Democratic Unionist representative Ian Paisley has avoided the ignominy of being the first MP to lose his House of Commons seat under legislation — known as the petitions device — introduced after a parliamentary expenses scandal some years ago.

One of the ways you know that the phoney war that precedes every election is ending is that budget kite-flying begins to hint at largesse.

The DUP's Ian Paisley will be suspended from the House of Commons for 30 sitting days from September 4 following a major breach of parliamentary rules, MPs have confirmed.

The government has said the UK needs to come up with alternative solutions if it will not support the EU's legal document on Brexit.

Police in the North have described as "sickening" a petrol bomb attack on the home of a man with severe learning difficulties.

A 73-year-old woman has escaped serious injury after a van ploughed through the wall of her home in Co. Down.

Sinn Féin's continued "eulogising" of the IRA is thwarting efforts to build a shared future in Northern Ireland, Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has warned.

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.

Latest: The UK should not seek convergence with EU regulations after Brexit, a senior Democratic Unionist said.

If the Taoiseach is to lead successful negotiations with the UK as well as our EU partners over Brexit he will need to show greater political maturity than he exhibited during the debacle over former tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald.

Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has warned Sinn Féin to "get serious" about the terms of a deal to restore Stormont powersharing, accusing republicans of using rights issues as a cloak to break unionism.

The UK is failing to offer credible answers to the "hard questions" Ireland and the EU are asking about the fate of the border post Brexit, the Foreign Minister Simon Coveney has said.

Northern Ireland's political leaders will later hold talks with the British Prime Minister on the ongoing powersharing crisis at Stormont.

Latest: Firefighters have been praised for averting loss of life after a fire broke out in a high-rise tower block near Belfast.

The UK Government has said talks to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland remain a priority, despite scepticism from a senior Democratic Unionist that they are a "waste of time".

The Government will argue against any new technological or physical monitoring on the Irish border in Brexit talks over the future of its only land frontier with the EU.

The imposition of a customs frontier on the Irish border would "play fast and loose" with both the economy and peace process, Sinn Féin has warned.

A "courageous" victims campaigner orphaned and allegedly abused in Northern Ireland following the murder of his mother Jean McConville has died.

Update - 9.23pm: A son of the late Martin McGuinness has called for an end to "displays of hate" at loyalist bonfires after a coffin bearing a picture of his father was placed on one in Belfast.

Latest: Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has said today that she is disappointed an agreement to restore powersharing has not been reached in Northern Ireland, suggesting a deal will now have to wait until at least the autumn.

Sinn Fein leader at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill and the Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds repeatedly clashed in a heated televised election debate this evening.

Jeremy Corbyn was on the right side of history in supporting Irish republicans, Gerry Adams has said.

Sinn Féin has said voters in the British general election have a right to know the actual source of the donation.

A son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced as a Sinn Féin election candidate.

A senior Democratic Unionist negotiator has accused Sinn Féin of peddling "doom and gloom" misinformation about the state of talks to restore powersharing in the North.

Thousands packed the streets of Derry City today as the body of the former Stormont deputy first minister and ex-IRA commander was brought through the streets of his home town for the final time.

Bill Clinton has made an impassioned plea for people to finish the peace-building of Martin McGuinness.

No other republican could have done what Martin McGuinness did while sharing power, former Northern Ireland first minister Peter Robinson has said.

Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster has described the rise in support for Sinn Féin as a "wake-up call for unionism".

A senior Democratic Unionist has revealed that four family members run boilers under the controversial green energy scheme at the centre of Stormont's powersharing crisis.

The son of Ian Paisley has paid a glowing tribute to Martin McGuinness and urged the Democratic Unionist leadership to follow the example set by the Sinn Fein veteran and his father.

Democratic Unionist special adviser Andrew Crawford, who has been accused of exerting influence in the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme in the North, has resigned.

Good evening. Here’s all the news you need to know.

The US government has urged a quick resumption of powersharing in Northern Ireland.

The Irish and British governments have conceded an election is increasingly likely as Stormont’s power-sharing administration heads for collapse.

The UK government has appealed to Northern Ireland’s political leaders to step back from the brink of the current political crisis.

Northern Ireland is facing a prolonged period of direct rule from Westminster in the wake of the anticipated collapse of power-sharing at Stormont, a senior Democratic Unionist predicts.

Stormont's former First Minister Arlene Foster has said she is open to talks with Sinn Féin to avert a meltdown of Northern Ireland's power-sharing institutions.

Northern Ireland is facing a prolonged period of direct rule from Westminster in the wake of the anticipated collapse of power-sharing at Stormont, a senior Democratic Unionist has predicted.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A political inferno around a green boiler scheme is to remove Arlene Foster from her once-seemingly unassailable job as Stormont First Minister. 

Stormont's First Minister has accused her Sinn Féin partners in government of playing a game of chicken over a green energy scheme scandal and warned she would not blink first.

Gerry Adams has made clear Sinn Féin will not back down from its demand for Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster to stand aside to allow a probe into her role in a botched green energy scheme.

Gerry Adams has made clear Sinn Féin will not back down from its demand for Stormont First Minister Arlene Foster to stand aside to allow a probe into her role in a botched green energy scheme.