A banner against a Sinn Fein election candidate and his family has been taken down in North Belfast.

It is not necessary to be a pessimist much less a fatalist to feel we are living through a moment of great change, a moment of great reversal.

The DUP has said peace in Northern Ireland is at risk if a Brexit deal draws a customs border in the Irish Sea.

British prime minister Boris Johnson is set to table fresh plans to secure a Brexit deal with fears mounting that an agreement will be impossible by this week's EU summit.

This weekend marked a significant milestone: 25 years ago, the Ulster Democratic Party, the political front of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), announced a ceasefire.

I should be writing about today’s budget this morning. But there’s nothing to say, really.

However, other political parties in Northern Ireland expressed concern at Mr Johnson’s election as Conservative Party leader, particularly in terms of the potential implications for Brexit.

Fresh concerns around Northern Ireland have been raised following Theresa May's resignation announcement.

Nigel Dodds, speaking in the UK parliament on March 25, emphasised the backstop as the problem.

Ireland and other EU states must support a long extension of the Brexit deadline if the UK significantly shifts its approach to leaving the EU, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has insisted.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has denied the extension offered by the EU to the UK is an example of the rolling cliff-edge Brexit scenario.

Richard Halleron The board members of Lakeland Dairies and the other southern co-ops that draw milk across the border from Northern Ireland for processing will hope against hope that Theresa May gets her Brexit deal across the line.

Coveney downbeat after May’s revised plan defeated in Commons

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, responding to Theresa May's survival in the no confidence vote, said: "Tonight's vote makes no difference to the lives of our people.

It is not generally known whether British prime minister Theresa May is a student of Irish history. Whether or not, she could do worse than reflect on the attempt by Michael Collins to persuade the Dáil to accept the 1922 Anglo-Irish Treaty.

Theresa May's new Brexit offer will be put to the test this week as negotiations between British and European Union officials resume in Brussels.

The UK Prime Minister's plan for an open border on the island of Ireland has set out a basis for progress, DUP leader Arlene Foster said.

Senior Irish and UK government ministers have urged politicians to be careful about the language they use in the wake of the latest Twitter row between elected representatives in the North.

A deal to save powersharing at Stormont is achievable within the coming days, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said.

A second referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union would be a "betrayal", Prime Minister Theresa May has told MPs.

It could take another three months to get to the second stage of Brexit talks.

The Taoiseach has warned unionists that they do not speak for or represent all the people of Northern Ireland in Brexit talks.

There are fresh hopes of a breakthrough in the Brexit deadlock as Taoiseach Leo Varadkar suggested he could receive an amended deal from British Prime Minister Theresa May as early as today.

AS the last few days have underlined, it is far easier to criticise politics than it is to participate in that circular, often degrading melee. 

More than 2,000 jobs could be created in the North if the VAT rate on hotels and visitor attractions there is cut to 5%, a report for the Northern Ireland tourism industry has shown.

Theresa May's minority British Government was accused of "running scared" after allowing a second Labour-led motion to be approved by MPs.

The British Government is "working tirelessly" to safeguard Bombardier's operations and its highly skilled workforce in Belfast, the Northern Ireland Secretary has said.

The Prime Minister has dismissed the prospect of the UK and Irish governments taking joint authority for Northern Ireland amid political deadlock in the region.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is set to face criticism over Ireland’s post-Brexit border stance when he travels North this week following his insistence that Ireland will not stand for a divide on the island.

The Taoiseach has reiterated his hope that Britain will U-Turn on Brexit and remain within the European Union.

An inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal which has left 2,400 people dead is to be launched.

The DUP has backed a deal to support the minority Conservative government in the UK.

DUP leader Arlene Foster has returned to London with hopes of concluding a deal with Britain's Conservative Party in the coming days.

Theresa May has been warned the DUP expects to see more money spent on health and education, with an end to the "dark tunnel of austerity".

Theresa May is to hold talks with the Northern Ireland political parties amid warnings an expected deal with the DUP to prop up her minority government will undermine the peace process.

Sinn Féin and other Stormont parties have insisted Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire could not chair the efforts to restore powersharing.

Tough times lie ahead for Ireland with Brexit looming, but there is plenty to play for, writes Kyran Fitzgerald, and our government will have to play a vital role in the negotiations

From the moment the exit poll was announced at 10pm on Thursday, and it was apparent that Theresa May was about to lose her Commons majority, the potential role for the Democratic Unionist Party took centre stage.

Sinn Fein leader at Stormont, Michelle O'Neill and the Democratic Unionist Nigel Dodds repeatedly clashed in a heated televised election debate this evening.

Sinn Féin has called on the SDLP to stand aside in two constituencies in the North to maximise the "anti-Brexit vote", but has not offered a reciprocal move.

A son of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has been announced as a Sinn Féin election candidate.

The DUP has accused Sinn Féin of not being serious about wanting to reach an agreement to restore the Stormont government.

A victims' campaigner who challenged Brexit in the British Supreme Court has called on the DUP to support the wishes of the majority in Northern Ireland to remain in the EU.

A 36-year-old man has been arrested after a policeman was shot in north Belfast, police said.