ANALYSIS | FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN HISTORY, IRELAND WAS MORE POWERFUL THAN BRITAIN THIS WEEK

The deal will please the government in Dublin and most voters in Northern Ireland, who predominantly favored staying in the European Union in last year's referendum... READ MORE›

NORTHERN IRELAND PARTIES AT AN IMPASSE, CREATING HEADACHES FOR BRITAIN

The move is a major step towards a return to direct rule from London, which many fear would destabilize the delicate political balance in Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

IRELAND IS CAUGHT BETWEEN BREXITEERS AND BRUSSELS

Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland o So Arlene Foster thinks a Corbyn-led government would be disastrous for Northern Ireland ... READ MORE›

DIRECT RULE GETS CLOSER IN N. IRELAND AS LONDON ASSUMES BUDGET CONTROL

Devolved government is on the verge of coming to an end in Northern Ireland with the decision by London to take over the territory's budget... READ MORE›

UK GOVERNMENT FACES LEGAL CHALLENGE TO ITS ALLIANCE WITH NORTH IRISH PARTY

In April 2017, with opinion polls suggesting she had a double-digit lead over the opposition Labour Party, she called a snap election, hoping to increase her majority... READ MORE›

MANY PREGNANCIES SHORTER THAN POWERSHARING CRISIS, SAYS FRUSTRATED TAOISEACH

The Taoiseach has expressed frustration at the length of time the powersharing crisis has lasted in Northern Ireland, pointing out that many pregnancies are shorter... READ MORE›

BROKENSHIRE URGES NORTHERN IRELAND POLITICIANS TO REACH POWERSHARING AGREEMENT

But my ultimate responsibility is to the people of Northern Ireland... READ MORE›

GAME OF THRONES HELPED N IRELAND HEAD FOR BUSIEST TOURIST YEAR, SAYS TOURISM NI

Hit fantasy drama Game Of Thrones has helped place Northern Ireland on course for its busiest tourist year ever... READ MORE›

BOMBARDIER TURNS TO EUROPE IN US TRADE ROW

But it also elicited a strong reaction in Northern Ireland, where the company builds the wings for the CSeries... READ MORE›

I EXPECTED IRISH LANGUAGE ACT AFTER DEVOLUTION WAS RESTORED

Northern Ireland has been without a first and deputy first minister since January and a functioning executive since March... READ MORE›

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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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

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›

'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›

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›

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›

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›

'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›

LONDON GIVES N IRELAND MORE TIME FOR POWER-SHARING DEAL

The British government has given Northern Ireland's largest political parties extra time to form a power-sharing regional government, after a deadline to resolve their differences expired... 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›

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›

REAL IRISH PEOPLE AREN'T IMPRESSED BY AMERICAN 'PLASTIC PADDYS'

My roots run further and deeper in Ulster than those surrounding me and yet, in one fell swoop, they've decreed what Irish nationality is... 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›

'THEY ARE NOT REAL MUSLIMS, JUST AS IRA CLAIMED TO BE CATHOLIC'

The only difference between these and IS is that Islamic State terrorists now choose to broadcast their actions to the world via the internet... READ MORE›

TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY LAYS WREATH AT THE WAR MEMORIAL IN ENNISKILLEN

Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers and First Minister Peter Robinson also attended the event at Belfast City Hall... READ MORE›