UK GOVERNMENT RULES OUT BRITISH-IRISH JOINT RULE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

Britain's former Northern Ireland secretary of state Peter Hain accused the UK government of being hands off rather than hands on during this escalating crisis ... READ MORE›

GOVERNMENTS ACCEPT ELECTION LIKELY AMID NORTHERN IRELAND TURMOIL

Sinn Fein Stormont health minister Michelle O'Neill said Martin made his position very clear when he placed his resignation in the Assembly on Monday... READ MORE›

MAY: NORTHERN IRELAND CRISIS MUSTN'T JEOPARDISE PEACE

McGuinness is a Nationalist, whose Sinn Fein party wants Northern Ireland to be united with the Republic of Ireland... READ MORE›

UK'S NORTHERN IRELAND SECRETARY PUSHING FOR RESOLUTION TO STORMONT CRISIS

After meeting Mr Brokenshire in Belfast, Northern Ireland's Sinn Fein health minister Michelle O'Neill said the UK Government needs to press ahead and call a poll... READ MORE›

MARTIN MCGUINNESS, SINN FEIN OFFICIAL, QUITS NORTHERN IRELAND GOVERNMENT, SETTING OFF SHAKE-UP

Top Catholic Quits Northern Ireland Government Shake-Up Ensues... READ MORE›

MARTIN MCGUINNESS, SINN FEIN OFFICIAL, QUITS NORTHERN IRELAND GOVERNMENT, SETTING OFF SHAKE-UP

Top Catholic Quits Northern Ireland Government Shake-Up Ensues... READ MORE›

UUP DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM NORTHERN IRELAND EXECUTIVE

The Ulster Unionist Party UUP has confirmed that it will leave Northern Ireland's ruling Executive... 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›

NORTHERN IRELAND FACES CRISIS AS UNIONIST FIRST MINISTER RESIGNS

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

GRAFFITI ON GEORGE DUDDY'S COLERAINE HOME IS 'HATE CRIME' POLICE SAY

SDLP MLA John Dallat said on Monday Councillor Duddy should be allowed to represent in the area without these attacks... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF FISH DEAD NEAR BALLYCLARE, COUNTY ANTRIM

Six mile water dozens of fish dead near ballyclare county antrim... READ MORE›

'WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO'

Aherlow House Hotel in County Tipperary confirmed on Thursday it has ceased trading with immediate effect, with job losses for more than 25 hotel staff... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND POWER-SHARING ON THE BRINK AS PETER ROBINSON STANDS DOWN

Democratic Unionist leader Mr Robinson has asked current DUP finance minister Arlene Foster to remain in the Executive and take over as acting First Minister... READ MORE›

BRITAIN, IRELAND URGE TALKS AS NORTHERN IRELAND POWER-SHARING ON BRINK OF COLLAPSE

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he was extremely concerned about the political crisis in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

LONDON MINORITIES FEAR XENOPHOBIC ONSLAUGHT AS BRITS BOLT FOR IRISH, OTHER EU PASSPORTS

Referendum, there has been a spike in interest in Irish passports in Northern Ireland, Great Britain and elsewhere, Irish Foreign Minister Charlie Flanagan said... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND VOTES TO APPROVE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE ONLY TO SEE IT BLOCKED

A majority of members of the Northern Ireland Assembly voted on Monday to legalise same-sex marriage, but Protestant ethos drove opponents to immediately manoeuvre... READ MORE›

BERNIE SANDERS TELLS STEPHEN COLBERT HE IS DIFFERENT FROM DONALD TRUMP, TAKES SHOT AT BILL O'REILLY [VIDEO]

Sanders appeared on CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Wednesday after his massive victory in New Hampshire... READ MORE›

Cameron said it would allow Northern Ireland to genuinely begin to overcome the key outstanding issues which have been unresolved since the Belfast Agreement... 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›

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›

TAOISEACH FORCED TO SCRAP PLANS FOR NORTH-SOUTH 'ALL-IRELAND FORUM' TO DEAL WITH BREXIT

And Ms Foster also stressed that it was the London government's job to negotiate on behalf of Northern Ireland as part of the UK process to quit the EU... READ MORE›

RECENT BREXIT VOTE MAKES PROSPECT OF A UNITED IRELAND SUDDENLY THINKABLE

Protestant unionists are queuing for Irish passports in Belfast and once quiet Catholic nationalists are openly campaigning for a united Ireland, signs of... READ MORE›

PRO-EU SCOTS, NORTHERN IRISH EYE U.K. ESCAPE AFTER BREXIT VOTE

Kenny emerged saying his government's top priority was to minimize damage to Ireland's exports-driven economy, not to open old wounds in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

EURO 2016: PARTICIPATING NATIONS SET UP CAMP IN FRANCE

Germany head into the competition having won the 2014 World Cup... READ MORE›

IRELAND SEEKS PEACEFUL PATH TO MARKING 1916 EASTER RISING

Nationalist voices from Northern Ireland have been largely absent from the state coverage of the commemorations... READ MORE›

FIANNA FAIL TRUCE WILL ALLOW KENNY TO CONTINUE AS TAOISEACH

Micheal Martin's party will not join Fine Gael coalition but will avoid bringing down minority government in Ireland... READ MORE›

IRISH ELECTION: PRIME MINISTER ENDA KENNY ADMITS DEFEAT

Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, who have taken turns ruling Ireland since 1932, would likely have enough seats between them to form a coalition government... READ MORE›

KEY ADVISOR ADMITS FINE GAEL 'REAPING WHIRLWIND' OF ERROR-RIDDEN CAMPAIGN

ONE of Enda Kenny's key advisors has said Fine Gael is now reaping the whirlwind of mistakes made in its general election campaign... READ MORE›

1985 STATE PAPERS: ANGLO-IRISH DEAL PAVED THE WAY FOR AN EVENTUAL...

There was to be an Inter-Governmental Conference, headed by Britain's Northern Ireland Secretary and Dublin's Minister for Foreign Affairs... READ MORE›

'TAOISEACH WILL SAY ANYTHING TO GET ELECTED'

He said Mr Kenny spent 10 years telling the electorate Fine Gael will implement UHI if elected to Government... READ MORE›