EXCLUSIVE: THERESA MAY STARTS WORK ON NEW DUP DEAL TO STOP GOVERNMENT COLLAPSING IN JUNE 2019

Mrs May's Government will set out plans to cut Air Passenger Duty and VAT on hotels and restaurants in Northern Ireland in the new year... READ MORE›

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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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

NORTHERN IRELAND FACES CRISIS AS UNIONIST FIRST MINISTER RESIGNS

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

DONALD TRUMP OFFERS 'WARM SUPPORT' TO THERESA MAY OVER THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EMPHASISES SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

Donald Trump rang Theresa May to offer his warm support over the election, a White House spokesman said... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

MARY LOU LIKENS GERRY ADAMS TO "INTERNATIONAL SEX SYMBOL" MARTIN MCGUINNESS

SINN Fein TD Mary Lou McDonald has described her party leader Gerry Adams as an international sex symbol as she launched her General Election campaign... 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›

MICHAEL D HIGGINS AND ENDA KENNY PAY TRIBUTE AS MARTIN MCGUINNESS DIES AGED 66

Mr McGuinness was a former IRA leader in Derry who went on to play a pivotal role in the peace process... READ MORE›

DUP CHIEF STAYED THE COURSE IN NORTH'S COALITION

Peter Robinson served a 38-year apprenticeship in the shadow of that colossus of Northern politics, Ian Paisley... 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›

TRUMP, FRANCE'S MACRON CALL TO CONGRATULATE MAY ON ELECTION

Trump, France's Macron call to congratulate May on election... READ MORE›

PETER ROBINSON'S EVOLVING VIEW OF NAMA OVER THE YEARS

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson has categorically denied any link to the Project Eagle sale... READ MORE›

HOW TWO MURDERS HAVE BROUGHT STORMONT EXECUTIVE TO BRINK OF COLLAPSE

September 9 Senior republicans Mr Copeland, Mr Gillen and Mr Storey, who is Sinn Fein's northern chairman, are arrested in connection with the murder of Mr McGuigan... 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›

IRA FIGHTER TURNED PEACEMAKER MARTIN MCGUINNESS DIES

Northern Ireland's former deputy First Minister and one-time IRA commander Martin McGuinness has died aged 66, his Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein said on Tuesday... READ MORE›

UK PM MAY SAYS DUP TALKS CONTINUE BUT LONDON FIRE A REAL FOCUS

"We are continuing to have talks, but today as you will imagine, there has been a real focus on this terrible tragedy in London," she said in a televised statement... READ MORE›

DUP CALLS HALT TO STORMONT BUSINESS

The DUP has halted all but exceptional Executive meetings at Stormont until the political crisis is resolved Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson has said... READ MORE›

THE ROAD TO CRISIS IN THE NORTH

September 9 Senior republicans Mr Copeland, Mr Gillen and Mr Storey, who is Sinn Fein's northern chairman, are arrested in connection with the murder of Mr McGuigan... 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›

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›

SUSPENSION OF THE ASSEMBLY A FAMILIAR STORY SINCE PEACE

Sinn Fein's offices at Stormont are raided by the police as part of an investigation into an alleged IRA spy ring at the heart of government... READ MORE›