Arlene Foster will take the reins in her first day as the sole unionist in the North's faltering powersharing government.

There is a “window of opportunity” to reach agreement securing the future of the power-sharing administration, Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan has said.

Good evening. Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Senior members of the Ulster Unionist Party have voted to withdraw from the North’s power-sharing government over claims the Provisional IRA (PIRA) still exists.

A crunch meeting where senior members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) will vote on whether to walk away from Northern Ireland’s powersharing government over claims the Provisional IRA (PIRA) still exists has begun in Belfast.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of a former IRA commander in Belfast.

Evidence of Provisional IRA activity is of sufficient strength to force the exclusion of Sinn Fein from the North’s powersharing government, the Democratic Unionists have insisted.

Since taking power it appears that Enda Kenny has a rather ambivalent attitude to the North, writes Alison O’Connor

Two people being questioned about the murder of prominent republican Kevin McGuigan have been released unconditionally.

The murder of a father of nine in a suspected bloody feud between former IRA members was a “ruthless and premeditated” killing, a senior detective has said.

Police have ruled out dissident republican involvement in the murder of a former IRA commander.