Government ministers and the chief medical officer are meeting their Northern Irish counterparts in Armagh this afternoon.

The posters use a picture of Peadar Heffron along with a warning that anyone thinking of joining the police could suffer similar injuries.

Thursday was the third anniversary of Martin McGuinness’ decision to stand down as Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister and close that early chapter in the current, as yet unrealised, normalisation of that society, its relationships with its neighbours, and its neighbours’ relationship with it.

Powersharing is returning to Northern Ireland after Sinn Fein joined the DUP in backing a deal to re-enter devolved government together.

This week the British Home Office announced it is to issue one million texts to UK passport holders.

Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Seamus Mallon has said that Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley is not the right person for the position.

The incumbent had said he had to fly to Northern Ireland last May as the Northern Irish Police Service could not provide the required security by road.

A Northern Ireland department failed to comply with its equality obligations ahead of a controversial decision on cutting an Irish language bursary, an investigation found.

Former Stormont first minister Arlene Foster unlawfully mistakenly deferred a bid for extra funding for inquests into historic killings in the North, a judge said.

Martin McGuinness personally set up the rendezvous which led to the brutal murder of a suspected IRA informer, the Government was told in 1987.

The Democratic Unionists have warned that the "glorification of terrorism" by Sinn Féin was making it more difficult to restore power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.

Gerry Adams has insisted that a deal can still be reached with the DUP to restore powersharing at Stormont.

The Irish and British governments are set to present Northern Ireland's parties with their version of a proposed deal to break the powersharing impasse at Stormont, Sinn Féin has predicted.

The Taoiseach has expressed frustration at the length of time the powersharing crisis has lasted in Northern Ireland, pointing out that many pregnancies are shorter.

Theresa May will discuss the current political situation in Northern Ireland later with former US president Bill Clinton, Downing Street has said.

The DUP has ruled out any immediate return of the powersharing Executive at Stormont.

The British Government has said there can be no joint authority over Northern Ireland.

Financial pressure on the North’s health service could force the UK Government to step in if political powersharing cannot be resurrected soon, James Brokenshire has warned.

Latest: Financial pressure on Northern Ireland's health service could force the UK Government to step in if political powersharing cannot be resurrected soon, James Brokenshire has warned.

Foreign Affairs minister Simon Coveney said Arlene Foster's intervention was: "A genuine effort to show leadership and reach out towards compromise."

Sinn Féin intransigence is preventing Northern Ireland politicians from dealing with growing problems in health, education and the economy, the Democratic Unionists have claimed.

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.

Northern Ireland's powersharing crisis is set to drift on through the summer as talks were scaled down amid widespread acknowledgement a deal before the autumn is unlikely.

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.

Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire will make a statement to the House of Commons outlining the British Government’s intentions, with no agreement likely ahead of today’s deadline.

The Democratic Unionists have ridiculed a Sinn Féin call for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Theresa May to intervene in Stormont's crisis talks.

Political leaders in the North have until this afternoon to strike a deal as talks on restoring Stormont powersharing continue.

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.

Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams and the leader of the party in the North, Michelle O'Neill, have helped to carry the coffin of Northern Ireland former deputy first minister Martin McGuinness to his home in Derry.

The funeral of former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness will take place on Thursday.

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

Counting has begun today in the snap election for Northern Ireland's devolved institutions.

Update: Northern Ireland's political leaders have cast their ballots in the region's snap election.

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.

Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness has been praised for his role in the peace process and for turning his hand from gun to government after announcing his resignation from politics.

The UK secretary for Northern Ireland has said the gains of the past must not be derailed.

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

Sinn Féin has been accused by the deputy leader of the DUP of triggering a snap election in Northern Ireland to secure concessions from the UK Government.