Northern Ireland welcomes first group of Syrian refugeesGroup of over 50 undergo security screening before being accepted on relocation schemeTue Dec 15 2015 - 18:41
Seamus Mallon has hope for party he gave his life toSDLP’s Mallon and Hume shared hard times and had rows – ‘but we never fell out’Sat Dec 12 2015 - 01:00
January visit to White House in works for North leadersOfficials planning US visit by Robinson and McGuinness before DUP leader departsFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:04
Arlene Foster is sole candidate for leadership of DUPNorth’s Minister of Finance set to assume posts of First Minister and party leaderThu Dec 10 2015 - 01:00
Sammy Wilson not to contest DUP leadershipWay now clear for Arlene Foster to be formally elected leader next weekWed Dec 9 2015 - 11:33
Arlene Foster “very humbled” by support she has receivedSammy Wilson considering whether to challenge the Fermanagh MLA for the DUP leadershipWed Dec 9 2015 - 01:00
Nigel Dodds rules himself out as next leader of DUPNorth Belfast MP makes surprise decision and endorses Arlene Foster as next leaderTue Dec 8 2015 - 11:38
Sammy Wilson considering whether to go for DUP leadershipParty thrown into disarray when Nigel Dodds announced on Monday he is not seeking the leadershipTue Dec 8 2015 - 11:29
Cost of leadership may have made decision personalDodds’s shock announcement clears the field for Foster and WilsonTue Dec 8 2015 - 01:00
Nigel Dodds rules himself out as next leader of DUPNorth Belfast MP says he favours Arlene Foster as favourite to succeed as DUP chiefMon Dec 7 2015 - 18:11
Storm Desmond results in floods, power cuts and road closuresClean-up begins across country after storm leaves trail of destructionMon Dec 7 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin rejects criticism over tweet about bombing of SyriaDUP MP Gregory Campbell accuses Francie Molloy of suffering from ‘irony by-pass’Fri Dec 4 2015 - 01:02
Majority in North favour all-Ireland soccer teamUlster University report finds GAA remains outside experience of most ProtestantsThu Dec 3 2015 - 16:30
Far-reaching decision as judge rules on issue ‘unlikely to be grasped’ by AssemblyRuling on abortion could become law without need for Assembly legislationTue Dec 1 2015 - 01:00
Catholic bishops ‘shocked and disturbed’ by abortion rulingJudge finds that current legislation in breach of European Convention on Human RightsTue Dec 1 2015 - 01:00
Belfast High Court rules abortion permissible in certain casesLandmark judgment applicable to cases of rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalityTue Dec 1 2015 - 01:00
Northern Ireland abortion law ‘breaches human rights’NI Attorney General is ‘profoundly disappointed’ and considering ‘grounds for appeal’Mon Nov 30 2015 - 14:19
Attempt to murder PSNI officers in west BelfastTwo officers inside survive attack as several bullets hit their police vehicleThu Nov 26 2015 - 23:25
UK leaving EU would be ‘leap over the cliff into the unknown’Charlie Flanagan says Government is committed to working for acceptable dealThu Nov 26 2015 - 14:29
DUP leader’s farewell gig also an implicit dual coronationPeter Robinson pays tribute to expected successors Nigel Dodds and Arlene FosterMon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
Robinson tells DUP conference his work is ‘almost done’First Minister gives final address as he prepares to step down as party leaderSat Nov 21 2015 - 15:29
DUP’s Dodds pays tribute to ‘man of granite’ RobinsonDeputy leader tells party conference outgoing First Minister ‘has delivered’Sat Nov 21 2015 - 11:39
DUP’s Foster attacks those engaged in ‘terrorist business’North’s finance minister warns against return to direct rule from LondonSat Nov 21 2015 - 11:38
Peter Robinson opens his last DUP conferenceNorth Belfast MP Nigel Dodds viewed as main contender to succeed Robinson as leaderSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Stormont’s Fresh StartThis week’s deal puts the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly back in businessSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Peter Robinson: ‘I have been on a journey like everybody else’First Minister and DUP leader reflects on his time in politics following his resignationFri Nov 20 2015 - 08:01
Peter Robinson: Nationalism won't love him, history will be kinderAnalysis: Performing political somersaults to keep Stormont going was mortifying for himThu Nov 19 2015 - 19:31
Sinn Féin under fire over welfare cuts moveSDLP accuses party of diluting devolution by giving powers back to WestminsterThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Stormont politicians begin to get back to normal businessMinister of Finance finds additional £77m for Northern Executive departmentsWed Nov 18 2015 - 13:07
Kenny and Cameron hail ‘breakthrough’ NI agreementDeadlock on welfare broken but no deal for victims and survivors of the TroublesWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
It could be a case of third time lucky for parties to Stormont House dealLatest Stormont House deal has a reasonable chance of succeedingWed Nov 18 2015 - 01:00
Deal reached in Stormont talks on Northern IrelandBritish and Irish governments announce new agreement to overcome deadlockTue Nov 17 2015 - 17:08
Northern parties closing in on elusive deal this weekNorthern Secretary Theresa Villiers cautions players time at hand to ‘make your mind up’Tue Nov 17 2015 - 01:00
Sinn Féin seeks truth of UK government role in ‘dirty war’British agent Brian Nelson allegedly involved in plots to murder Adams and McGuinnessMon Nov 16 2015 - 19:39
‘Make your mind up time’ for parties in North talksTheresa Villiers says remaining issues need to be resolved over the course of this weekMon Nov 16 2015 - 13:12
SDLP devotees have a new surge of hope in their heartsColum Eastwood gives stirring speech as he takes party’s helmMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Colum Eastwood elected as new leader of the SDLPThe 32-year-old Assembly member defeated Dr Alasdair McDonnell for top postSun Nov 15 2015 - 16:46
Colum Eastwood pledges to make SDLP more relevantDerry Assembly member defeats Dr Alasdair McDonnell to become sixth leader of partySat Nov 14 2015 - 19:10
Alasdair McDonnell defends leadership recordSDLP leader says Stormont seems to lurch from one crisis to anotherSat Nov 14 2015 - 13:06
The path to a political solution in Northern IrelandChronology of attempts before and since the Anglo-Irish agreementSat Nov 14 2015 - 06:48
Anglo-Irish Agreement marked a crossing of the RubiconSense of betrayal and exclusion fueled unionist rage and furious protestsSat Nov 14 2015 - 06:30
Northern talks set to drag into 10th week‘Fundamental issues’ remain but Villiers remains ‘hopeful for an agreement’Fri Nov 13 2015 - 19:00
Stormont talks between parties at ‘advanced’ stageNSMC meeting in Armagh postponed so discussions in Belfast can ‘reach conclusion’Fri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
McDonnell and Eastwood compete for SDLP leadershipWorrying times ahead for party which is holding its annual conference this weekendFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
NI parties and two governments still can’t get deal over lineNorth-South Ministerial Council meeting postponed to allow political talks continueThu Nov 12 2015 - 17:49
No evidence PSNI ignored sectarian attack - ombudsmanLoyalists beat Catholic man to death after watching Rangers v Celtic game in DerryThu Nov 12 2015 - 12:15
Optimism North agreement can be reached by weekendProblems over welfare reform and Troubles legacy holding up Stormont agreementThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:02
Ex-soldier arrested over Bloody Sunday shootings releasedThe 66-year-old, known as Lance Corporal J from the Saville report, was arrested on TuesdayWed Nov 11 2015 - 22:15
Substance of Stormont deal agreed, says Peter RobinsonDeputy First Minister says great progress has been made in talks between partiesWed Nov 11 2015 - 01:00