Eighteen deaths and 1,378 new cases of coronavirus reported in North on Tuesday

‘Worst case scenario planning’ needed over concerns red tape will reduce food choice

Scheduled ending of lockdown on Friday week would be an ‘act of careless vandalism’

Foster insists Executive will continue as normal it looks to move past Poots’s remarks

Measures to tackle outbreaks in Derry City and Strabane area to take effect next week

O’Neill and Sinn Féin should have learned from Foster’s mistakes during ‘cash for ash’

DUP MP questions Boris Johnson’s plans after producing letter about preparations

America Letter: As Brexit talks intensify, the US should contribute to the Irish unity debate

What is behind rapprochement between Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill?

EU-UK deal means border posts to be created at Northern Ireland ports, says SF Minister

Assembly hears of plans for customs posts at NI ports, setting the cat among the pigeons

Three more coronavirus deaths in North bring death toll from the disease to 438

Ten more coronavirus deaths recorded in Northern Ireland

A pilot contact tracing scheme to begin early next week

Move comes amid continuing tensions between DUP and Sinn Féin on reaction to crisis

Not a normal democratic party, says Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin – correct, says the party’s finance director, and here’s why, writes Colm Keena

Linguistic issue would pose a dilemma for a Sinn Féin minister or taoiseach

“Wake up, the old certainties have gone,” says Mike Nesbitt at launch of sectarianism report

Alliance leader Naomi Long appointed as justice minister

Constituency profile: UUP’s Kinahan has a chance of unseating Paul Girvan in UK election

Will loyalty prevail over Paisley’s adventures and forgetfulness?

Department for Communities failed to comply with equality commitments in funding

No future if unionism and nationalism remain ‘locked in an arm-wrestle which no-one can win’, says Colum Eastwood

Gerry Kelly says deal agreed over statute of limitations for the prosecution of soldiers

Party leadership only cares about language as a means to score a political win in North

Jim Allister taunts that Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill could not answer TG4

Party faithful believe new leader will offer policy continuity, but a fresh, more dynamic approach

SF chair warns representatives they will face disciplinary action if they continue to do so

Sinn Féin leader in North sole candidate to serve with president Mary Lou McDonald

Coveney and Northern Secretary Bradley expected to meet soon to consider deadlock

Video posted by West Tyrone MP on anniversary of Kingsmill massacre was ‘ill-judged’

Mary Lou McDonald expected to succeed Gerry Adams on February 10th

Mary Lou McDonald will need to opt for continuity as Gerry Adams’s heir

Open letter signed by 200 northern nationalists suggests party has lost the initiative

DUP leader says British government ‘understands’ her position

Delegates vote to change rules to allow extraordinary ardfheis after president steps down

Bag-free travel reduces fares by €40 each way

PSNI’s efforts mask the fact that paramilitaries continue to pose a bigger threat than jihadists

Call for end to ‘displays of hate’ at loyalist bonfires

Sinn Féin accuses DUP of refusing to budge on substantive issues at heart of crisis