A week ago this morning, Ireland woke up to shocking news.

Fr Magill challenged the politicians in attendance to use the tragic death of Ms McKee to "be the catalyst needed for parties to start talking".

Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O'Neill welcomed a Westminster debate, describing it as a "first step" on the road to abortion reform in the North.

The Pro Life Campaign says revelations about recruitment practices for the Citizens’ Assembly put a “question mark” over whether the Government should hold a referendum on the constitutional ban on abortion.

A new survey shows there is an urban-rural divide when it comes to TDs' views on abortion.

Many details on the Irish border question are still to be hammered out, a senior unionist has warned.

Donald Trump was stroppy at the general assembly, demanding more of other nations, but the US must not shirk its responsibilities, says Christopher R Hill

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should rotate power in the next Government but should not form a ‘grand coalition’, junior Finance Minister Michael D’Arcy has said.

Leo Varadkar has said his attendance at a gay Pride event in Belfast is not an attempt to unsettle anyone who holds a different view on same sex marriage.

The leaders of Stormont's two main parties have defended the continued payment of Assembly member salaries while devolution is in cold storage.

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

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

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

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has reiterated that he believes reconciliation is the next vital stage of the peace process.

The single issue wholly within our control, amid much uncertainty, is public sector pay, writes Gerard Howlin

The Government has put the Citizens Assembly out to tender.

Finance Minister Michael Noonan has been urged to appear before the Dáil to answer questions on the sale of Nama’s Northern loan book.

There are “virtually no limitations” to the range of chemicals used to produce so-called new psychoactive drugs, the world’s drug law watchdog has said.

Assembly members in Northern Ireland are to vote on a proposal to legalise same-sex marriage in the region.

Unionists have demanded answers after an Irish Tricolour was run up the main flagpole of Parliament Buildings at Stormont.

Around 34,000 businesses in the North are set to benefit from a cut in corporation tax after the British government tabled a bill devolving powers to the Stormont Assembly.

Around 34,000 businesses in Northern Ireland are set to benefit from a cut in corporation tax after the Briths Government tabled a bill devolving powers to the Stormont Assembly.

A long-awaited Stormont report into the Iris Robinson scandal is expected to be published later.

Almost 15,000 street lights are out across the North, the minister for regional development has revealed.

A £160m hit to Stormont’s budget next year will be dwarfed by a further £1.3bn worth of cuts looming on the horizon, the Northern Assembly has been warned.

The North’s power-sharing government is no longer fit for purpose, the First Minister has warned.

Trainer Pat Fahy will consider sending stable star Morning Assembly straight for the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival without another run.

Trainer John Kiely is considering the RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival for Carlingford Lough following his last-gasp defeat of Morning Assembly in the Topaz Novice Chase at Leopardstown.

Seventy-one police officers have been injured in four nights of rioting in the North linked to the banning of a contentious Orange Order parade.

Armed PSNI men have seized four mortar bombs just minutes before dissident republicans planned to blitz Derry’s main police station.

France has moved a step closer to legalising gay marriage with the lower house of parliament approving a sweeping bill which also allows same-sex couples to adopt children.

A single economy for the island of Ireland would be good for prosperity, jobs and investment, Sinn Féin has claimed.

The law is no "paper tiger" and will closely monitor the North's first private abortion clinic, the health minister Edwin Poots warned.

Arab countries are pushing ahead with a symbolic United Nations General Assembly resolution that tells Syrian president Bashar Assad to resign and turn over power to a transitional government.

The Syrian government's violent crackdown on civilian protesters indicates crimes against humanity have taken place since last March and are continuing, the UN human rights chief said today.

In relation to Martin McGuinness’s suggestion that the people of the North should vote on the question of an United Ireland by 2016 (Irish Examiner, Jan 30) the necessary constitutional changes resulting from a yes vote need not be that profound.

A veteran republican wanted over a multimillion-dollar counterfeiting operation involving high quality “super notes” will not be extradited to the United States.

Politicians in Venezuela have approved a request by President Hugo Chavez to travel to Cuba today to undergo chemotherapy and the leader said he would leave in the coming hours.

David Cameron will address the North's Assembly today as the region’s political leaders continue to lobby him for tax varying powers.

The wife of the North's First Minister has been cleared of any wrongdoing over the awarding of a council business deal to her former lover.