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IRISH GOVERNMENT MUST MAKE FULL DISCLOSURE ABOUT KINGSMILL KILLINGS, UUP URGES
Meanwhile, Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams called for a progressive consensus on equality in the next Assembly... 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›
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›
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›
IRISH NATIONALIST PARTY SURGES IN NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTION AMID BREXIT ANXIETY
The big winner from Saturday's final results to fill the Northern Ireland Assembly is the Irish nationalist party that triggered the vote, Sinn Fein... READ MORE›
FOUR FORMER NORTHERN IRELAND MINISTERS IN POWERSHARING ADMINISTRATION LOSE THEIR SEATS, AS SINN FEIN AND DUP LEAD
The UUP's deputy leader also perished amid a rising tide of Sinn Fein support across Northern Ireland... READ MORE›
NORTHERN IRELAND ASSEMBLY ELECTION POLL AND ODDS
The Northern Ireland Assembly election will take place on Thursday 2 March, with the two dominant parties of unionism and nationalism... READ MORE›
ARLENE FOSTER ON IRISH LANGUAGE ACT
In response to Mrs Foster's comments, Sinn Fein's Gerry Adams joked See you later, alligator ... READ MORE›
POST-BREXIT HARD BORDER WOULD BE 'DISASTER' FOR IRELAND, FORMER MINISTER WARNS
A post-Brexit hard border would be a disaster for Ireland, former minister for foreign affairs Dermot Ahern has warned... READ MORE›
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›
'HIGH PROBABILITY' OF ELECTION AFTER STORMONT ADMINISTRATION FRACTURES
Sinn Fein Stormont minister Michelle O'Neill said Martin made his position very clear when he placed his resignation in the Assembly on Monday... READ MORE›
DUP MINISTER BACKTRACKS ON CUTTING IRISH LANGUAGE SCHEME AMID STORMONT CRISIS
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams branded Mr Givan an ignoramus for his original decision to cut the bursary... 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›
SDLP TITANS JOHN HUME AND SEAMUS MALLON SPLIT ON ISSUE OF IRISH UNITY
He also challenged Hume's view that Irish unity, of necessity, would have to be a very long-term prospect... READ MORE›
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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›
SHOCK POLL REVEALS COALITION IN MELTDOWN
Today's poll, though, shows a new political party could compete with Sinn Fein to secure the support of an alienated electorate... READ MORE›
NORTHERN IRELAND FACES CRISIS AS UNIONIST FIRST MINISTER RESIGNS
On those occasions, Northern Ireland reverted to direct rule from London... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN MEMBER ARRESTED IN N IRELAND KILLING
His ultimatum followed the arrest of Bobby Storey, a Sinn Fein leader and former I.R.A... 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›
BREXIT: SCOTLAND AND N IRELAND RECONSIDER TIES TO UK
A second Scottish independence referendum is highly likely and should take place before Britain leaves the European Union, Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN THE MOST POPULAR PARTY IN IRELAND
Sinn Fein at 26pc are four points ahead of Fine Gael on 22pc while Fiann Fail are stagnant at 20pc... 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›
'GERRY ADAMS TOLD US HE WAS THE LEADER OF IRA AND SINN FEIN'
'Gerry Adams told us he was the leader of IRA and Sinn Fein'... 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›
LEO VARADKAR SLAMS 'SINISTER FRINGE' TO WATER PROTESTS
Gardia were forced to restrain protesters yesterday after they attempted to confront Taoiseach Enda Kenny in the ongoing public outcry over water charges... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN'S 'ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN' OF INTIMIDATION AGAINST RTE
At the conclusion of the election, an internal review noted that there had been 'a campaign orchestrated by Sinn Fein supporters'... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN FIGURE AT 'COURT MARTIAL' IN GAA CLUBHOUSE
She told her suspicions to another senior Sinn Fein figure, who promised to have them investigated internally and the abuser punished... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN COSY UP TO FF FOR COALITION DEAL
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has opened the door to a future coalition with Fianna Fail... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN TO END POLICY OF TDS TAKING AVERAGE INDUSTRIAL WAGE FROM EUR87K SALARY
In a significant development, the party is set to end the process of its TDs drawing the average industrial wage from their EUR87,000 Dail salaries... READ MORE›
PSNI'S STUNNING ADMISSION THAT IRA STILL EXISTS
Mr Quinn was one of more than 40 people murdered by the Provisional IRA since it announced a cessation of violence in 1997... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN ROCKED BY RESIGNATION OF ENTIRE BRANCH ORGANISATION IN PROTEST AT TREATMENT OF COUNCILLORS
A total of 15 Fermoy cumann members indicated their intention to resign in protest at the treatment of Councillor Kieran McCarthy and Councillor Melissa Mullane... READ MORE›
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IS DEADLIEST PLACE TO LIVE IN IRISH AND BRITISH ISLES
The Republic of Ireland is the deadliest place to live in the Irish and British isles... READ MORE›
GARDAI INVESTIGATE 'SLIT YOUR THROAT' DEATH THREAT MADE AGAINST FINE GAEL TD
One message warned that Ms Doherty's throat would be slit as a result of her comments made during the debate... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN ON THE RUN AFTER IRA TERROR CELL CLAIMS ROCK THE NORTH
Fianna Fail justice spokesman Niall Collins said it was critically important that Sinn Fein step back and allow the PSNI to investigate the murder... READ MORE›
IRA MURDERED MCGUIGAN OVER KILLING OF 'SUPREMO'
Davison as 'chief of staff' and who still lives in a modest family home in west Belfast but is secretly wealthy. Another Belfast man, a member of an IRA 'aristocracy'... READ MORE›
230K HOMES LYING EMPTY AS 6,000 OFFICIALLY HOMELESS
There are up to 130,000 households on local authority housing waiting lists... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN'S MARY LOU MCDONALD ACCUSED OF 'DISGRACEFUL POLITICAL STUNT' IN BIZARRE DAIL SIT-IN
Ms McDonald refused to leave the chamber after she was formally suspended following a vote by TDs... READ MORE›
ARMY COUNCIL OVERSEES SINN FEIN AND IRA, PROVO MEMBERS BELIEVE
Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern challenged Sinn Fein to explain assertions in the report of a belief that the party remains influenced by the army council... READ MORE›
SINN FEIN WILL GO INTO COALITION WITH ANY PARTY
GERRY ADAMS has said Sinn Fein is open to forming a coalition with any party depending on the outcome of the general election... READ MORE›
'A VOTE FOR SINN FEIN IS A VOTE FOR IRA ARMY COUNCIL,' CLAIMS TANAISTE IN DAIL
Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin said that Sinn Fein treated anyone who criticised the party as an enemy of the peace ... READ MORE›
FIANNA FAIL WILL 'ABSOLUTELY' NOT GO INTO GOVERNMENT WITH SINN FEIN
Newly-announced Fianna Fail General Election candidate Mary Hanafin has come out fighting against Sinn Fein saying her party will never go into government with them... READ MORE›
MAJOR NEW PLAN TO TARGET SPIRALLING RENTS TO BE UNVEILED BY GOVERNMENT
A senior Labour source said the party is still trying to convince Fine Gael on the merits of new rent control legislation... READ MORE›
WORLD JOURNALISM ASSOCIATION CALLS ON GERRY ADAMS TO RETRACT COMMENTS ON HOLDING EDITOR 'AT GUNPOINT'
World journalism association calls on Gerry Adams to retract comments on holding editor 'at gunpoint'... READ MORE›