Democratic Unionist Party

Naomi Long opposes decision of Dublin and London to look at merits of appointing representative to deal with the gangs

Irish Government pledged ‘full co-operation’ with Northern inquiry but stopped short of setting up own

Only Nigel Farage’s Reform UK stayed away from Commons debate in support of Ukraine

Eleanor Donaldson faces five charges of aiding and abetting in connection with alleged offences linked to husband

Unionists are ‘allowing republicans/nationalists to get inside our heads’ and control narrative on Irish unity being ‘inevitable’

Northern unionists are far more likely to be anti-immigration compared with their nationalist counterparts, while southern nationalists sit somewhere in between

Most identify as British and would find Irish unity ‘almost impossible to accept’

Rules will continue to serve as a means of maintaining an invisible Border on the island for further four years

Concerns that Sinn Féin’s electoral setback will destabilise Stormont miss the point. The party is at greater risk of endlessly shirking difficult decisions

The flax plant might be bland and its symbolism trite, but the same could be said of the Tricolour

The DUP gives the impression of modernising at minimum speed, while being constantly tempted by conservative culture-war positions

Sinn Féin criticised recently for handling of controversies, including those of former press officer Michael McMonagle and ex-senator Niall Ó Donnghaile

MLA Phillip Brett says party has to explain if incident was ‘retaliation’ over removal of Niall Ó Donnghaile’s portrait from Belfast City Hall

The party confirmed the move in a statement, saying it had notified the PSNI after event took place over weekend

Funds will be provided under Shared Island initiative with NI department of education to be responsible for delivery of programme

Police say incident in Dungannon is being treated as suspicious

Sinn Féin figures did not know what to say about the party’s handling of job references for a former official now convicted of a child sex offence, but it was the issue they couldn’t escape

Party was contacted by British Heart Foundation in relation to Michael McMonagle in August 2023

Tough year for DUP amid Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation, losing three seats in UK election; and Brexit and its Irish Sea border complications

Party leader did not directly refer to historical sex offence charges that Jeffrey Donaldson’s faces and denies

Northern Secretary tells House of Commons ‘nothing has happened’ at stadium since announcement it would host European Championship fixtures

Political unionism must represent a changing Northern Ireland

Movement needs to focus on Northern Ireland that works and stops looking like outlier in UK

Full results for the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies

Alliance may wonder what could have been if they had run a higher-profile candidate

Finucane increased his majority to 5,612 with his closest challenger being the DUP MLA Philip Brett

Constituency had been billed as the battle of the election with some anticipating a split in the unionist vote

Kathleen McGurk was just 179 votes from taking the seat in a constituency that has been a unionist stronghold since its creation

Northern Ireland election results: DUP’s only female MP maintained her seat with Sinn Féin’s Catherine Nelson coming in second

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

Party standing aside for SDLP and Alliance in seats where they face tight races with unionists

Farage’s backing of Ian Paisley and Sammy Wilson described as ‘embarrassing’ for TUV leader Jim Allister

Robinson has been serving as interim leader since early April when Jeffrey Donaldson resigned

Current Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew rules herself out of defending seat as she is running in European elections

Former leader Donaldson, facing charges of historical sexual offences that he denies, will not seek re-election in the Lagan Valley seat

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

Jim O’Callaghan says Government could designate Northern Ireland a safe third country after Belfast judgment

Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and Edwin Poots are expected to be among those witnesses to give evidence

Leaders of both countries hold ‘very good call’ before Taoiseach spoke to North’s First Minister and Deputy First Minister

Jeffrey Donaldson’s resignation letter to DUP said he intends to contest charges, it has been reported