The counting of votes cast in the European election in Northern Ireland gets underway this morning with the Irish and British government anxiously awaiting the results to assess the impact on efforts to revive devolution.

The British government was today anxiously awaiting the results of Northern Ireland’s European election poll, which will be declared tomorrow, to assess the impact on efforts to revive devolution.

Northern Ireland’s politicians were tonight preparing for a nail-biting European Parliament election count with the Ulster Unionists and the nationalist SDLP expected to fight it out for the final seat.

THE North’s politicians yesterday embarked on a frantic effort to get people out to vote, as polling stations opened for the European Parliament elections.

Northern Ireland’s politicians today embarked on a frantic effort to get people out to vote as polling stations opened for the European Parliament elections.

Voters in Northern Ireland need to think what message it would send out to the rest of the European Union if the North elected Democratic Unionist and Sinn Féin MEPs, John Hume said today.

There is an outside chance that Northern Ireland could return two non unionist MEPs, Sinn Féin claimed tonight.

The Government has failed to make the most of its presidency of the European Union, Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams claimed today.

The European election campaign got into full swing in the North today.

A Northern Ireland farmers’ leader was tonight being tipped as a possible agreed candidate in June’s European Parliament election.

A loyalist political party was today unveiling five basic principles as part of its manifesto for this month’s Northern Ireland Assembly Election.