London protocol move a ‘significant step in right direction’ – Jeffrey Donaldson

British must not be allowed to renege on international law, insists Sinn Féin

Britain’s plan to end all Troubles prosecutions deplored by NI politicians, victims’ groups

Proposals characterised as ‘de facto amnesty’ for killers

Edwin Poots must negotiate sea border and steer party in doldrums

Will DUP’s new leader be agent of change or will life after Foster be business as usual?

British government accused of putting NI political stability at risk

Brandon Lewis says unilateral extension of grace period for post-Brexit checks lawful

Call for Stormont implementation of language legislation

Conradh na Gaeilge asks Joint Committee to call for implementation of 2020 agreement

Gloating Gove seeks grace period as protocol problems exceed ‘teething’ troubles

Foster ignores calls to dial down political rhetoric on protocol

Brexit protocol-driven scarcities drive North towards discontent

NI stability at risk as empty shelves, VAT and red tape stir up constitutional anxieties

Efforts to calm North’s business sector ahead of post-Brexit grace period’s end

‘Some sections of the community are starting to sense they are sitting on a powder keg’

‘Numerous’ supermarket products unavailable at end of North’s grace period

Warning to North’s Assembly comes from DUP Minister for Agriculture Edwin Poots

North’s hospitals, schools risk food shortages due to NI protocol, Poots claims

Agriculture minister accused of engaging in ‘scaremongering on steroids’

British government unlikely to breach NI protocol

DUP calls for action to safeguard the flow of goods from Britain to the North

Northern Executive welcomes Brexit deal despite parties’ opposing positions

North reaction: Quitting EU raises questions about NI’s union with Britain, says SDLP

Four North parties demand public inquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder

Sinn Féin, SDLP, Alliance and the Greens unite for joint letter to British government

Johnson faces a difficult challenge in establishing trust with Biden

Analysis: Democrat once described UK PM as ‘a physical and emotional clone’ of Trump

UK’s Internal Market Bill passes all stages as backbench rebellion collapses

EU has warned it will not agree a free-trade deal unless Bill’s treaty-breaking clauses removed

May to vote against Bill permitting Britain to break international law

Bill would weaken trust in London and cut NI willingness to stay in UK, says former PM

SDLP says Lewis’s statement undermines UK’s international credibility

DUP gives Bill a cautious welcome, and has called on the UK government to go further

DUP leader demands Gove's key Brexit commitments be honoured

‘Obviously I didn’t like the protocol at all but we have to make sure we minimise it’ – Foster

Threats against NI journalists broadly condemned

Dissident republicans and Ulster Defence Association members made threats recently

No-deal Brexit is now a risk, Simon Coveney says

Opposition MPs tell Michel Barnier they support extension of timetable for talks

Loyalist paramilitaries threaten politicians in North

Sources say threats to Assembly members issued by elements of UDA in east Antrim

North’s Assembly elections should be postponed by a year, Julian Smith says

Ex-secretary of state says he has ‘no hard feelings’ over being sacked by Boris Johnson

Delegates at Alliance conference glowing after party’s breakout year

Absense of ill leader Naomi Long a shame for party acting like it has the wind in its sails

No current case for united Ireland Border poll – Alliance party

There is space for ‘civilised, rational, evidence-based discussions’, says Stephen Farry

Johnson’s withdrawal agreement secures firm backing of House of Commons

Conservatives’ support ensures Britain will depart from the European Union later this month

Farry’s cúpla focal is music to ears of the House of Commons

Maiden speeches by new Northern Ireland MPs display unified, anti-Brexit front

Eastwood alerts all sides in Commons that a formidable new voice has arrived

London letter: SDLP leader wasted no time in criticising a diminished DUP

EU views Boris Johnson’s fighting talk on Brexit as more bluster

Nobody in Brussels believes a deal can be negotiated and ratified by the end of 2020

Story of North election was Alliance surge at expense of unionist and nationalist blocs

The Democrat Unionist Party lost one-sixth of its voters and Sinn Féin almost a quarter

Victorious Johnson urges ‘closure’ after election win

With Brexit mandate, PM vows to respect Remainers and forge new links with EU

The message to Sinn Féin and DUP is it’s time to get powersharing working again

The electorate showed no mercy to the DUP as it vented its anger over Brexit, the health service crisis and the cash-for-ash scandal

The Irish Times view on the Northern Ireland election: heartening results

For the third successive election the North’s fledgling centre ground showed well

Belfast East: Gavin Robinson returned as city’s only unionist MP

DUP candidate sees majority cut to 1,819 after strong Alliance challenge from Naomi Long

North Down: Alliance Party’s Stephen Farry beats DUP front runner

Alliance deputy leader takes Sylvia Hermon’s seat as he tops poll ahead of Alex Easton

UK election results: Winners and losers

Few bright notes on grim night for Labour

UK election: How the count will go in Northern Ireland

Contest for Sylvia Hermon’s seat in North Down likely to be first announced around 1am

How Northern Ireland will vote: Election 2019 predictions

More than 50,000 additional people on North’s electoral register may have crucial say

UK election: Sylvia Hermon a hard act to follow in North Down

Constituency profile: The DUP’s Alex Easton could be first to the winning post in this affluent area

Posters attacking Finucane family ‘nothing to do’ with DUP – Nigel Dodds

Party wants ‘no part of anything’ that demonises candidates in Westminster election

More than 100 candidates to contest North’s 18 constituencies in election

DUP will run in 17 constituencies with Sinn Féin and SDLP fielding 15 candidates each

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