Northern Ireland politicians should not earn salaries at both Westminster and Stormont, the government says.

Neither ‘momentous’ nor ‘historic’, the devolution deal is just more of the same in the neverending peace process.

The vote to devolve control of Northern Ireland's law and order apparatus to local politicians is welcome progress towards stability

THE Northern Ireland Assembly's decision to agree to devolved policing and justice powers will build on the gains of the peace process, the British and Irish governments s

Policing and justice powers are to be handed over to the Northern Ireland Assembly - finally paving the way for devolution to be completed in the province.

Members of the assembly voted in support of a motion to devolve policing and justice powers to Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland's second-largest pro-British party which has an electoral pact with the Conservative party, looks set to vote against the transfer of policing and justice powers

EU employment ministers have agreed to extend minimum parental leave to four months per parent. The plan applies to all workers, regardless of what kind of contract they have, and will require changes to national laws in the UK, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal, Romania and Malta.

The Ulster Unionist Party claimed officials including former President George W Bush were engaged in "bullying and blackmail" tactics.

On this day in 1956, the British authorities ordered the deportation of the Greek Cypriot leader, Archbishop Makarios, in the hope of restoring law and order to the island. Thirty seven years ago today, the people of Northern Ireland voted overwhelmingly to remain within the United Kingdom. In a referendum on the future of the province,