A redundancy scheme for senor gardaí right the way up to assistant commissioner grade is to be brought forward by Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan today.

The president of the European Council has said he expects a vote on the UK’s Brexit agreement “as soon as possible”, as world leaders commended Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s General Election success.

Reading the text, the first impression is that there’s much more that hasn’t changed than has.

Abortion reforms in Northern Ireland risk being slowly unpicked by UK ministers, the House of Commons has heard.

Boris Johnson's Brexit proposals will lead to a no-deal if significant changes are not made, the Tánaiste has warned.

Boris Johnson’s plan to scrap the backstop and replace it with a double border now leaves Ireland and the EU in a Brexit predicament where none of the viable options include an orderly exit.

Mr Varadkar spoke with Boris Johnson earlier, with the two leaders planning to meet again at the UN summits in New York next week.

The British Prime Minister should explain to the victims of historical institutional abuse why new laws granting them compensation will not be debated during this parliamentary session, an MP has said.

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney has warned that Ireland “cannot do a side deal” with the UK.

Some of Northern Ireland's biggest problems have nothing to do with leaving the EU, but all anyone talks about now is the backstop, writes Sarah Campbell.

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.

A referendum on marriage equality should be held to solve the political impasse in Northern Ireland, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has suggested.

The murder of Lyra McKee should be a "solemn reminder" of the need for an Assembly in Northern Ireland the Finance Minister has said.

The UK government must respond to a court ruling that Northern Ireland's abortion laws are in breach of human rights laws, the Women and Equalities Committee has said.

Simon Zebo is happy that rugby does not have a racism problem, despite the abuse he suffered at the hands of a lone Ulster fan during a Champions Cup game at Kingspan Stadium earlier this month.

This week is the 20th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Considered by many the cornerstone of peace and stability on the island of Ireland, the Good Friday Agreement and the path to it was fraught with hurdles and political landmines, writes Juno McEnroe.

Extra funds will not tackle waiting lists, the trolley crisis and other problems crippling the health service — better management is needed the Taoiseach says.

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

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

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

Victims of historical child abuse have urged Northern Ireland's politicians to release compensation which has been blocked due to Stormont's collapse, as talks aimed at restoring powersharing enter their final hours.

A challenge at the UK's highest court over the legality of Northern Ireland's strict abortion law has concluded.

Northern Ireland's criminal law on abortion is a matter for the "democratic judgment" of the legislature, the UK highest court has heard.

A post-Brexit transition period should be “as long as necessary” and potentially up to four years, the Foreign Affairs minister has said.

Pride shone through the clouds and the rain for Cork’s LGBT community as they remembered a recently departed activist and advocate.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is "only a matter of time" before same-sex marriage is introduced in Northern Ireland, as he attended a gay Pride event in Belfast.

Catholics living in Northern Ireland have called for a return to direct rule to end the political chaos, a senior British Conservative MP has said.

A victims' campaigner who challenged Brexit in the British Supreme Court has called on the DUP to support the wishes of the majority in Northern Ireland to remain in the EU.

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Once an IRA leader, Martin McGuinness left his past behind to become one of the major players in Northern Ireland’s peace process.

Stormont's First Minister Arlene Foster will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership at the devolved Assembly later today as the fall out from a botched green energy scheme intensifies.

Enough has been done to stop Northern Ireland exiting the European Union, a victims' campaigner who took the British Government to court said.

A legal challenge to Brexit is due to begin in the North later today.

Political reporter Fiachra Ó'Cionnaith breaksdown the 'Project Eagle' report and gives us an insight into what is to come.

Lawyers in the North have begun a legal challenge to Brexit.

The Northern Ireland Assembly is to have its first formal opposition since the Good Friday peace accord after the Ulster Unionist Party announced it would not take a seat in the powersharing government.

One constituency remained undeclared as the Northern Ireland Assembly reached its conclusion.

Ulster secretary Danny Murphy has hit out at how media treated claims by a safety official that the proposed Casement Park could suffer a tragedy similar to the Hillsborough Disaster.

As Peter Robinson prepares to step down as Northern Ireland’s first minister and leader of his Democratic Unionist Party, the race is on to succeed him.