bloody Sunday documents shed new light on atrocityThe archive of civil rights campaigner Kevin Boyle provides a ‘powerful first-hand account’ of eventsMon Jan 30 2023 - 02:00
Bad Bridgets: The murderers, thieves and prostitutes among Irish emigrant womenAt least 7.5m people emigrated from Ireland between 1815 and 1914. Among these millions were women who became murderers, professional thieves, prostitutes and alcoholicsSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Belfast Agreement anniversary should mark ‘new dawn’, Ahern to tell Westminster committeeNI ‘still has to realise the full potential dividend’ 25 years on from agreement, former taoiseach to tell Northern Ireland Affairs CommitteeSun Jan 22 2023 - 19:04
Churches could develop truth recovery process, Archbishop saysEamon Martin says reconciliation can only be achieved by facing the past in apparent criticism of UK government’s planned Troubles amnestySun Jan 22 2023 - 15:00
NI Secretary to meet business and political leaders during US tripChris Heaton-Harris will meet US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland Joe Kennedy IIISun Jan 22 2023 - 10:28
‘Very real’ prospect of Northern Ireland protocol deal, Taoiseach saysLeo Varadkar downplays prospects of agreement by 25th anniversary of Belfast Agreement in April, saying it will take a ‘couple of months’Fri Jan 20 2023 - 11:38
Fresh Northern Ireland elections on hold as EU and UK hope for protocol breakthroughBritish and Irish ministers met in Dublin on Thursday, stressing the importance of Stormont’s returnThu Jan 19 2023 - 21:18
UN calls on UK to ‘reconsider its approach’ to Troubles legacy BillCommissioner says draft law is ‘incompatible’ with UK’s ‘international human rights obligations’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 16:25
Northern Secretary will not call Assembly election right awayPeriod for restoring Executive expires at midnight, but Heaton-Harris to carefully assess ‘all options’Thu Jan 19 2023 - 00:05
UK tweaks controversial Troubles legacy Bill, but resistance remains from victims’ groupsImmunity revoked for those who ‘knowingly or recklessly’ give false information to new reconciliation bodyTue Jan 17 2023 - 22:15
DUP will be forced to choose between compromise or being left in the coldAn EU-UK protocol deal is inevitable. Donaldson’s best option is to try to sell any changes as a DUP victoryTue Jan 17 2023 - 19:33
Intensive negotiations already under way between EU and UK on protocolDUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson positive after Varadkar meeting, noting FG leader’s ‘better understanding’ of North’s ‘difficulties’Thu Jan 12 2023 - 19:41
‘Exclusion’ of McDonald from Belfast meeting criticised by TaoiseachChris Heaton-Harris said ‘many factors’ had gone into the thought processThu Jan 12 2023 - 14:28
