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

On the surface, David Cameron is the first Prime Minister in generations for whom ‘The Ireland Question” is down the list of priorities. The Good Friday Agreement has been a glorious success, with the recent devolving of policing powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly the final piece of the power-sharing jigsaw and the birth of a

The Ulster Unionist Party yesterday tabled a motion asking the Northern Ireland Assembly to note the increasing levels of Republican activity and violence throughout Northern Ireland, asking them to condemn such activity; while supporting the rule of law, the courts, and the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

Campaigners push for adoption of Abortion Act before power is devolved to Northern Ireland Assembly

Hopes were high last night that a breakthrough could be found in the negotiations over policing and justice powers in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland assembly member complains about use of disease as a put-down by environment minister Sammy Wilson A political row has broken out in Northern Ireland over the use of the phrase "suffering from Alzheimer's disease" as a put-down. The speaker of the Northern Ireland assembly has this week ruled that disparaging references to the medical condition – used twice by the enviro...

Two years since the establishment of its power-sharing executive following the March 2007 elections to the Northern Ireland assembly, the peace process in the territory appears firmly entrenched. The condemnation by deputy first minister Martin McGuiness of dissident Republicans' murder of a Catholic police-officer in March 2009 as the action of "traitors to Ireland" represents the c...

UK and Ireland prime ministers seek to break deadlock in Northern Ireland's talks on the future of policing, which threatens to cause the collapse of the administration and trigger early assembly elections

On Northern Ireland, as we were saying this morning, Shaun Woodward was emphasising that there appeared to be a small number of criminals behind these murderous acts. The PMS said that Shaun Woodward had used the word criminals regardless of how these people chose to describe themselves. It had been very clear from the Prime Minister s and Northern Ireland Secretary s visit to Northern Ireland yes...

After last weekend's biblical deluge in Northern Ireland comes the political storms