MOTHER-OF-TWO FELL INTO WATER AFTER CHECKING BOAT WAS SECURED TO JETTY

Lough Erne and Devenish Island is often pictured as a scene of beauty but today it is the scene of such tragic circumstances... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE 'CANNOT BE BREXIT TALKS BARGAINING CHIP'

The Irish Government said the paper from London's Department for Exiting the European Union i's timely and helpful as it offers more clarity... READ MORE›

BRITAIN SEEKS 'FLEXIBILITY AND IMAGINATION' ON POST-BREXIT NORTHERN IRELAND BORDER

But there has also been speculation that the UK's determination to set its own trade rules would require customs checks at the border with the EU... READ MORE›

SINN FEIN DEMAND 'REAL SOLUTION' TO IRISH BORDER ISSUES AFTER BREXIT

The republican party dismissed any suggestion trade movement between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic could be monitored by technology as nonsense and impossible to deliver ... READ MORE›

FAR-RIGHT BRITAIN FIRST TO STAND FOR ELECTIONS IN NI

The theme will basically be Britain First coming to Northern Ireland, and it will be to gain more support... READ MORE›

PSNI OFFICERS AND GARDAI TAKE PART IN BELFAST'S PRIDE PARADE

Uniformed officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland and An Garda Siochana have taken part in Belfast's gay Pride parade for the first time... READ MORE›

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND A MATTER OF TIME, SAYS VARADKAR

Leo varadkar same-sex marriage in northern ireland 'only a matter of time'... READ MORE›

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN NORTHERN IRELAND 'ONLY A MATTER OF TIME'

Leo Varadkar Same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland 'only a matter of time'... READ MORE›

UK MUST LISTEN TO VIEWS OF IRISH PM ON BREXIT, CAMPAIGNERS SAY

He wants Britain to remain in the single market... READ MORE›

IRELAND WILL NOT HELP BRITAIN DESIGN BORDER, LEO VARADKAR SAYS

Political leaders in Dublin, London, Belfast and Europe are agreed on the need to avoid a return to the hard border of the Northern Ireland conflict... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRISH WOMEN WIN ACCESS TO FREE ABORTIONS AS MAY AVERTS REBELLION

Government agrees to fund abortions in england for northern ireland women to avert commons defeat... READ MORE›

'I'M A PROTESTANT, AND SHE'S A CATHOLIC:' BELFAST FRIENDS WORRY OVER POLITICAL STALEMATE

Brexit is the single most devastating impact to Northern Ireland, says Kellie Armstrong, a member of the assembly for the cross-community Alliance Party... READ MORE›

U.K.'S MAY MAKES DEAL SHE NEEDS TO GOVERN, BUT CRITICS ABOUND

Democratic Unionist Party leader Arlene Foster said the agreement would address the unique circumstances of Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

U.K. LEADER MAY STRIKES SUPPORT DEAL, AGREES TO ?1 BILLION IN NORTHERN IRELAND EXTRA SPENDING

Today we have reached an agreement with the Conservative Party on support for government in parliament, DUP leader Arlene Foster said in Downing Street... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRELAND'S DUP

-- Jeremy Corbyn jeremycorbyn June 26, 2017 DUP leaders had previously said that an agreement with the Conservatives will offer stable British government... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY REACHES DEAL WITH DUP LEADER TO PROP UP U.K. GOVERNMENT

The latest deadline set by the British government for the parties in Northern Ireland to reach an agreement was this Thursday... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND NEEDS 'SPECIAL STATUS' AFTER BREXIT, SAYS IRISH GOVERNMENT

As the Belfast Agreement makes clear, Northern Ireland is an integral part of the United Kingdom until its people say otherwise, he said... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND 'PERHAPS MOST VULNERABLE TO BAD BREXIT DEAL', WARNS COVENEY

Northern Ireland is potentially the part of Europe most vulnerable to the impact of a bad Brexit deal, the foreign minister has warned... READ MORE›

LEO VARADKAR MEETS THERESA MAY AS HE AIMS TO RENEW IRELAND'S CLOSE BOND WITH UK

Ireland's new premier Leo Varadkar said he wants to renew the close bond with the UK ahead of talks with Theresa May in Downing Street... READ MORE›

MAY'S DUP DALLIANCE ADDS FUEL TO UK'S POLITICAL TURBULENCE

With some desperation, she is attempting to form a coalition with Northern Ireland's hardline Democratic Unionist Party... READ MORE›

