The Irish Government must make clear to the UK government that direct rule is not an option if talks to restore powersharing in Northern Ireland fail, Gerry Adams has warned.

An inter-governmental economic organisation could help tackle tax evasion across the Irish border following Brexit, the UK's Treasury has suggested.

The Police Ombudsman is facing calls to investigate why Martin McGuinness was not interviewed about Bloody Sunday.

It is hard to fathom how in 21st Century Ireland views like those expressed by the DUP MP Gregory Campbell, that he would treat calls for an Irish language act as “no more than toilet paper”, can be articulated and defended in public?

An MP from Northern Ireland has received a death threat after poking fun at the Irish language.

"Curry my yoghurt can coca coalyer", said DUP MLA Gregory Campbell, clearly taking the p*ss.

Army bomb squad officers were called out almost every day in the North within the space of a year, new figures have revealed.

An investigation is underway after an Orange Order hall in Co Donegal was completely destroyed in a fire overnight.

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has told MPs in the House of Commons that tolerance towards people of a different sexuality is an important part of being British.

Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney was acclaimed as the “universal poet” during cross-party tributes at Stormont.

A proposed ban on Stormont Assembly members double-jobbing as Westminster MPs is set to be extended to include the Dáil.

Four mortar bombs were found when police thwarted a major attack by dissident republicans in Derry.

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Sunderland midfielder James McClean has closed down his Twitter account after finding himself embroiled in further controversy.

Republic of Ireland international James McClean has become embroiled in another Twitter controversy.

A DUP MP has said many senior IRA members could be implicated after a court agreed to hand over top secret interviews with a convicted Old Bailey car bomber to the authorities.

First Minister Peter Robinson's DUP has today accused the North's Boundary Commission of gerrymandering in a fierce attack on its proposals to reduce the number of Westminster seats to 16.

An eight-man IRA unit wiped out by SAS gunmen after they launched a bomb attack on an Armagh police station nearly 25 years ago opened fire first on the undercover soldiers, it has been claimed.

The British Government should ban Northern Ireland MPs from taking seats at Stormont, a Westminster committee has said.

A Protestant clergyman who became the first from the North to address Sinn Féin's ard fheis has today told critics he wanted to help communities "move out of the past".

The number of police officers recruited in the North will be low for the next eight years, it was claimed today.

The North's government ministers will meet today to draw up plans for an inquiry into the water crisis that hit the region.

Ryder Cup hero Graeme McDowell was elevated to legendary status at his hometown golf club today as fans and friends celebrated his dramatic match-winning performance.

The North's Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness confirmed today that he is prepared to meet the victims of the Claudy bombing.

NORTHERN Ireland secretary Owen Paterson said the British Government was “profoundly sorry” that the victims of the 1972 Claudy bombing and their families had been denied justice.

It is only a matter of time before dissident republicans responsible for a string of bomb attacks claim another victim, a senior police officer in the North warned today.

A poster of East Derry DUP MP Gregory Campbell with a bullet hole through his head was taken off Facebook.

BY any standards, what the Saville report said about the role of the British army in Derry on Bloody Sunday beggars belief.

Unionist politicians today succeeded in preventing the Northern Ireland Assembly from passing a motion that demanded an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.

The future of Democratic Unionist Party leader Peter Robinson was in doubt today after the sensational General Election defeat of the First Minister of the powersharing executive at Stormont.

COULD Northern Ireland decide the course of British politics tomorrow, after all?

National security concerns over the Bloody Sunday report are bogus and disingenuous, it was claimed tonight.

The leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) brushed off accusations of performing a U-turn today after announcing he would run in the UK's General Election.

The murder of a man shot dead in the North bore the brutal hallmarks of a paramilitary-style killing, politicians said today.

THE INLA will later today declare its terror arsenal has finally been destroyed.

The North's political parties were under increasing pressure today to agree a deal to save the region's power-sharing government.

The quest to achieve a so-far elusive breakthrough in political talks to transfer law and order powers to the North will continue at Stormont today.

The North’s political leaders continued to strive for a breakthrough in crunch talks over devolving policing powers to Stormont tonight.

PETER Robinson’s grip on power in the North looked increasingly shaky last night as sleaze allegations swirling around his marriage prompted more resignation calls.

One of Peter Robinson's most senior colleagues in government today said he commanded the support of the party.

Senior DUP member Gregory Campbell has said party leader Peter Robinson should be given a week to prove that he did not breach any rules over his wife's financial affairs.

A politician in the North is calling on the Government here to hold an inquiry into possible collusion between the Defence Forces and dissident Republicans.

The Saville report could face further delay if David Cameron becomes the next British prime minister, it was claimed tonight.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson faced fresh pressure tonight to agree a deal on devolving policing and justice powers to Stormont after US secretary of state Hillary Clinton backed the move.