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Electricity shortfall forces €14m purchase of emergency power

DUP’s Sammy Wilson says deal was done last week, and bill would be passed on to consumers

The DUP and Young Earth creationism

Fraught relationship between science and religion is a fairly recent import from the US

Northern Ireland secretary faces criticism over legislating at Westminster

DUP’s Sammy Wilson accuses MPs of behaving in condescending way towards Stormont

Martin presses EU for longer grace period over NI 'sausage war'

Taoiseach keen to de-escalate tensions over NI protocol as marching season to get under way

Stormont deadlocked over introduction of Irish language legislation

Brandon Lewis says it is vital culture and language provisions are implemented

DUP faces uncertain future following week of turmoil

Tensions after Edwin Poots’s election boil over amid allegations of bullying and sexism

Newton Emerson: DUP could prove its most destructive having cornered itself

Foster departing deeply conflicted party as she announces decision to step down

Who will be in the race to lead the DUP?

Minister of agriculture Edwin Poots is viewed as most likely successor to Arlene Foster

Irish Times view on the restless state of unionism

Arlene Foster and the DUP leadership are struggling to plot a path forward

Government brands UK move to delay checks on goods entering North from Britain ‘deeply unhelpful’

Northern Secretary confirms move despite checks being required by Northern Ireland protocol after Brexit

North’s lockdown exit plan to prioritise education and economy

Allowing people ‘freedom’ to see loved ones also on agenda, Arlene Foster says

The Irish Times view on tensions in Northern Ireland: the fallout from Brexit

The DUP’s portrayal of Brexit as wholly good for Northern Ireland was always going to clash with reality

Covid-19: Tories bow to the inevitable and back Boris Johnson’s new restrictions

Four DUP MPs vote against measures with the other four abstaining

UK and EU enter new relationship at 11pm as Johnson says deal settles 'vexed question’

British PM hopes post-Brexit trade deal will end ‘rancour’

Tories exultant over backing of Brexit Bill drown out DUP

DUP sidelined once more amid Johnson win despite support ‘tinged with sadness’

North’s Assembly to be recalled to debate post-Brexit trade deal

Move follows meeting of ministers to discuss the agreement between EU and UK

The DUP, facing a unionist backlash, must be wishing for soft Brexit

Sense of unionist betrayal at hands of British prime minister Boris Johnson is palpable

Newton Emerson: Foster’s lack of control over DUP is one of Brexit’s original sins

First Minister risks highlighting splits within her own party if she lauds sea border deal

Minister says ‘rules apply to everyone’ after MP pictured on train without mask

Face coverings mandatory in enclosed public spaces in Northern Ireland since August 10th

Decision on curfew for hospitality sector in NI postponed

Foster asked about Sammy Wilson allegedly on London underground without mask

The Irish Times view on the Northern Executive and Covid-19: the pandemic covers the cracks

New coronavirus outbreaks and the imminent problems of Brexit are heightening tensions at Stormont

Boris Johnson moves to quell Tory rebellion over controversial Bill

Sajid Javid and former attorney general Geoffrey Cox join senior Tories opposing Bill

Johnson’s Bill to breach Brexit deal passes first Commons vote

British prime minister accuses the EU of not negotiating in good faith

Coronavirus: North at ‘tipping point’ after two further deaths

Foster warns over spread of Covid-19 as department reports 109 additional cases

UK Brexit plan could undermine rule of law domestically, says NI chief justice

Declan Morgan tells BBC government’s stance makes him ‘gravely uncomfortable’

Brexit trade deal hopes fade as Britain plans to renege on agreement with EU

North secretary Brandon Lewis admits new internal markets Bill breaks international law

SDLP says Lewis’s statement undermines UK’s international credibility

DUP gives Bill a cautious welcome, and has called on the UK government to go further

North’s pro-Remain parties warn Johnson he cannot renege on withdrawal deal

DUP also expresses concern that move is a cynical ploy to cover-up a possible ‘sell-out’

Timeline: Nama, Project Eagle, Cerberus, £1.2bn and seven-years

In 2013, Nama put its Northern Ireland loan book on the market. What happened then?

DUP’s Brexit ads: Who bankrolled the secretive £435,000 campaign?

A journalist has tried to smash the wall of silence around NI’s record political donation

Arlene Foster insists there is no threat to her DUP leadership

First Minister says “rigorous” legal and others assessments had been made about safety of controversial Bill

Eleven DUP Assembly members defy advice of leader Arlene Foster

Row and confusion over new planning legislation causing headache for First Minister

Fintan O’Toole: If Brexit is so great, why is Britain acting like it’s not happening?

Our neighbours are still struggling to believe that Brexit is a real-world event

History will not look kindly on mask holdouts

Perceiving mandatory face coverings as ‘state interference’ is dangerous lunacy

Brexit: Port of Larne preparing to become border control post, says Wilson

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

PSNI waiting to question mother of toddler who died in stabbing

Police say they are ‘not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident’

The Boris bridge: Will Johnson’s ‘vanity project’ ever happen?

PM’s plans for link from NI to Scotland frought with engineering and monetary minefields

Sammy Wilson says UK will ‘break free from the EU prison’

Anti-Brexit protests taking place in Co Louth, outside Stormont and along the Border

Johnson signals ‘no alignment’ with European Court of Justice

No ‘quality access’ to single market unless UK matches EU standards, says Von der Leyen

North’s MPs fail in bid to alter British government Brexit law

Attempt aimed at safeguarding access to the key British market for Northern businesses

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