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›

NO 'BORDER OF THE PAST' FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER BREXIT, VOWS BRITISH PM

The British Prime Minister has agreed with her Irish counterpart that Brexit should not lead to a border of the past for Northern Ireland... 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›

NORTHERN IRELAND POET JOHN MONTAGUE DIES

Northern Ireland poet John Montague has died aged 87... 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›

HUNDREDS OF UK LAWYERS REGISTER IN IRELAND IN BREXIT INSURANCE MOVE

Solicitors rush to register with Law Society of Ireland as only those based in EU states can appear at the European court of justice... 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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

Northern Ireland relies heavily on grants from the British central government... 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›

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›

YOU CAN BE JAILED FOR LIFE FOR GETTING AN ABORTION IN THE U.K.

There's an assault on women's rights really across the world at the minute, says Goretti Horgan, a Northern Ireland-based pro-abortion activist and university lecturer... READ MORE›

DOZENS OF FISH DEAD NEAR BALLYCLARE, COUNTY ANTRIM

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

FROM NAGPUR TO NORTHERN IRELAND: PILL PIPELINE HELPING WOMEN GET ROUND ABORTION LAWS

After that, the World Health Organisation recommends women who take abortion pills must be in a healthcare facility... READ MORE›

CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTHERN IRELAND PUSHES AGAINST EASING OF ABORTION LAW

Both clergymen acknowledged shifting public opinion and the declining influence of the churches in Northern Ireland, as elsewhere in the UK... 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›

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›

PRIMARK FOUNDER'S SON AND GRANDSON FEARED TO HAVE DROWNED

The bodies of Mr Ryan Snr and Miss O'Connor were pulled on board a rescue boat which arrived at the scene just minutes later... READ MORE›

BELFAST BAKERS 'WOULD HAVE SINNED' IF THEY MADE GAY MARRIAGE CAKE

Lawyer for Ashers bakery owners, found guilty of discrimation, says gay marriage message goes against their religious views... READ MORE›

HAS GREAT BRITAIN'S BREXIT REFERENDUM BROUGHT IRELAND CLOSER TO REUNIFICATION?

Do the people of Northern Ireland now see their future more as part of Europe than part of the UK?... READ MORE›

'THE IRISH DON'T GET SATIRE' SAYS PROFESSOR BEHIND 5.5 MILLION HONG KONG 'PLANTATION' IN NORTHERN IRELAND

'The Irish don't get satire' says professor behind 5.5 million Hong Kong 'plantation' in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

'80S FILE SHOWS PLAN FOR HONG KONG 'TRANSPLANT' TO NORTHERN IRELAND

'80s file shows plan for Hong Kong 'transplant' to Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

FAMILIES OF STUDENTS KILLED IN TRAGEDY FLY TO US AS IRELAND MOURNS

Berkeley balcony collapse Families of students killed in tragedy fly to US as Ireland mourns... READ MORE›

PRINCE CHARLES AND CAMILLA TO VISIT IRELAND FOR THREE DAYS THIS WEEK

JUST ANNOUNCED The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will visit Northern Ireland and Ireland this week... READ MORE›

SOME 90PC OF MEDICAL STUDENTS IN IRELAND MAY EMIGRATE AFTER THEY QUALIFY

It included over 2,000 medical students in Ireland studying across the country's six medical schools... READ MORE›

8 BIGGEST CHANGES BREXIT WILL CAUSE FOR IRELAND AND THE IRISH

Britain and Ireland will be keen to make new trade arrangements... READ MORE›

EDWARD DALY PEACE-SEEKING BISHOP IN NORTHERN IRELANDS TROUBLES DIES AT 82

Bishop Daly, who is survived by two sisters, spent his retirement as a chaplain to the Foyle Hospice in Londonderry and as archivist for the diocese... READ MORE›

OBAMA HAILS NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS AS AN INSPIRATION FOR OTHER NATIONS

And that's something, our young people, they have to fight against, whether you're talking about Africa, or the Middle East, or Northern Ireland, or Burma... 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›

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›

FRENCH PRESIDENT HOLLANDE CONFIRMS CALAIS 'JUNGLE' CAMP TO CLOSE

President Francois Hollande says France will completely shut down the Jungle migrant camp in Calais... 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›

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›

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›

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›

PM CAMERON RESIGNS AS UK VOTES TO LEAVE EU

51.89 percent of the population voted to leave the European Union, while 48.11 percent voted to remain... READ MORE›

EURO 2016: PARTICIPATING NATIONS SET UP CAMP IN FRANCE

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

DAIL MEETS BUT NO TAOISEACH LIKELY TO BE ELECTED

Enda Kenny's Fine Gael lost 26 seats at the election, but remains the largest party with 50 seats... 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›