The result of the general election seems to have rocked the political status quo in Ireland.

Powersharing is returning to Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein joined the DUP in backing a deal to re-enter devolved government together.

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has announced that the party has agreed to back a deal to restore powersharing at Stormont – a move that confirms the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland after a three-year absence.

A banner against a Sinn Fein election candidate and his family has been taken down in North Belfast.

It would be the first December British election in 100 years and there would be a five-week campaign by parties up to polling day.

Minister of State at the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Patrick O’Donovan has described the latest Brexit proposals as not the basis for a deal, but they do form the basis for further negotiations.

The Government’s decision to meet Gerry Adams after the IRA ceasefire showed “indecent haste”, British government officials have said.

Mr Varadkar's comments were jeered by a section of the crowd which had otherwise broadly welcomed him.

Julian Smith has been appointed Northern Ireland Secretary, Downing Street said.

However, other political parties in Northern Ireland expressed concern at Mr Johnson’s election as Conservative Party leader, particularly in terms of the potential implications for Brexit.

The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to legislate for marriage equality and abortion in Northern Ireland, unless the government at Stormont is up and running again by October 21.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has strongly endorsed Business Minister Heather Humphrey's criticism of Maria Bailey over her 'swing-gate' personal injuries case.

All 462 seats have now been filled, with the DUP coming out on top, despite securing fewer seats than in the last election.

On Tuesday next, less than three weeks on from the death of journalist Lyra McKee, in Derry, talks will begin formally to resurrect Northern Ireland’s power-sharing administration.

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.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney will travel to the North tomorrow for talks with the region’s main political parties amid growing pressure for them to form a new coalition government in the aftermath of Lyra McKee’s murder.

"This is utterly wrong and we condemn sectarianism in any form."

The PSNI as well as firefighters and the ambulance service sealed off the scene close to a courthouse on Bishop Street in the city.

Reporting restrictions surrounding the rape trial of two Ireland rugby internationals have been lifted.

The DUP has said "huge differences" still remain to be resolved before powersharing at Stormont can be restored.

A Sinn Féin politician has apologised for posting a video showing him with a Kingsmill-branded loaf on his head on the anniversary of the Kingsmill massacre.

Brexit talks remain in deadlock as DUP leader Arlene Foster said the Government has been pushing an “aggressive agenda” on the border issue.

The majority of people in the North would favour the Brexit border deal rejected by the DUP, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told the Dáil.

Hundreds of people have attended a rally in solidarity with probation officers threatened by dissident republicans.

Financial pressure on the North’s health service could force the UK Government to step in if political powersharing cannot be resurrected soon, James Brokenshire has warned.

Alliance Party leader Naomi Long is to take a 10-week break for major surgery.

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Council staff or private contractors are to be permitted to remove bonfire materials from sites in Belfast.

Future donations to political parties in Northern Ireland are to be published, the British Government has announced.

Latest:Political leaders need to show courage to seal a deal restoring powersharing in Northern Ireland, the SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has urged.

Church leaders have urged the North's politicians to strike a powersharing deal for the common good of everyone.

The DUP is expected to prop up a government set to make key decisions affecting the future of Europe. What can we anticipate from the Northern party, asks Mary C Murphy

Theresa May has insisted a proposed deal with the DUP to prop up her minority Government will not be allowed to undermine the Good Friday Agreement.

Theresa May is to hold talks with the Northern Ireland political parties amid warnings an expected deal with the DUP to prop up her minority government will undermine the peace process.

The Government yesterday agreed to formally underwrite an approximate €320m to host the Rugby World Cup in Ireland in 2023.

The new deadline for forming a powersharing government in Northern Ireland is June 29.

The DUP has accused Sinn Féin of not being serious about wanting to reach an agreement to restore the Stormont government.

The new UUP leader has dismissed calls for a single unionist party.

The UK Government will not allow political talks to restore powersharing in the North to drift past Easter, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has warned.

Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionists are on course to reinforce their grip on power at Stormont, with the republican party closing the gap on their unionist rivals.

Counting has begun today in the snap election for Northern Ireland's devolved institutions.

The polls have closed in the North's snap Assembly election.

Update: Northern Ireland's political leaders have cast their ballots in the region's snap election.