The Democratic Unionist Party has voted to back a deal with Sinn Fein to save Northern Ireland's power-sharing government.

The British and Irish premiers will travel to Northern Ireland today to formally announce details of the deal to save the region's power-sharing government.

The British and Irish premiers will travel to Northern Ireland today to formally announce details of the deal to save the region's power-sharing government.

The basis of a deal to save Northern Ireland's power-sharing government was now in place, Sinn Fein claimed last night after almost two weeks of talks ended.

NORTHERN Ireland first minister Peter Robinson yesterday admitted he cannot guarantee the future of the legislative assembly, but pledged his Democratic Unionist Party would

Deputy Leader of the Ulster Unionist Assembly Party and Chair of the Assembly's OFMdFM Committee, Danny Kennedy MLA, and Ulster Unionist Policing Board Member Basil McCrea MLA have represented the Ulster Unionist Party and Northern Ireland in Washington over St Patrick's Day. Both MLAs stressed the importance of the four parties in the Executive working together for Northern Ireland during...

The Times reports that Owen Paterson, the Tories’ Northern Ireland spokesman, will review the process by which the Northern Ireland First Minister is appointed – by creating a Northern Irish executive and official opposition. The prospect of what Paterson describes as a “voluntary coalition”, presumably between the Unionist parties, has the potential to keep Sinn Fein perma...

Tom Griffin (London, OK): The Conservatives took another step in their nascent alliance with the Ulster Unionist Party today, with a visit to Northern Ireland by David Cameron in support of UUP European election candidate Jim Nicholson. The previous evening, Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Owen Paterson explained the thinking behind the alliance in a talk at West London&...

Critical talks are being held in Belfast and London to determine the future of Northern Ireland's power-sharing deal.

Following today's excellent GCSE results - in which Northern Ireland again significantly out-performed England and Wales - UUP Education Spokesperson and Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has congratulated Northern Ireland's young people, parents and teachers on their success.