Colum Eastwood (Foyle) was the first of the newly elected cohort of MPs to make his maiden speech in the Commons.

The political ground has shifted in the North since last Thursday’s election.

Structures are not in place for a border poll and a national dialogue is needed to ensure all voices are heard ahead of any such vote.

Structures are not in place for a border poll and a national dialogue is needed to ensure all voices are heard ahead of any such vote.

The US government has urged a quick resumption of powersharing in Northern Ireland.

NORTHERN IRELAND’s DUP party has done a humiliating U-turn on Brexit. First Minister, Arlene Foster, and her party, campaigned vigorously in favour of the UK leaving the European Union, without giving due consideration to what that would mean for the North’s economy.

An SDLP councillor, her husband and infant daughter were lucky to avoid injury last night after seven shots were fired at their home.

SDLP Councillor Claire Hanna, her husband and their baby daughter have escaped injury after shots were fired at their home in East Belfast, hitting the front door and windows.

Politicians and church leaders are holding talks in the North this afternoon in an attempt to stem loyalist street violence over the flying of the Union flag.