Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has denied he has any questions to answer over revelations contained in two detailed reports highlighting the provisional IRA’s continuing existence, despite admitting the supposedly non-existent army council still addresses “legacy issues from time to time”.

An independent report on paramilitary activity that is set to make or break power-sharing in the North will be published by the British government.

A former independent reviewer of UK terror laws is among a trio of legal and political experts appointed to a body set up to assess paramilitary activity in Northern Ireland.

The British government has announced the three members of an independent panel set up to assess paramilitary activity in the North of Ireland.

Political instability in the North is hurting the most vulnerable, church leaders warned.

Crucial talks to save the North's powersharing political institutions are due to begin in Belfast today.

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader is recovering after suffering an adverse reaction to medication.

Progress to resolve the crisis threatening the North's political institutions is being made, Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Peter Robinson has insisted.

Uncertainty continues to dog political talks aimed at saving power-sharing in Northern Ireland after a British government statement failed to prompt unionists to sign up to negotiations.

Uncertainty continues to dog political talks aimed at saving power-sharing in the North after a British Government statement failed to prompt unionists to sign up to negotiations.

The British government must take action to deal with the fallout sparked by an IRA-linked murder before the Democratic Unionists are prepared to enter cross-party crisis talks in the North, leader Peter Robinson has indicated.

The politicians are still stuck in the endless revolving door of “our tribe against your tribe”, writes Fergus Finlay

Political talks aimed at saving the North's crisis-hit power sharing government from collapse will take place in Belfast later.

Martin McGuinness has expressed concern that “state agents” intent on creating problems for Sinn Féin were involved in the two murders that have rocked powersharing at Stormont.

A senior republican whose arrest over an IRA-linked murder escalated the current political crisis in Northern Ireland has accused unionists of using his “wrongful detention” to try to pull down power sharing.

EVERYONE will welcome the assurance given by senior Sinn Féin member, Bobby Storey, that the IRA has stood down, is gone off the stage and is not coming back. 

Peter Robinson has resigned as Northern Ireland’s first minister and pulled all his party colleagues bar one from the power sharing administration. Here are some key questions and answers about the political crisis.

Sinn Féin has said it is “open” to the potential return of the Independent Monitoring Commission to ensure paramilitary groups no longer exist after Northern Ireland’s secretary of state said this may be the only way to resolve the current crisis.

Peter Robinson has resigned as the North's first minister and pulled all his party colleagues bar one from the powersharing administration.

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

Sinn Féin has criticised a meeting between the Taoiseach Enda Kenny and the SDLP.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today meet the SDLP in a bid to prevent the collapse of the North’s power-sharing executive.

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

There will be no further routine meetings of the North’s power-sharing executive until the political crisis is resolved, Stormont’s First Minister Peter Robinson has said.

A man arrested in connection with the murder of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast has been released without charge.

The North’s politicians have been called into talks next week to resolve the crisis over IRA activity.

Enda Kenny and David Cameron are convening crisis talks on Northern Ireland next week.

Police in the North have said they would support an independent assessment of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland after IRA members shot a man dead.

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

Crunch talks on the North's deteriorating political situation will take place in London and Dublin 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.

As a former member of An Garda Siochana I am sad to see the present Garda Commissioner being praised by Sinn Fein, after she made a statement appearing to defend Gerry Adams’ denial of involvement by the Provisional IRA in the murder of Kevin McGuigan.

A DUP delegation met Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers in Belfast yesterday to discuss the furore sparked by the recent murder of IRA man Kevin McGuigan in the city and a PSNI assessment that Provisional IRA members may have been involved.

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

The crisis in the North is growing, with statements coming from all sides, but who should we believe?

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has insisted the Provisional IRA no longer exists, even in a “benign” criminal gang form alleged in recent days, and that his party has “no special responsibility” over recent murders in Belfast.

The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) said it had no option but to walk away from the North’s power sharing Executive after trust in Sinn Féin broke down.

Cormac O’Keeffe writes that amid the heat and noise of the last week, trying to determine if — and to what extent — the IRA continues to exist has been like trying to grab a wet bar of soap.