Senior Sinn Féin figures have refused to say if Martin McGuinness will run as a candidate in the now imminent Stormont election, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith of the Irish Examiner.

Northern politicians were tonight given the green light for a fresh assembly election on March 7.

The North’s only independent Assembly member today called for candidates to come forward to challenge the established parties at the Stormont election.

Hopes that Sinn Féin could make a groundbreaking move on policing in the North were tonight in doubt after the party said it was still awaiting a positive response from Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists.

Political parties in the North were today challenged to commit themselves to an Assembly election pledge to repeal the water charges law once devolution returns.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is to be dissolved next January to prepare for a fresh Stormont election on March 7, the Government revealed today.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is to be dissolved next January to prepare for a fresh Stormont election on March 7, the British government revealed today.

The Green Party today announced its first elected representative in Northern Ireland.

The British government must inject fresh momentum into Northern Ireland’s peace process by setting a firm date for Assembly elections, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness said today.

Northern Ireland political parties were today proceeding with their Assembly election campaigns despite concerns that the vote next month could be postponed.

The Democratic Unionist Party will try to prevent the election of a First Minister in the Northern Ireland Assembly following the next Stormont election, a senior member of the Rev Ian Paisley’s party said tonight.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was today facing the prospect of a more hardline Assembly team as some of his harshest critics in the party were selected as candidates for the next Stormont election.