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‘Nobody’s in charge’: is power sharing still working in Northern Ireland?

Feuding parties and crumbling public services damaging public’s faith in Stormont, 28 years on from Good Friday agreementThe Good Friday agreement appeared over Northern Ireland li...

Northern Ireland Troubles Bill passes Commons vote

The UK government's planned reforms on laws around immunity and prosecutions on crimes during the Troubles will be debated in the next parliamentary session after support from MPs.

Stephen Goss: How the rest of the UK risks becoming more like a Northern Ireland we’ve all been trying to leave behind

Northern Ireland demonstrates what happens when identity becomes the primary organising principle of politics. Compromise becomes betrayal, opponents become enemies, and institutio...

Privileged place of faith in Northern Ireland schools ‘under threat’ Irish Synod hears

EDUCATION in Northern Ireland has largely become “a political football” for lack of funding, a Board of Education report put before the Church of Ireland’s General Synod for its ad...

United Ireland: On the contrary, Northern Ireland is not a burden, it brings fresh opportunities

When it comes to a border poll and Irish unity, Northern Ireland is often painted as a liability and not the dynamic economy it actually is, writes Emma DeSouza.

Celtic Alliance have 'huge opportunity' to escape the Union, says Sinn Fein MP

SCOTLAND, Wales and Northern Ireland have an “enormous opportunity” to speak with “one voice” to escape Westminster chaos following historic election results, a Sinn Fein MP has sa...

The disunited kingdom

by Charlie Napier, The Critic The establishment must confront the disturbing realities of sectarian politics in the UK Slowly, and by no means surely, the British political establi...

SNP, Plaid Cymru and Sinn Fein meet to discuss 'historic election results'

THE First Minister of Northern Ireland has met with the SNP and Plaid Cymru in a bid to work together to secure each country’s right to “national self-determination” ...

Leadership mess an extension of Westminster's Brexit 'chaos' slams Sinn Fein minister

Political “chaos” at Westminster is leading people to turn away from the Union, a Northern Irish government minister has said.

Historic elections 'show future beyond constraints of Union', Michelle O'Neill says

THE Scottish and Welsh parliament elections show people are looking to “a future beyond the constraints of the Union”, the First Minister of Northern Ireland has said ...

Just Transition Commission to be established in Northern Ireland

The Northern Ireland Assembly decision to approve legislation to establish a Just Transition Commission has been hailed by Minister for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs A...

Food Systems in Northern Ireland Are Growing Stronger

Northern Ireland is a region of the United Kingdom (U.K.) made up of six counties on the northeast side of the island of Ireland. The Government of Ireland Act separated Northern I...

Taoiseach calls for ‘continued progress’ on NI legacy law after UK government wins case

UK’s highest court upholds Northern Secretary’s appeal against Belfast rulings on human rights issues

Under the bonnet of Sinn Féin: Ard Fheis shows a party in flux and unsure of its path

Sinn Féin closed ranks on leadership concerns as divisions surfaced at the Ard Fheis in Belfast this weekend.

Most Northern Ireland residents who voted for Brexit believe it has failed, poll finds

Despite dwindling support, Queens University study finds ‘leaver’ and ‘remainer’ identities are valued

Tionscadal logainmneacha Thuaisceart Éireann fágtha gan maoiniú agus ceisteanna á chur ar Aire

Tá ceisteanna á chur ó thuaidh tar éis gur chinn an Aire Phobail Gordon Lyons (DUP) deireadh a chur le maoiniú do thogra a chuir leaganacha údarásacha de logainmneacha Gaeilge ar f...

Cross-party support achieved for NI ANC bill

Cross-party support has been achieved at the Northern Ireland Assembly for an Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Private Members’ Bill. The proposed legislation has been introduced...

UK union is 'cracking at the seams' - O'Neill

The Sinn Féin vice-president was speaking at the party's annual ard fheis (conference), which is being held in Belfast.

UK Election Heralds a New Era in Devolved Politics

Government Delays and Promises to Change Starmer’s Hated Troubles Bill

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn has announced in a written Commons statement that the reviled Troubles Bill will be amended and delayed before reappearing in the next parlia...

Stephen Goss: The challenge of tackling a cost of living crisis is most acute in Northern Ireland

The gap between what is promised and what can be delivered is now visible in every delayed project, every overstretched service, and every emergency negotiation with HM Treasury. T...

‘Seismic change’: how election wins for nationalists in Celtic nations could reshape UK

With polls suggesting Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Sinn Féin could be in power after May vote, constitutional challenges may lie aheadIn four weeks, the shape of British politics is li...

Jeffrey Donaldson: consequential figure in four-decade political career before arrest

Former UUP man led Belfast Agreement walkout, broadening DUP’s support base

Watch: Referendums on Irish unity can happen by 2030 - SF

As Sinn Féin holds its Ard Fheis in Belfast, party leader Mary Lou McDonald is delivering her keynote address to delegates.