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›

ALMOST HALF OF 'OLDER PRISONERS' IN IRISH JAILS ARE SERVING TIME FOR SEX OFFENCES

The Irish Prison Service IPS defines an older person as someone over 55 while the IPRT study is based on prisoners over 50... READ MORE›

AMERICAN WOMAN STABBED TO DEATH IN LONDON RAMPAGE BY 'MENTALLY ILL' NORWEGIAN-SOMALIAN KNIFEMAN AS POLICE FIND NO LINK TO TERRORISM

Russell Square attack American woman stabbed to death in London rampage by 'mentally ill' Norwegian-Somalian knifeman as police find no link to terrorism... 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›

REMEMBER 1916, WHEN WE HAD GUTS AND SELF-ESTEEM?

Thomas J Clarke, Sean Mac Diarmada, Thomas MacDonagh, Padraig Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, James Connolly and Joseph Plunkett... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF FISH DEAD NEAR BALLYCLARE, COUNTY ANTRIM

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

NOTORIOUS PREDATOR MURPHY ARRESTED OVER FALSE IMPRISONMENT OF WOMEN IN MONTH SINCE RELEASE FROM PRISON

GARDAI were continuing to question one of Ireland's most notorious predators last night after his dramatic arrest for the false imprisonment of two women in Dublin... 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›

CONVICTED DOUBLE MURDERER MARK NASH SAYS HIS LIFE IS UNDER THREAT IN JAIL

During the one hour he gets out of his cell, he is jeered by other prisoners whose cells overlook the exercise yard... 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›

'SINN FEIN TRY TO REWRITE HISTORY BY LINKING RISING TO PROVISIONALS'

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has accused Sinn Fein of a deeply cynical and dangerous attempt to exploit the heroes of 1916 ... 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›

AS OBAMA LEAVES THE WORLD STAGE

A front-page headline in Israel's most widely circulated daily, Israel Hayom, summed up the feeling Barack Obama, the worst U.S. president in history... READ MORE›

TRUMP SOON TO GET SOBERING REALITY CHECK, OBAMA SAYS

President Barack Obama cautioned against dire predictions for Donald Trump's presidency Monday, saying his Republican successor faces a reality check if he... READ MORE›

ANTI-DONALD TRUMP PROTESTS ERUPT ACROSS US AS CITIES DECLARE BILLIONAIRE 'NOT MY PRESIDENT'

Anti-Donald Trump protests erupt across US as cities declare billionaire 'Not My President'... READ MORE›

OBAMA MAKING STRONG EFFORT TO BOOST BLACK VOTER TURNOUT FOR CLINTON

Obama said early voting is up among Hispanics, but not among black voters... READ MORE›

AMERICAN PSYCHO SYSTEM A 'CO-WORKER OF GOD'

US President Barack Obama made his eighth - and final - address to the United Nations General Assembly this week... READ MORE›

OBAMA PAINTS TRUMP AS NO FRIEND OF THE WORKING CLASS

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks during a campaign event in support of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Philadelphia, Sept. 13, 2016... READ MORE›

CLINTON PNEUMONIA: HILLARY CLINTON TO RESUME CAMPAIGNING THURSDAY; SHE'S BEEN RECUPERATING FROM PNEUMONIA

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton plans to resume campaigning Thursday, spokesman Nick Merrill said Tuesday... READ MORE›

TRUMP, CLINTON PLANNING THEIR TRANSITIONS SIDE-BY-SIDE IN WASHINGTON

John McCain Ariz., the GOP nominee that year, ran his operation out of the campaign's headquarters in Arlington, Va., and on a shoestring budget of 25,000 to 30,000... READ MORE›

BARACK OBAMA SAYS 'AMERICA IS NOT AS DIVIDED AS SOME HAVE SUGGESTED' IN THE WAKE OF DALLAS POLICE SHOOTINGS

The black community is much closer to the police than in other cities... READ MORE›

BREXIT AND US: HOW BRITISH EU EXIT WOULD AFFECT AMERICANS

If Britain votes Thursday to split from the European Union, the impact of so-called Brexit is likely to reverberate across the Atlantic... READ MORE›

MCCAIN: OBAMA 'DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE' FOR ORLANDO SHOOTING

So the responsibility for it lies with President Barack Obama and his failed policies, McCain said... READ MORE›

TRUMP RENEWS CALL FOR MUSLIM BAN AFTER ORLANDO SHOOTING

Trump has been increasingly virulent in his remarks targeting Muslims since the deadly Paris attacks, and again after the San Bernardino shooting attack in California... READ MORE›