Gerry Adams had little choice but to stand by ‘Slab’ MurphyAll those involved in peace process owed debt to IRA strongman of south ArmaghMon Dec 21 2015 - 10:15
Cross-Border crime on agenda as Ministers discuss NI agreementPoliticians from Dublin, Belfast, London meet to discuss issues arising from Fresh Start dealMon Dec 21 2015 - 08:30
LGBT protest in Belfast against Tyson FuryGroups say BBC should have excluded boxer from sports personality of the year awardsSun Dec 20 2015 - 20:41
New DUP chief Arlene Foster seeks ‘more harmonious’ societyFermanagh MLA set to succeed Peter Robinson as First Minister in JanuaryThu Dec 17 2015 - 21:39
First part of Arlene Foster’s unionist coronation goes smoothlyNext step for new DUP leader is inauguration as Northern Ireland’s First Minister in JanuaryThu Dec 17 2015 - 20:41
Minister may face judicial review over Ludlow murderRelatives of murder victim unhappy with response of Frances FitzgeraldThu Dec 17 2015 - 01:00
Judge refers abortion legislation to Northern AssemblyImplementing ruling on abortion through current legislation a ‘step too far’, says judgeWed Dec 16 2015 - 13:37
Support grows for keeping North’s ‘peace walls’‘Hardening of attitudes’ to removal of Northern Ireland’s dividing walls, survey showsWed Dec 16 2015 - 01:00
Northern Ireland welcomes first group of Syrian refugeesGroup of over 50 undergo security screening before being accepted on relocation schemeTue Dec 15 2015 - 18:41
Seamus Mallon has hope for party he gave his life toSDLP’s Mallon and Hume shared hard times and had rows – ‘but we never fell out’Sat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
January visit to White House in works for North leadersOfficials planning US visit by Robinson and McGuinness before DUP leader departsFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:04
Arlene Foster is sole candidate for leadership of DUPNorth’s Minister of Finance set to assume posts of First Minister and party leaderThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Sammy Wilson not to contest DUP leadershipWay now clear for Arlene Foster to be formally elected leader next weekWed Dec 09 2015 - 11:33
Arlene Foster “very humbled” by support she has receivedSammy Wilson considering whether to challenge the Fermanagh MLA for the DUP leadershipWed Dec 09 2015 - 01:00
Nigel Dodds rules himself out as next leader of DUPNorth Belfast MP makes surprise decision and endorses Arlene Foster as next leaderTue Dec 08 2015 - 11:38
Sammy Wilson considering whether to go for DUP leadershipParty thrown into disarray when Nigel Dodds announced on Monday he is not seeking the leadershipTue Dec 08 2015 - 11:29
Cost of leadership may have made decision personalDodds’s shock announcement clears the field for Foster and WilsonTue Dec 08 2015 - 01:00
Nigel Dodds rules himself out as next leader of DUPNorth Belfast MP says he favours Arlene Foster as favourite to succeed as DUP chiefMon Dec 07 2015 - 18:11
Storm Desmond results in floods, power cuts and road closuresClean-up begins across country after storm leaves trail of destructionMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin rejects criticism over tweet about bombing of SyriaDUP MP Gregory Campbell accuses Francie Molloy of suffering from ‘irony by-pass’Fri Dec 04 2015 - 01:02
Majority in North favour all-Ireland soccer teamUlster University report finds GAA remains outside experience of most ProtestantsThu Dec 03 2015 - 16:30
Catholic bishops ‘shocked and disturbed’ by abortion rulingJudge finds that current legislation in breach of European Convention on Human RightsTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
Belfast High Court rules abortion permissible in certain casesLandmark judgment applicable to cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalityTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
Far-reaching decision as judge rules on issue ‘unlikely to be grasped’ by AssemblyRuling on abortion could become law without need for Assembly legislationTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
Northern Ireland abortion law ‘breaches human rights’NI Attorney General is ‘profoundly disappointed’ and considering ‘grounds for appeal’Mon Nov 30 2015 - 14:19
Attempt to murder PSNI officers in west BelfastTwo officers inside survive attack as several bullets hit their police vehicleThu Nov 26 2015 - 23:25
UK leaving EU would be ‘leap over the cliff into the unknown’Charlie Flanagan says Government is committed to working for acceptable dealThu Nov 26 2015 - 14:29
DUP leader’s farewell gig also an implicit dual coronationPeter Robinson pays tribute to expected successors Nigel Dodds and Arlene FosterMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Robinson tells DUP conference his work is ‘almost done’First Minister gives final address as he prepares to step down as party leaderSat Nov 21 2015 - 15:29
DUP’s Dodds pays tribute to ‘man of granite’ RobinsonDeputy leader tells party conference outgoing First Minister ‘has delivered’Sat Nov 21 2015 - 11:39
DUP’s Foster attacks those engaged in ‘terrorist business’North’s finance minister warns against return to direct rule from LondonSat Nov 21 2015 - 11:38
Peter Robinson opens his last DUP conferenceNorth Belfast MP Nigel Dodds viewed as main contender to succeed Robinson as leaderSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Stormont’s Fresh StartThis week’s deal puts the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly back in businessSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Peter Robinson: ‘I have been on a journey like everybody else’First Minister and DUP leader reflects on his time in politics following his resignationFri Nov 20 2015 - 08:01
Peter Robinson: Nationalism won't love him, history will be kinderAnalysis: Performing political somersaults to keep Stormont going was mortifying for himThu Nov 19 2015 - 19:31
Sinn Féin under fire over welfare cuts moveSDLP accuses party of diluting devolution by giving powers back to WestminsterThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Stormont politicians begin to get back to normal businessMinister of Finance finds additional £77m for Northern Executive departmentsWed Nov 18 2015 - 13:07
Kenny and Cameron hail ‘breakthrough’ NI agreementDeadlock on welfare broken but no deal for victims and survivors of the TroublesWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
It could be a case of third time lucky for parties to Stormont House dealLatest Stormont House deal has a reasonable chance of succeedingWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Deal reached in Stormont talks on Northern IrelandBritish and Irish governments announce new agreement to overcome deadlockTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:08
Northern parties closing in on elusive deal this weekNorthern Secretary Theresa Villiers cautions players time at hand to ‘make your mind up’Tue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin seeks truth of UK government role in ‘dirty war’British agent Brian Nelson allegedly involved in plots to murder Adams and McGuinnessMon Nov 16 2015 - 19:39
‘Make your mind up time’ for parties in North talksTheresa Villiers says remaining issues need to be resolved over the course of this weekMon Nov 16 2015 - 13:12
SDLP devotees have a new surge of hope in their heartsColum Eastwood gives stirring speech as he takes party’s helmMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Colum Eastwood elected as new leader of the SDLPThe 32-year-old Assembly member defeated Dr Alasdair McDonnell for top postSun Nov 15 2015 - 16:46
Colum Eastwood pledges to make SDLP more relevantDerry Assembly member defeats Dr Alasdair McDonnell to become sixth leader of partySat Nov 14 2015 - 19:10
Alasdair McDonnell defends leadership recordSDLP leader says Stormont seems to lurch from one crisis to anotherSat Nov 14 2015 - 13:06
The path to a political solution in Northern IrelandChronology of attempts before and since the Anglo-Irish agreementSat Nov 14 2015 - 06:48
Anglo-Irish Agreement marked a crossing of the RubiconSense of betrayal and exclusion fueled unionist rage and furious protestsSat Nov 14 2015 - 06:30
