Anti-agreement Ulster Unionist Jeffrey Donaldson was today threatened with a special council meeting to call for his resignation.

Ian Paisley has said he would not be willing to accept the title of First Minister in an administration which included Sinn Féin members or to sit down and negotiate with Sinn Féin while the IRA retained its weapons.

Sinn Féin chairman Mitchel McLaughlin today said his party would be willing to engage with the DUP to hear what they had to say about the peace process.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair will receive “another black eye” from Northern Ireland voters if he tries to hold Assembly elections again early next year, he was warned today.

The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) has banned a radio commercial promoting a new book by Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams.

The Ulster Unionist Party leader, David Trimble, is expected to face a leadership challenge at the first meeting of his party’s newly-elected Assembly group.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy was today meeting a delegation from the anti-Agreement Democratic Unionist Party to discuss the way forward after the Assembly elections.

Northern Ireland Secretary Paul Murphy tonight resisted nationalist demands to lift the suspension of the power-sharing Assembly.

The Taoiseach has said that the rebuilding of the Northern Ireland peace process will take time and cannot be rushed.

The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionists, Peter Robinson has insisted that the DUP has a positive agenda for change.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams says his party's rise in the Northern Assembly elections this week came despite all the main political parties in the Republic campaigning on behalf of the SDLP.

The leaders of Northern Ireland’s nationalist parties tonight called on the British government to restore the power-sharing institutions as soon as possible.

The main parties in the North are meeting Secretary of State Paul Murphy to discuss the fall-out after Wednesday's elections.

David Trimble has said he has no plans to step down as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party – whatever his “personal preferences”.

The main parties in the North are to have talks with the Taoiseach and the British Prime Minister in the coming days.

David Trimble could face a leadership challenge after his party finished second to Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections.

With all 108 seats filled in the Northern Ireland Assembly the party shares are:

The British and Irish governments tonight confirmed they would begin efforts to try and restore devolution in Northern Ireland after hardline unionists and republicans triumphed in the Assembly election.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams is seeking a meeting with the DUP following their strong performance in the Northern Elections.

David Trimble’s troubled leadership was under intense pressure tonight as he prepared to take charge of a new Ulster Unionist Assembly party left hopelessly split over the Good Friday Agreement.

A day before Northern Ireland’s Assembly Election, Sinn Féin candidates were getting twitchy.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair met in Cardiff for around 45 minutes for talks which were described as very productive by aides.

Carmel Hanna of the SDLP has been elected in South Belfast.

The PUP's Billy Hutchinson has been eliminated from the North Belfast count where Sinn Féin's Kathy Stanton is going to pick up a second seat.

In Fermanagh South Tyrone, anti-Agreement UUP candidate Arlene Foster and Sinn Féin's Michelle Gildernew have been elected.

Embattled Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble vowed to fight on today despite his party suffering heavy blows in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

The counting of votes continues in the North's Assembly elections this morning with more than half of the results yet to be declared.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Prime Minster Tony Blair will have to face up to the reality that a majority of unionists want a new settlement in Northern Ireland, they were told today.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were today due to consider their next move in the peace process as hardline unionists continued to make the running in the Northern Ireland Assembly election.

Sinn Féin scored a major victory in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections last night by taking three seats in the Newry and Armagh constituency.

Ian Paisley’s hardline Democratic Unionists tonight surged to the top of the Northern Ireland’s election poll to threaten the future of the Good Friday Agreement.

A GP demanding a new hospital in a town where terrorists killed 29 people tonight emerged a shock winner in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections.

Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists were tonight leading David Trimble’s Ulster Unionists in the battle for Northern Ireland Assembly seats.

Plans to restore a power sharing government in Northern Ireland tonight faced an indefinite delay as hardline unionists who rejected the Good Friday Agreement strengthened their vote in the Assembly Election.

With 13 seats filled out of 108 in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the party shares are:

Senior unionists Peter Robinson and Nigel Dodds of the DUP and Reg Empey of the UUP have been elected on the first count.

Democratic Unionist MP Nigel Dodds and Sinn Féin’s Gerry Kelly today became the first two Assembly members to be elected in Northern Ireland.

An early exit poll says that David Trimble's UUP Party and the Ian Paisley's DUP are running neck-and-neck.

Speaking after northern polls closed last night, the Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams expressed concern at certain aspects of the conduct of the election.

David Trimble’s Ulster Unionists and the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists are running neck-and-neck in a tight Northern Ireland Assembly Election contest, an exit poll claimed today.

Northern Ireland Assembly Election hopefuls were today awaiting results across 18 constituencies.

It was a cruel winter’s day as Northern Ireland’s voters went to the polls to elect their next Assembly.

Voters were this evening expected to rush to the polls in Northern Ireland after the Assembly Election got off to a sluggish start.

There ise a flood of complaints at the way the Northern Assembly elections are being conducted.