Hundreds of people could be flown out of Northern Ireland by the Stormont Executive for heart by-pass surgery in a dramatic bid to wipe out waiting lists for the operation, it emerged tonight.

The North’s Deputy First Minister, Mark Durkan, has warned First Minister David Trimble not to collapse the power-sharing Executive because of concerns over the IRA.

Northern Ireland’s First Minister David Trimble today convincingly beat off efforts to force him into a deadline for pulling his ministers out of the Stormont Executive.

Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble is ‘‘totally out of kilter with the way real people feel’’, a central figure in the bid to reconcile communities north and south of the border said today.

The rhetoric of unionists opposed to the Good Friday Agreement has contributed to the problems experienced by their communities at street level in Northern Ireland, Stormont First Minister David Trimble claimed today.

The police should throw open their records to show what murders during the Troubles have been resolved and what remain unsolved, Stormont First Minister David Trimble suggested today.

In a New Year message the North's First Minister David Trimble and Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan said stable government was the key.

Loyalist protesters are inching towards ending the Holy Cross school blockade after talks with Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble.

The death of a Protestant teenager during rioting in north Belfast was a senseless waste of life, Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble said tonight.

Hardline unionists were today blocked from mounting a separate legal challenge against Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble.

Former Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble today failed in his bid to overturn a High Court ruling that he acted illegally in banning Sinn Fein ministers from attending cross-border meetings.

US President George W Bush today urged Britain and Ireland to move the Northern Ireland peace process forward.

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern today had a 30-minute telephone conversation with American President George W Bush about the present position in Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble was accused by Sinn Fein today of deepening the crisis in the peace process by banning Martin McGuinness from a cross-border body meeting.

The North's First Minister David Trimble is today appealing a Belfast High Court ruling that his ban on Sinn Fein ministers attending cross-border body meetings is unlawful.

The North’s First Minister David Trimble has repeated his determination to cause a crisis in the institutions if decommissioning is not delivered.

The North's First Minister David Trimble said he is confident of retaining the leadership of the Ulster Unionist Party despite his party's poor performance in the recent elections.

The Omagh bombers should not link their ‘‘vile deeds’’ to the actions of the leaders of the Easter 1916 uprising, Bertie Ahern said today.

Sinn Fein today promised to ‘‘forcefully’’ lobby Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern to step into the row over sanctions against its ministers in Belfast.

The North's First Minister David Trimble has said he expected the Bush administration to be less involved in the North than Bill Clinton had been.

Sinn Fein has won a major legal victory in its bid to overturn First Minister David Trimble's ban on its ministers participating in North-South meetings.

Northern Ireland First Minister David Trimble today signalled that a deal on IRA weapons may be close.