Jonathan Bell to stand as independent in Assembly electionsOutgoing Sinn Féin MLA backs protest over failure to implement Irish language strategyTue Feb 07 2017 - 19:41
Jonathan Bell to stand as Independent in Northern electionSuspended DUP member alleged special advisers delayed closing down of RHI schemeTue Feb 07 2017 - 10:07
DUP rules out Irish language Act as election catches fire‘See you later alligator,’ Gerry Adams retorts, after Arlene Foster’s ‘crocodile’ jibeMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:02
Foster warns against Sinn Féin majority and Adams’s ‘agenda’DUP leader says Michelle O’Neill was ‘handpicked’ to do bidding of SF presidentMon Feb 06 2017 - 13:51
Northern agenda largely about Arlene Foster vs Michelle O’Neill‘Cash for ash’ controversy badly hit DUP leader’s political value ahead of electionMon Feb 06 2017 - 09:23
Three men questioned over Nama inquiry “coaching” claimFile sent to North’s Public Prosecution Service but one accused claims it is ‘nonsense’Wed Feb 01 2017 - 21:04
British army used waterboarding in North, papers claimPat Finucane Centre has documents outlining four alleged torture cases in 1972Wed Feb 01 2017 - 19:04
Demand for North’s special status dismissed as ‘hot air’Sinn Féin says DUP and ‘Tory allies cannot be allowed to drag the North out of the EU’Tue Jan 31 2017 - 20:19
NI secretary accused of snubbing Irish national anthemJames Brokenshire attended GAA game but did not take seat until after Amhrán na bhFiannMon Jan 30 2017 - 13:43
Michelle O’Neill: ‘I have a job to do . . . healing wounds of past’Sinn Féin’s new leader in Northern Ireland is keen to prove she is her own womanFri Jan 27 2017 - 21:00
Arlene Foster prepared to work with Michelle O’NeillNew Sinn Féin leader in Northern Ireland calls for ‘step-change in attitude’ from DUPThu Jan 26 2017 - 01:00
‘New IRA’ says it carried out shooting of PSNI officerDissident group says attack in Belfast not due to crisis but is a ‘continuation of activity’Wed Jan 25 2017 - 21:24
Northern Ireland conducted 16 abortions in year 2015/2016Abortion figures for North for last two years have been lower than previous yearsWed Jan 25 2017 - 16:16
Retired judge to head inquiry into ‘cash for ash’ schemeSir Patrick Coghlin will not publish interim findings before elections in NorthTue Jan 24 2017 - 22:03
DUP will ‘battle’ to have Brexit endorsed by Westminster voteGerry Adams urges Government to negotiate special designation for North within EUTue Jan 24 2017 - 16:14
Martin McGuinness passes the Sinn Féin baton to Michelle O’NeillNorthern Ireland gets its third female party leader as the Tyrone politician is inauguratedMon Jan 23 2017 - 21:59
DUP dismisses claim about ‘cash for ash’ family linkFormer minister Jonathan Bell used parliamentary privilege to make allegationsMon Jan 23 2017 - 21:10
Michelle O’Neill takes over as new Sinn Féin leader in NorthDecision to overlook Conor Murphy suggests handover to ‘new generation of republicans’Mon Jan 23 2017 - 15:00
Man arrested after officer wounded in Belfast drive-by shootingCommunity officer injured in arm at filling station in attack being blamed on dissidentsMon Jan 23 2017 - 09:22
SF plans ‘no hiding place inquiry’ into cash for ash scandalSome names of those who benefited from RHI scheme to be revealed this weekMon Jan 23 2017 - 08:57
Sex abuse victims had waited ‘lifetime’ for Hart reportHistorical Institutional Abuse inquiry reveals ‘unspeakable’ damage done to childrenSat Jan 21 2017 - 01:00
Cardinal Brady part of process which ‘silenced’ abuse victimInquiry critical of 1975 canon law investigation into the Brendan Smyth caseFri Jan 20 2017 - 20:53
Abuse inquiry report calls for public apology and compensation for victimsEvidence of sexual, physical and emotional abuse across 22 Catholic and Protestant and state run homes investigatedFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:21
McGuinness leaves field clear for ‘new generation of republicans’Despite crisis, former deputy first minister is optimistic, saying dialogue only way forwardFri Jan 20 2017 - 06:22
Martin McGuinness exit a significant moment in Irish politicsRepublicans will miss him, but unionists with political sense may do so tooThu Jan 19 2017 - 20:47
