TIME IS SHORT TO RESTORE POWERSHARING AT STORMONT, SAYS BROKENSHIRE

Mr Brokenshire said Northern Ireland still remains without a fully functioning, powersharing devolved government... READ MORE›

MAN AND WOMAN DIE IN COLLISION INVOLVING TWO CARS AND LORRY

Gardai said the man and woman, aged in their 60s, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the main Cork to Limerick road... READ MORE›

IRISH GOVERNMENT INPUT NEEDED BEFORE DIRECT RULE CAN BE IMPOSED ON NI

Direct rule from London cannot be imposed in Northern Ireland without Irish government input, the Irish foreign affairs minister said... READ MORE›

GERRY ADAMS URGES IRISH GOVERNMENT TO BLOCK BREXIT TALKS

A good discussion was held on retaining the open border between the Republic and Northern Ireland, British Brexit Secretary David Davis said... 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›

SUSPECT ARRESTED OVER TWO VIOLENT SAN FRANCISCO-AREA ASSAULTS ABOARD COMMUTER TRAINS

Two days later, Washington hit a man in the mouth twice on a train in San Francisco, officials said... 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›

DRIVING BANS MUTUALLY RECOGNISED ON BOTH SIDES OF IRISH BORDER

Under the Ireland UK agreement, the driving disqualification is, in effect, transferred by the state which imposes it to the licence of the offender's 'home' state... READ MORE›

DUP PRIVATELY ACCEPTS BREXIT IS 'ECONOMIC DISASTER' FOR IRELAND, MURPHY CLAIMS

The DUP rubbished Mr Murphy's claim that it harboured private concerns about Brexit's economic impact... READ MORE›

FACEBOOK MAY BE ANSWER TO SILICON VALLEY'S HOUSING PROBLEM

The 1,500 Facebook housing units would be open to anyone, not just employees, and 15 percent of them would be offered at below market rates, the company said... 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›

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›

HOUSEHOLDERS SPENDING LESS ON FOOD AND MORE ON RENT AND MORTGAGES, FIGURES SHOW

Householders spending less on food and more on rent and mortgages, figures show... 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›

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›

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›

IRISH AMONG SIX DEAD IN CALIFORNIA BALCONY COLLAPSE

The police chief said it took patrolmen about two minutes to arrive on the scene... READ MORE›

HUGE RISE IN BRITONS APPLYING FOR IRISH CITIZENSHIP AFTER BREXIT VOTE

However, the number of people who could be eligible for Irish citizenship in the UK is much greater... 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›

SAN FRANCISCO GOES FROM FIRST TO WORST IN U.S. HOME-PRICE GAUGE

In April, the median price for all home sales in San Francisco County was 1.3 million, down 4 percent from a year earlier... READ MORE›

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF LUIS GONGORA

There are estimated to be 50,000 Yucatecan migrants in the San Francisco Bay Area, 90 percent of them undocumented, 80 percent of them Mayan-speaking, and 70 percent of them male... READ MORE›

THE DARK SIDE OF SILICON VALLEY

According to the most recent census data, as many as 20,000 people will experience homelessness in the county this year... READ MORE›

THE CHEAPEST CITIES TO BASE YOUR TECH STARTUP

Goodbye San Francisco and New York. Hello Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham... 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›

NORTHERN IRELAND SCHOOLGIRL PHOTOS PUT ON PORNOGRAPHIC WEBSITE

'Real problem' BBC Spotlight NI showed the images to the former head of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre CEOP, Jim Gamble... READ MORE›

'NOT MY PRESIDENT': PROTESTERS TAKE TO US STREETS OVER TRUMP VICTORY

Wednesday's demonstrations followed a night of protests around the San Francisco Bay Area and elsewhere in the country in response to Trump's political upset... READ MORE›

NEW YORK'S $15 MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BE THE HIGHEST IN THE WORLD

San Francisco Los Angeles and Seattle have all approved a 15 minimum wage for all employees in the three cities... 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›

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›

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›

UBER HIRES TWO SECURITY RESEARCHERS TO IMPROVE CAR TECHNOLOGY

Miller and Valasek won wide attention this month after demonstrating that they could hack into a moving Jeep... READ MORE›

'IRISH ARE EXTREMELY RACIST' - INDIAN MEDIA COVER XENOPHOBIC INCIDENT ON IRISH TRAIN

A number of international reports on an incident of racism on an Irish train have sparked outrage among Indian social media users... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

BRITAIN TO STRENGTHEN POST-BREXIT BORDER CONTROLS AT IRELAND'S PORTS AND AIRPORTS

Britain plans to strengthen immigration controls at Ireland's ports and airports to avoid the return of a hard border after Brexit... READ MORE›