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Thousands gather in Belfast to celebrate 100 years of Northern Ireland

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather in Belfast today (Saturday May 28) to celebrate the centenary of Northern Ireland. Lambeg drumming, food stalls and speeches are all planned, as thousands of people are expected to take to the ...

28 May 2022 at 12:12

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New poll suggests Sinn Féin on track to be largest party in Northern Ireland

Sinn Féin remains on course to emerge from Northern Ireland’s next Assembly election as the largest party, according to a new poll. On 25%, the republican party is eight points ahead of its main unionist rivals the DUP, the LucidTalk poll ...

24 Jan 2022 at 10:53

National News

Future of Northern Ireland remains unclear as election looms

Northern Ireland goes to the polls on May 5 to elect 90 Assembly members to the devolved legislature in Belfast. The last Assembly election, a snap poll in March 2017, was held as crisis engulfed the powersharing institutions, which had ...

29 Apr 2022 at 12:09

Northern Ireland

UUP leadership praises Ahern for ‘exceptional’ role in Good Friday Agreement

Former Irish premier Bertie Ahern has been praised as an “exceptional” leader who “moved mountains” at a UUP event to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. “He really brought the people of Ireland with him to be able ...

23 Mar 2023 at 20:01

Northern Ireland

DUP boycott could lead to end of Stormont Assembly, peer warns

Northern Ireland’s powersharing institutions could be lost forever if the DUP boycott of the Stormont Assembly does not end, UUP peer Lord Reg Empey has warned. Lord Empey also said Brexit had been a “complete disaster” for Northern ...

06 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Northern Ireland

Actions of some over Twelfth bring ‘shame on us all’ – Beattie

A number of incidents around the Twelfth celebrations in Northern Ireland have damaged and brought shame to unionist culture, Doug Beattie has said. The Ulster Unionist leader also said that those who complain about pro-IRA singing ...

13 Jul 2023 at 15:41

Northern Ireland

Verdict underlines need for political solution to NI Protocol – DUP leader

A Supreme Court judgment affirming the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol highlights why solutions to the contentious trading arrangements must be found by Government, DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said. The UK’s ...

08 Feb 2023 at 12:39

National News

Donaldson has ‘no regrets’ on walk out from Good Friday Agreement negotiations

Twenty-five years after walking out of the Good Friday Agreement peace talks, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has insisted he has no regrets. The current DUP leader was a senior member of the Ulster Unionists’ negotiating delegation back ...

04 Apr 2023 at 11:44

Northern Ireland

Gerry Adams: Give DUP ‘wee bit of space’ over return to powersharing

The DUP needs to be given space to make up its mind over returning to the powersharing institutions at Stormont, Gerry Adams has said. However, the former Sinn Fein president added that if the unionist party did not agree to ...

03 Apr 2023 at 11:00

National News

Downing Street criticised over Irish flag on post about Northern Ireland

Downing Street has been accused of failing to understand Northern Ireland after mistakenly adding an Irish flag to a social media post celebrating the region. The post on Instagram shows photographs of a showcase of the ...

21 Nov 2023 at 14:30

National News

1997 snapshot of NI leaders described ‘loose cannon’ and a man of ‘dark moods’

A snapshot assessment of Northern Ireland politician’s personalities, habits and attitudes was compiled ahead of Labour’s Westminster general election win in 1997. The briefing mostly focuses on unionist politicians ...

28 Dec 2023 at 00:01

Northern Ireland

David Trimble ‘extraordinarily rude’ as he accused Tony Blair of ‘crude trick’

David Trimble was said to have been “extraordinarily rude” during a meeting with Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern in June 1999. The then UK prime minister and the then taoiseach held meetings in Castle Buildings on June ...

27 Dec 2023 at 00:01

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