The UUP leader's political career was briefly ... 17 MLAs Sinn Féin won the most seats in the assembly election but a large area of Northern Ireland's electoral map is now yellow, thanks to ...

Tánaiste Simon Harris will meet with political leaders on Tuesday on his first visit to Belfast following the formation of the new government in Dublin. Mr Harris said a visit north was a top priority ...

The Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly has said it is “out of order” for MLAs to claim he and others in the chair make political decisions. Edwin Poots emphasised that when he, or any of the ...

The IRA was under intense pressure tonight to end all paramilitary activity as Northern Ireland's Assembly and power ... regret at having to suspend the political institutions to save the Agreement.

SDLP leader John Hume has stepped down from the Northern Ireland Assembly. Speaker Lord Alderdice confirmed he had received a letter from the Nobel peace laureate announcing his decision.

The Northern Ireland Assembly has endorsed the extension of the Great British Energy Bill to the region despite some MLAs ...

The Northern Ireland ... assembly members backed a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) motion to pull the brake in a bid to stop changes to EU rules on packaging and labelling of chemicals. DUP leader ...

After a 24-month hiatus, devolved government in Northern Ireland ... Political downfalls have rarely been as far or as fast. Charged with rape and other historical sex offences, and no longer DUP ...