In a joint statement last night, both governments referred to its previous communique of April 26 and the “new phase of political talks in Northern Ireland”.

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long says Sinn Féin needs to compromise “to help get the DUP over the line” in talks to restore power-sharing in the North.

A 25-year-old man received lacerations to his head and a suspected fractured wrist when he was assaulted by two men and a woman.

A murderer who went on the run in Northern Ireland has been recaptured.

Latest: An emergency summit of European leaders will likely convene on November 25 to consider the draft Brexit deal if the UK government backs the proposed text, the Taoiseach has said.

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Fifty years ago, civil rights marches took place in Derry, Belfast, and Armagh. Activists wanted equality, but what happened next changed the North forever, writes Anthony Coughlan

The DUP leader has unveiled a large banner hitting out at Sinn Féin on the day Northern Ireland matches Belgium's record of the longest time without a functioning government.

The Tánaiste is visiting Derry today in the wake of violent incidents in the city over the past week.

More than 150,000 parking fines were issued last year in the North, official figures show.

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A hundred and fifty thousand sleeping pills packed in M&M packets were seized by border officers in the North.

A war of words has broken out over giant plant pots on Dublin shopping streets.

Latest: There is fresh speculation of a breakthrough in the Brexit talks.

A long-delayed report into the challenges facing adult health and social care in the North is set to be released by the Department of Health, amid serious concern over increasing pressure on the system.

James Brokenshire last night said there is still time to save powersharing in Stormont.

Hundreds of people whose lives have been decimated by extensive flooding across Co Donegal have been told they will not be forgotten.

The Taoiseach has put it up to Britain by stating that the Government is “not going to design a border for the Brexiteers”.

A deal to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland is unlikely to materialise in the short term, given heightened tensions around the summer marching season, Sinn Féin has said.

The Northern Ireland Secretary is to announce the Government's next step after a deadline for restored powersharing came and went.

Thousands of people have joined a major parade through Belfast city centre demanding same-sex marriage rights.

Latest: Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire has returned from Westminster to lead discussions at Stormont.

A man has been arrested after a woman was found locked in a car and a two-foot-long machete recovered, police have said.

The DUP leader Arlene Foster says she believes the June 29 deadline, to restore the power-sharing executive in Northern Ireland, is achievable.

Appointing an independent chair to take over the faltering Stormont talks process would be a waste of time, the Ulster Unionists have claimed.

A vulnerable teenage boy could be heard crying out for his mother as he was beaten with iron bars by a masked gang, police have said.

Parties in the North have suspended political campaigning as a mark of respect for the victims of the London terrorist attack.

Northern Ireland should be given "honorary" European Union (EU) membership while remaining part of the UK, a former European Commission head in Belfast has said.

A victim of historic child abuse at a Catholic Church children's home is to make an emotional return to her hometown in a bid to trace her long lost family.

Detectives in the North investigating the death of a 15-year-old girl in Co Armagh at the weekend have arrested a 15-year-old boy.

A boy is in a critical condition in hospital after apparently coming into contact with hazardous material believed to have been dumped at a bonfire site in the North.

One of the North's most popular tourist attractions has been forced to close due to vandalism.

Jeremy Corbyn has condemned "all acts of violence from wherever they came" during the Troubles in the North, but declined to specifically denounce the IRA as terrorists.

The Conservatives have said investigating the North's violent past should not focus unfairly on members of the armed forces.

A man and a woman have been charged with human trafficking in the North.

A 19-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of human trafficking in the North.

The number of paramilitary-style shootings in the North has doubled in the last year, police said.

A Romanian national has been extradited from France to North in connection with a sexual assault.

LATEST: The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has warned parts of the Good Friday Agreement may have to be rewritten to take account of Brexit.

Chartered Accountants Ireland has called for political parties in the North to redouble their efforts to secure the future of the devolved government.