Martin McGuinness announces he will not seek re-election to AssemblyEx-deputy first minister of Northern Ireland says health and political crisis behind decisionThu Jan 19 2017 - 20:47
Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry report to be published in BelfastThe 2,300-page 12-volume report must deliver justice for victims, Amnesty saysThu Jan 19 2017 - 20:42
Sinn Féin Minister announces ‘cash for ash’ inquiryDUP adviser resigns after being accused of exerting pressure over RHI schemeThu Jan 19 2017 - 20:28
Stormont official claims DUP adviser pushed cash-for-ashDr Andrew McCormick says likely ‘insider information’ passed on over RHI schemeWed Jan 18 2017 - 20:40
DUP adviser’s father-in-law availed of ‘cash for ash’ schemeFormer party press officer says he was unaware of father-in-law’s application to schemeWed Jan 18 2017 - 13:56
Government welcomes May’s speech on BrexitSome Ministers say the promised hard Brexit will lead to significant difficulties for IrelandWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:01
Michelle O’Neill seen as likely successor if McGuinness retiresCo Tyrone politician to forefront in arguing and defending Sinn Féin’s policy positionsWed Jan 18 2017 - 01:00
PSNI asked to investigate fraud claims in cash for ash schemeUS state department urges Northern politicians to quickly restore powersharingTue Jan 17 2017 - 21:36
View on the North from LA native living in Titanic QuarterRetired film scout: ‘Belfast is a city in a country in a renaissance; what better place to be?”Tue Jan 17 2017 - 01:00
Governments urge calm, respectful election campaign in NorthConcerns over relations between DUP and SF potentially worsening before March 2nd voteMon Jan 16 2017 - 21:18
Northern Irish election will be Orange versus GreenAnalysis: Sinn Féin is primed for the poll, but the DUP seems caught in the headlightsMon Jan 16 2017 - 19:59
North election likely to be called today as Assembly sitsNorthern Secretary ‘not contemplating’ return to direct rule after electionsMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
Border tariff fears loom as UK edges towards hard BrexitTheresa May expected to say Britain prepared to exit single market and customs unionMon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00
DUP Minister accused of favouring ‘one side of community’More than 30 Orange Order halls and loyalist bands, two GAA clubs benefited from grantsSun Jan 15 2017 - 19:58
The American film location scout who fell for Belfast‘I love the smallness of Belfast’ says Scott Dewees, who lives in the Titanic QuarterSat Jan 14 2017 - 11:11
SF’s batteries are recharged, but Foster still has some power leftIf Stormont is dissolved and an election battle begins, the DUP will meet fire with fireSat Jan 14 2017 - 05:00
Northern Ireland elections: ‘shock poll result possible’UUP leader Mike Nesbitt says election should be referendum on ‘cash for ash’ debacleSat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00
SF says election is ‘not about giving DUP a bloody nose’Minister for Health Michelle O’Neill says the Irish language will be at the front of election campaignFri Jan 13 2017 - 10:08
Sinn Féin rejects governments’ efforts to find way out of crisisFlanagan and Brokenshire concede ‘high probability’ of Assembly electionsFri Jan 13 2017 - 00:00
Northern Ireland election is ‘very likely’, Minister saysCharlie Flanagan holds meetings with DUP’s Arlene Foster and members of Sinn FéinThu Jan 12 2017 - 17:03
DUP reinstates Líofa grant as efforts to avoid election underwayCharlie Flanagan in Belfast for meetings with Northern Secretary James BrokenshireThu Jan 12 2017 - 12:36
Northern Ireland Assembly Q&A: what happens next?Dreading another election? Just be thankful if it is just one more this yearThu Jan 12 2017 - 01:00
New ‘cash for ash’ plan will be fairly assessed, says Ó MuilleoirEfforts continue to avert elections although main consensus is Assembly poll inevitableWed Jan 11 2017 - 20:36
Taoiseach urges Northern parties to use ‘limited window’ for talksNorthern secretary says elections are highly likely after contacts with Sinn FéinWed Jan 11 2017 - 19:24
McGuinness’s charm brought him a long way in politics‘Cash for ash’ scandal may prove too much for weakened former deputy first ministerWed Jan 11 2017 - 08:41