WEAKENED MAY NAMES NEW U.K. CABINET AS CRITICS CIRCLE, CORBYN EYES NEW ELECTION

Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May appointed ministers to her shaky government Sunday, as some Conservative colleagues rallied to support her -- a... READ MORE›

THERESA MAY NAMES CABINET AS SOME CONSERVATIVE COLLEAGUES SAY HER DAYS ARE NUMBERED

I don't think Theresa May and this government have any credibility, Corbyn said, predicting that there could be another election within months... READ MORE›

BELEAGUERED U.K. PRIME MINISTER NAMES NEW CABINET AS CRITICS CIRCLE

To stay in power, the Conservatives are seeking support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party... READ MORE›

IRISH PREMIER WARNS MAY NOT TO PUT GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT AT RISK

Earlier, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said a DUP Tory agreement would not necessarily undermine the Northern Ireland peace process... READ MORE›

A PARTY AGAINST WOMEN'S RIGHTS, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ABORTION AND DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE

The DUP also opposes women's right to abortion, which remains illegal in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

BRITISH VOTERS WAKE UP AND ASK

DUBLIN - British voters spent Friday frantically Googling the name of a small Northern Irish party whose 10 seats hold the balance of power in Parliament... READ MORE›

BRITAINS ELECTION WHAT THE DUP IS AND WHAT IT WANTS

This deal stipulated that the largest Protestant and Catholic parties should jointly share power in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

WHAT IS THE DEMOCRATIC UNIONIST PARTY AND COULD DUP BLOCK BREXIT?

UK election What is the Democratic Unionist Party and could DUP block Brexit?... READ MORE›

MEET THE SMALL PARTY SET FOR A BIG ROLE IN KEEPING THERESA MAY IN POWER

The party, which wants Northern Ireland to keep links with the United Kingdom, was set for another minor role in British politics... READ MORE›

HOW THE NORTHERN IRISH UNIONISTS MIGHT SAVE THERESA MAY'S BACON

And so May has spent the dawn hours at 10 Downing Street ringing her counterparts at the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, which won 10 seats... READ MORE›

WHY PEOPLE IN BRITAIN NEED TO TRY AND UNDERSTAND THE NORTHERN IRISH CONFLICT BETTER

Demographics are rarely mentioned, despite such facts as their impact on the recent Northern Ireland Assembly election... READ MORE›

DONALD TRUMP PLANS NEW DEAL FOR BRITAIN AS THERESA MAY BECOMES FIRST FOREIGN LEADER TO MEET NEW PRESIDENT SINCE INAUGURATION

Mr Trump has even taken to calling Mrs May my Maggie in reference to the close Thatcher-Reagan relationship he wants to recreate, according to sources... READ MORE›

A REUNITED IRELAND? THAT COULD BE ONE OF BREXIT'S SIDE EFFECTS

Bellow, like the majority of farmers in Northern Ireland, depends on EU farming subsidies that will disappear with Brexit... READ MORE›

BRITISH WRITER UNDER FIRE AFTER CLAIMING IRELAND HAS 'TENUOUS CLAIM TO NATIONHOOD'

Does that mean Westminster should tear up the Good Friday agreement and bid farewell to Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

MARTIN MCGUINNESS AN IRA LEADER TURNED PEACEMAKER DIES AT 66

Left unresolved was whether Northern Ireland would ever be reunited with the predominantly Catholic Irish Republic... READ MORE›

FORMER SOLDIERS FACE PROSECUTION OVER ALLEGED 1972 MURDER OF IRA MAN

Both opposed partition of Ireland and refused to recognise the governments of either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

INGENIOUS POSTMAN IN IRELAND MANAGES TO DELIVER LETTER ADDRESSED TO 'THAT BOY WITH THE GLASSES'

The letter was sent from Northern Ireland across the border to Your Man Henderson Who is doing the PhD up there at Queen's in Belfast ... READ MORE›

IRISH-PALESTINIAN SOLIDARITY FORGED BY MUTUAL STRUGGLE FOR STATEHOOD

There's a natural comparison with Northern Ireland, which many Irish people still don't believe to be part of the United Kingdom... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND VOTERS GIVE SINN FEIN ITS BIGGEST WIN EVER

Sinn Fein won 27 of 90 available posts in the Northern Ireland Assembly... READ MORE›

