Northern Ireland Assembly parties are to be asked by the British government at a series of meetings this week for their opinions on a review of the Good Friday Agreement.

David Trimble could face a leadership challenge after his party finished second to Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists in the Northern Ireland Assembly Elections.

David Trimble’s troubled leadership was under intense pressure tonight as he prepared to take charge of a new Ulster Unionist Assembly party left hopelessly split over the Good Friday Agreement.

Ian Paisley’s hardline Democratic Unionists tonight surged to the top of the Northern Ireland’s election poll to threaten the future of the Good Friday Agreement.

David Trimble’s Ulster Unionists and the Rev Ian Paisley’s Democratic Unionists are running neck-and-neck in a tight Northern Ireland Assembly Election contest, an exit poll claimed today.

Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble was due to face some of his biggest critics today as his party's Assembly candidates prepared to discuss election tactics.

SINN Féin’s leadership appears to be in denial about the root problems in the Northern Ireland peace process, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble claimed last night.

The deputy leader of the UK Unionists in Northern Ireland has resigned on the eve of the party’s annual conference.