Robinson accuses McGuinness of speaking like a ‘dictator’First Minister says deputy’s ‘irrational’ comments undermine prospects of agreementFri Jan 17 2014 - 14:19
McGuinness accuses DUP and UUP of ‘dancing to the tune of extremists’SDLP leader says Ian Paisley must not be allowed to rewrite historyWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Northern party leaders meet to discuss if any way forward on Haass documentDivisions over the proposals on parades, flags and the past highlighted in Assembly debate and votesTue Jan 14 2014 - 00:59
Adams urges clear response to proposalsNorth’s parties should not fudge Haass initiative, says Sinn Féin presidentFri Jan 03 2014 - 01:00
Haass hopes public will persuade Northern parties to back planIrish, British and US governments to maintain pressure on partiesThu Jan 02 2014 - 09:02
Missed opportunity of signing pact leaves DUP with questions to answerDr Haass’s paper contains impressive, progressive but modest proposalsThu Jan 02 2014 - 07:36
Draft peace plan for Northern Ireland published onlineBlueprint was drawn up by former US diplomat Richard HaassWed Jan 01 2014 - 11:08
‘Haassled’ diplomat joins long list of those who’ve failed to get NI parties to agreeAnalysis: Despite his best efforts, US negotiator just couldn’t get deal over the lineTue Dec 31 2013 - 11:09
Haass hoping for late talks breakthroughSeventh draft of proposals put to North parties after they fail to reach consensusMon Dec 30 2013 - 23:16
White House urges NI parties to reach agreementHaass warns against absolutism in intense push for Northern deal todayMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Northern Ireland’s protests, parades and past – and a party president with no plans to go awayIt was a bad year for Gerry Adams, but the North has experienced many much worse yearsSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Haass decides a deal before New Year’s Eve is possibleUS diplomat and Meghan O’Sullivan to return for more negotiations tomorrowFri Dec 27 2013 - 06:40
Haass talks adjourn without agreementUS diplomat debating whether to return to Belfast this weekend for further discussionsTue Dec 24 2013 - 12:22
Parties in intensive negotiations with Richard Haass late last night“It’s going to be an interesting evening,” says US diplomat as he and North’s parties aim for a Christmas dealTue Dec 24 2013 - 01:00
Haass works on new plan as NI parties reject latest dealUS diplomat says it is best to leave flags to a Patten-style commission which would report in 2015Mon Dec 23 2013 - 17:24
Haass talks stall but efforts to continue into next weekFormer US diplomat says he will leave ‘no stone unturned’ in attempt to reach deal on issues surrounding parades, the past and flagsFri Dec 20 2013 - 19:22
Court hears plea to spare Marian Price jail sentencePrice admitted providing phone used to claim Real IRA attackThu Dec 19 2013 - 14:25
Haass finalising proposals on parades, flags and the pastUS diplomat expected to present paper to North’s five main parties todayThu Dec 19 2013 - 12:46
Cameron, Gilmore and Villiers call for compromise in Haass talksBritish prime minister says there should be ‘give and take’ over parades, the past and flagsThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:04
Donations to Vincent de Paul in North holding up but charity feeling the strainPeople still ‘incredibly generous’, whether ‘Orange or Green’ or neitherThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Richard Haass presenting updated proposals to Northern parties todayProgress on parades and the past but still problems over flagsWed Dec 18 2013 - 01:20
Richard Haass’s ‘modest proposal’ challenges partiesUnionist response triggers claims of political grandstandingTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Haass proposes new body to investigate Troubles killingsDiplomat’s plan calls for replacement of Parades Commission and a new Northern Ireland flagMon Dec 16 2013 - 14:13
New Parades Commission appointedHaass talks also strive to achieve deal on disputed flags and past before ChristmasSat Dec 14 2013 - 08:34
Explosion in Belfast city centre after bomb warningExchange Street area was busy with Christmas shoppers when blast occurredFri Dec 13 2013 - 20:50
Robinson would back limited immunityHaass talks step up a gear as US diplomat briefs Taoiseach and TánaisteFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Man arrested after assault rifle attack on police in north BelfastTwo dissident attacks in Belfast in two days a ‘worrying trend’, says SDLP’s Alex AttwoodMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
What Richard has to doCan a US diplomat solve the North’s most intractable problems before Christmas?Sat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Nailing their colours to the mastUlster, Irish, British or European? In Mark Carruthers’s new book about identity in Northern Ireland, artists’ insights are richer than politicians’Sat Dec 07 2013 - 01:00
Consultation on widening abortion legislation in Northern IrelandAny changes would apply to narrow range of cases, says justice MinisterFri Dec 06 2013 - 01:01
Late Garda commissioner criticised over handling of collusion warningsSmithwick report raises serious questions about how Garda HQ dealt with concernsThu Dec 05 2013 - 01:03
Link to Loughgall ambush sealed RUC officer’s fatePoliceman appeared on TV displaying captured IRA weapons after SAS operationWed Dec 04 2013 - 06:44
‘Incredible and shocking’, says murdered officer’s sonDUP calls on Government to acknowledge ‘role played by Dublin during the Troubles’Wed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
As Liam Adams is convicted, focus turns to what SF leader knewGerry Adams was aware of abuse allegation against his brother as far back as 1987Thu Nov 28 2013 - 07:56
Liam Adams sentenced to 16 years for raping his daughterAine Adams says result of trial is ‘much too little too late’Wed Nov 27 2013 - 22:30
Liam Adams jailed for 16 years for repeatedly raping daughterBrother of Sinn Féin president sexually abused his eldest daughter Áine when she was aged between four and nineWed Nov 27 2013 - 14:44
Ecumenical service for ‘pilgrim of peace’ Fr Alec ReidCeremony attended by Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and unionist representativesWed Nov 27 2013 - 07:02
Baggott says dissidents in ‘bizarre’ competitionTerrifying experience for driver forced to transport bomb to Belfast city centreTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Ambitious City of Culture finale will light up DerryLumiere festival in Durham was unforgettable, and the company behind it has exciting plans for DerryTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Fr Alec Reid welcomed back to west Belfast‘We owe him a great debt of gratitude’Tue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
A priest on the podium as Robinson prepares DUP troops for election battleAnalysis: a little bit of history was made at the DUP annual conferenceMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
No distinction between loyalist and republican violence, says RobinsonDUP leader primes party at conference for local and European elections next MaySun Nov 24 2013 - 23:13
Haass says Larkin proposal ‘instructive’US diplomat learns from ‘scale and intensity’ of responseSat Nov 23 2013 - 07:51
North’s DPP seeks PSNI inquiry on shoot-to-kill policy claimsBarra McGrory views allegations against British army undercover force with ‘great concern’Sat Nov 23 2013 - 07:43
Sinn Féin are ‘failures and they know it ’, DUP deputy leader saysNigel Dodds launches full-scale attack on main partner in Northern ExecutiveFri Nov 22 2013 - 20:37
North’s peacemaker priest Fr Alec Reid dies in DublinTipperary priest was best known for his work during TroublesFri Nov 22 2013 - 15:21
Tributes paid to ‘pillar’ of the peace process Fr Alec ReidAdams: He was also a very good friend of mine, of my wife, of my familyFri Nov 22 2013 - 12:40
Larkin was within rights to make his ‘unacceptable’ proposals about the past, says RobinsonFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
British to investigate claims on 1972 shoot-to-kill policyAmnesty calls for inquiry into allegations of undercover army drive-by killingsFri Nov 22 2013 - 01:00
History can help reconciliation, President Higgins says in BelfastPresident praises role of Ian PaisleyThu Nov 21 2013 - 23:18