ON THE RUNS SCHEME 'DAMAGED INTEGRITY OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE'

The Northern Ireland Affairs committee said the one-sided, secretive scheme of letters sent to over 180 Irish republicans should never have existed... READ MORE›

EX-SOLDIER 66 IS ARRESTED IN BLOODY SUNDAY DEATHS

The massacre was a low point in the Troubles, the sectarian struggle over the status of Northern Ireland that claimed 3,600 lives and stretched over decades... READ MORE›

ELECTION PRIZE 'NEVER GREATER' - DUP

In his keynote speech to the conference, Mr Robinson also addressed unionist begrudgers who believe Northern Ireland would be better off under direct rule... READ MORE›

TRIPADVISOR REVEALS ITS TOP 10 IRISH DESTINATIONS

TripAdvisor's Top 10 Irish Destinations are Marrakech topped the list of global destinations while Siem Reap in Cambodia jumped seven places to second in the rankings... READ MORE›

SINN FEIN SURGES IN TIGHT NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTIONS

Northern Ireland voted to stay in the EU, but was overruled by a majority vote to leave in Britain as a whole... READ MORE›

TEXAS DINER GIVES WAITER $750 TIP TO VISIT FAMILY IN NORTHERN IRELAND

A waiter in Texas is given a 750 tip so he can visit his family in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

GUINNESS MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU BUT BORDERS ARE BAD, SAYS IRELAND DRINKS CHIEF

We make 6m cases of cream liqueurs between the Dublin site and the Northern Ireland site and more than 90 percent of that 6m cases is exported... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND FACES CRISIS AS UNIONIST FIRST MINISTER RESIGNS

On those occasions, Northern Ireland reverted to direct rule from London... READ MORE›

MAN STILL HELD OVER COUPLE'S DEATHS

A man is still being questioned after a married couple were found dead in a house in Carndonagh in County Donegal... READ MORE›

90 FACTS ABOUT QUEEN ELIZABETH II AS SHE TURNS 90

Queen Elizabeth II became the first British monarch to visit China in 1986... READ MORE›

THE BREXIT WILD CARD? IRELAND.

There are no signs, no custom posts or immigration control along the 300-mile invisible border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

NAZI AND CONFEDERATE FLAGS ERECTED IN IRISH TOWN ALONGSIDE PARAMILITARY FLAGS

An Orange Order spokesman said The Orange Institution is not responsible for the erection of these flags in Carrickfergus... READ MORE›

STORMONT CHAOS SET TO CAUSE MORE CUTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Amid the political deadlock in Northern Ireland, local public services and charities are struggling to stay afloat... READ MORE›

Northern Ireland relies heavily on grants from the British central government... READ MORE›

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IRELAND'S NEW POSTCODE SYSTEM

Eircode postcodes what you need to know about ireland's new postcode system irish news... READ MORE›

BRITAIN SAYS IRA LIVES ON BUT POSES NO THREAT

10 saying that it could no longer trust Sinn Fein said after the publication of the report on Tuesday that it would return... READ MORE›

IRISH REUNIFICATION REFERENDUM WOULD BE DANGEROUS, SAYS BERTIE AHERN

The Belfast agreement put the future of Northern Ireland in the hands of the people of Northern Ireland through the principle of consent... READ MORE›

SORRY DREAMERS, BREXIT DOESN'T MAKE A UNITED IRELAND INEVITABLE

The nation owes 227 billion or 81 percent of a GDP which is notoriously bloated by foreign companies taking advantage of Ireland's low corporate tax rates... READ MORE›

BERNIE SANDERS MADE PLEA TO THATCHER ON BEHALF OF IRA HUNGER STRIKERS

Mr Sanders was on the mailing list of the Vermont Committee for Irish Human Rights, which held a number of events in Burlington... READ MORE›

YOU CAN BE JAILED FOR LIFE FOR GETTING AN ABORTION IN THE U.K.

There's an assault on women's rights really across the world at the minute, says Goretti Horgan, a Northern Ireland-based pro-abortion activist and university lecturer... READ MORE›

GAY COUPLES CAN'T GET MARRIED IN NORTHERN IRELAND, BUT THEY CAN'T BE DENIED 'GAY CAKES,' EITHER

Over the last four years, the Northern Ireland assembly has debated the subject of gay marriage five times... READ MORE›