Social Democratic and Labour Party

Sinn Féin candidate Sandra Duffy, a councillor and former mayor of Derry City, received 11,481 votes

Labour is preparing for power after the UK election saw the Tories swept out of office while in Dublin, officials are hoping for improved relations with our neighbour

Sinn Féin is seeking to cement its position as the largest party after securing most seats in recent Assembly and local council polls

UK general election: Westminster will seat 650 MPs by first-past-the-post, with the first counts expected hours after polls close

Sitting MP one of the party’s most high-profile and polished representatives since taking the seat in 2019 election

Constituency profile: East Belfast

Subject to the fortunes of the DUP, Sinn Féin could end up by default with the largest number of MPs,

As Sinn Féin learned earlier this month in the South, the difference between success and failure is often about expectations

Colum Eastwood’s large 2019 majority set to be eroded but he is expected to retain his seat with a much-reduced majority

With the DUP under pressure, Sinn Féin could overtake it to have the greatest number of seats at council, Assembly and Westminster level

The DUP has eight MPs, while ‘abstentionist’ Sinn Féin has seven

Taoiseach rejects Sinn Féin’s claim of ‘expensive U-turn’ on phasing out of long-term leases

MLAs to debate party’s motion calling on First and Deputy First Ministers to commit to publishing programme for government

‘Hard yards’ required to demonstrate that unionists and their traditions would be respected, former taoiseach says in advance of New Ireland Commission event

‘To make a case for constitutional change in Northern Ireland, you should first show this region is successful, that people can doctor, can get a school place,’ says Andrew Muir

Germany’s experience is relevant to Ireland given the sharp differences that followed the publication of a report on unification costs

Claire Hanna says ‘those of us who want to talk about a new Ireland have an obligation to spell out a lot more exactly what we mean by that’

Colum Eastwood believes 10-year timetable for a Border poll put forward by Sinn Féin is ‘realistic’

Ministers face an array of problems and the top priority will be attempting to extract more money from the UK treasury to pay for everything

The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is fortunate nationalism is not laughing openly at the party’s deal with the British government

SDLP suspended McNulty from party after the MLA left first sitting of the new Northern Assembly on Saturday to manage Laois in a league fixture

Last week’s DUP deal underlines the North’s links to the British market and casts doubts on its willingness to follow EU rules - this puts a big opportunity at risk

Sense of occasion felt throughout the Assembly Chamber as Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly acknowledged ‘historic moment’, with one lone dissenting TUV voice

First step is the election of a speaker – the prerequisite for all other Northern Ireland Assembly business

SDLP’s Claire Hanna says ‘we’re all in this crazy waiting room’ while DUP’s ‘internal psychodramas’ set the pace

A further attempt to recall Northern Ireland’s powersharing government failed on Wednesday, when the DUP did not support the nomination of a Speaker in the Northern Ireland Assembly

Newly released State papers shed light on the years immediately after the Belfast Agreement, so much of which is still in dispute or open to interpretation

The Northern Secretary said the political talks with the DUP were over - but that is not what the DUP heard

Victims’ relatives could face arrest if they don’t submit to interview under caution after walking to court earlier this year

With new cash on the table for Northern Ireland, will this be seen as a final offer or an opening bid?

A fifth of people in the South would opt to keep the Irish Constitution unchanged, compared with just one in 10 in the North

Survey finds a plurality of voters North and South favour the idea, with greater support in the North

Call for commitment to peace and rule of law to be condition for registering as a party or taking seat in Dáil

Hume’s son believes the prospect of the presidency was ‘never under serious consideration’

Loyalists and republicans were opposed to the SDLP leader’s efforts to achieve a peaceful settlement in Northern Ireland, as these extracts from a new book by Stephen Walker show

It would be comically naive to assume that in the absence of devolution, and the thwarting of a democratic mandate, everyone else will wait politely for the DUP to come to its senses

Former taoiseach says ‘time, understanding and example’ needed to reach a solution to impasse

Party’s two MPs have tabled an amendment to the Budget Bill which would mandate UK and Irish governments to engage

In response to Irish News claims, broadcaster says he had no knowledge of, or involvement in, any such ‘bear pit’ practices

Name of district judge Mark Hamill was daubed on a wall on Newtownards Court in alongside a crosshair