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UK Covid-19 inquiry: Arlene Foster rejects claim Stormont leaders ‘sleepwalked’ into pandemic
Former DUP first minister dismisses counsel assertion that timeline suggests political chiefs caught napping
Stormont leaks during Covid pandemic ‘became a frustration’, ex-NI minister for health tells inquiry
Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster also due to give evidence this week
Fractured political relationships hampered North’s response to Covid pandemic, inquiry told
Arlene Foster, Michelle O’Neill and Edwin Poots are expected to be among those witnesses to give evidence
GB News hands shares to Nigel Farage, Arlene Foster and Jacob Rees-Mogg
Right-leaning broadcaster also gives stakes to other staff including suspended presenter Dan Wootton
Nobody can seriously claim Northern Ireland is thriving in the UK
With public services buckling, poor educational outcomes, and no functioning executive, the Union is a hard sell
Brexit tasks took staff from pandemic planning, North’s chief medical officer says
UK Covid inquiry scrutinises level of preparation in place ahead of Covid-19 outbreak in early 2020
Micheál Martin’s Shared Island: concrete cross-Border co-operation from an unlikely republican
€1bn ‘slush fund’ has overcome initial suspicions from unionism – but republicans think it falls short when it comes to aspirations for a united Ireland
Northern Ireland a ‘disaster’ and UK government has ‘responsibility to step in’, says former Stormont speaker
John Alderdice, leader of Alliance Party at time of signing of Belfast Agreement, made comments while giving evidence to committee in Westminster
Justine McCarthy: British media was right - Joe Biden’s Ireland belongs to Dark Ages
The code was 'don’t mention the war', whether cultural wars or American wars, and just surrender to the heart-warming nostalgia of it all
Obama’s ‘back of the queue’ prediction for UK proves entirely accurate
Former US president said US-UK trade deal wouldn’t be priority if UK left EU and so it has come to pass
Biden says little that should aggrieve unionists who accuse him of being pro-nationalist
Analysis: Despite cynicism of some, US has long played beneficial political and economic role in Northern Ireland
People of North deserve democratically-elected, powersharing government, Biden believes
US national security council official rejects Arlene Foster’s assertion US president ‘hates the UK’
Twenty-five years on, a conversation with unionists who voted no to the Belfast Agreement
Although there was a large majority yes vote, almost 275,000 people (29%) voted no. Many of them now feel vindicated, as well as frustrated and marginalised
Brexit has changed the North’s constitutional status no matter what the courts say
The UK’s Supreme Court effectively shut down a legal challenge to the Northern Ireland protocol last week as Brexit grievances grow
The Northern Ireland protocol: On May 5th voters will have their say
The protocol is the most important issue for the DUP – not just for first preference votes, but for transfers
Newton Emerson: Things look bad for the DUP – but not too bad
Lack of options and deep dislike of Sinn Féin will probably keep party together
Most recommendations of ‘Cash for Ash’ inquiry yet to be implemented – report
North’s Comptroller and Auditor General ‘surprised’ only one disciplined after inquiry
Newton Emerson: Unionist variety beats unionist unity
Best way for unionism to have a debate with itself is to have meaningful choice
Claims Donaldson courted move to UUP could lead to electoral damage
DUP leader brands allegations he seriously considered defecting to rivals ‘nonsense’
Colum Eastwood: ‘People want a better choice than bad or no government’
SDLP leader looks to election season in the North as his party meets up in Bellaghy
Edwin Poots fails in bid switch constituencies for Assembly elections
Former DUP leader sought nomination for South Down but was overlooked
Politics in 2021: The winners and losers, the highs, the lows and the curveballs
A good year for Sinn Féin, but a tough year for a Coalition trying to manage a pandemic
Taoiseach plays down Ahern comments on loyalist understanding of NI protocol
Micheál Martin says no loyalist could accuse the Government of not listening to them
Should religion be part of Northern Ireland’s ‘pathway to peace’? I’m none the wiser
TV review: Mary McAleese fails to answer the central question her documentary poses
Irish Times view on the Sinn Féin Ardfheis: Positioning for power
Party has found many of policy dilemmas harder to resolve in Belfast than in Dublin
DUP so compromised by Brexit that tiny TUV is turning its tactics against it
Newton Emerson: Out of the pan-unionism into the fire for desperate DUP
Jeffrey Donaldson: Talk of a united Ireland is ‘premature’ when the North is not united
Interview: the DUP leader on powersharing, Brexit and being British and Irish
Donaldson to set out DUP campaign to end NI protocol
Party leader expected to warn of ‘consequences’ if concessions not made
The Irish Times view on Northern Ireland politics: poll trends raise the temperature
Northern politics faces the distinct possibility of a Sinn Féin first minister and, after almost 20 years, an end to DUP dominance of unionism
Poots does not rule out bid for House of Commons seat
DUP trying to resolve how to get Donaldson back to Stormont for First Minister role
The DUP and Young Earth creationism
Fraught relationship between science and religion is a fairly recent import from the US
PSNI granted extension to question man arrested over death of girl (2)
Further 24 hours granted as man (32) arrested on suspicion of murder in Co Tyrone
Former first minister of Northern Ireland Arlene Foster joins GB News
Ex-DUP leader seeks to bring NI ‘into the mainstream’ by joining conservative station
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