Efforts to break the deadlock over power-sharing in the North are expected to resume today.

Crucially from an Irish perspective, the deal done in Brussels today removes the threat of a border on the island of Ireland.

The DUP continues to play a pivotal role in Brexit as UK and EU negotiators attempt to strike a deal.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he wants to hear what incoming British prime minister Boris Johnson has to say about how he intends avoiding a hard Brexit.

The Children's Commissioner has backed calls for Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley to act over the region's "crisis-hit" education system.

The Taoiseach believes a no-deal Brexit can still be avoided.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has said that if there was the political will the issues that led to the fall of the Stormont Assembly could be “sorted out in one hour.”

Nigel Dodds, speaking in the UK parliament on March 25, emphasised the backstop as the problem.

A referendum on an Irish Language Act should be held in the North this summer, three former Belfast Agreement negotiators have said.

The Government is expected to announce fresh talks to restore a government in Northern Ireland later.

A judge who dismissed two landmark challenges against Northern Ireland's same sex marriage ban has made clear it is for politicians, not the courts, to change the law.

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Nationalists in Northern Ireland have voted to oppose Brexit, Gerry Adams said.

The appointment of Michelle O’Neill as Sinn Féin’s leader in the North has drawn suggestions the party is handing over power to a new, younger generation with no IRA past.

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An election in the North loomed closer last night after Sinn Féin reaffirmed its intention not to put forward a candidate for the position of deputy first minister when the Stormont Assembly reconvenes today.

The Stormont Assembly has been plunged into crisis after all non-Democratic Unionist members walked out ahead of a disputed statement by the North's First Minister on her role in a botched renewable energy scheme.

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

Sinn Féin finance spokesman Pearse Doherty insists a party colleague who was suspended over claims he was coaching another witness in the North’s Nama loans inquiry, acted alone throughout the controversy.

Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty has insisted a senior party colleague suspended over claims he was coaching another witness in Northern Ireland's Nama loans inquiry acted alone throughout the controversy, writes Fiachra Ó Cionnaith.

Calls for an end to the North's ban on same sex marriage found colourful voice on the streets of Belfast as thousands packed the city centre for the annual Pride parade.

The Brexit vote paves the way for new opportunities, according to the North’s first minister.

Online prostitution is soaring as sex buyers from Northern Ireland head south to avoid new laws.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has left the door open to a new northern body to monitor paramilitary activity.

Sinn Féin has criticised a meeting between the Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the SDLP.

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Margaret Thatcher said there was “no question” of agreeing to give Dublin joint authority over the running of the North, official files reveal.

Nama is expected to resist attempts to force the bad bank to appear in Belfast and answer questions about the sale of its entire Northern property portfolio.

A full time force should be established to eliminate organised crime gangs involved in illicit cross-border fraud between the North and the Republic, a meeting of politicians from both countries said.

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.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has warned political parties in the North that the window is narrowing for a deal to rescue the peace process.

Paying for sex is to be banned in the North after Stormont Assembly members backed the move in a landmark late-night vote.

Children’s heart operations in Ireland are set to be delivered on a cross-border basis from a single surgical centre in Dublin, it has been announced.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson has paid tribute to the late Ian Paisley as the undisputed leader of unionism.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams spent a third night in custody last night after detectives were granted another 48 hours to question him about the murder of Jean McConville in 1972.

A legal challenge is likely if Northern Ireland is left as the only part of the UK without marriage rights for same-sex couples, Amnesty International has warned.

Police are investigating the cause of a fire that killed thousands of pigs at a farm in the North.

Pope Francis is set to be invited to Belfast, it can be revealed.